What if a machine is still on finance?
Tell us before it is listed. We contact the finance company for a settlement figure and their consent to the sale. The settlement is paid from the proceeds before you receive the balance. If the settlement is likely to exceed what the machine will make, we will tell you, because in that case it may be better to hand the machine back.
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Plant and construction equipment auctions
Excavators, dumpers, generators, compressors and site equipment sold with the checks plant buyers expect.
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