Britannia AuctionsWarehouse and logistics equipment sales in Leeds
Leeds has warehouse space in every size, from the logistics sheds at Leeds Valley Park to the trade counter units along Hunslet and Stourton. That range shows in what we sell. A trade counter closure produces longspan shelving, a mezzanine, a counter and a couple of pallet trucks. A distribution shed produces runs of pallet racking, reach trucks, order pickers and a conveyor line. A printing or packaging firm produces racking built for reels and pallets of board, with a forklift to match.
We sell all of it by online timed auction, either on site or collected to our own premises. The southern estates are minutes from the M621 and M1, which puts the trade in Wakefield and Bradford able to get to a viewing day without a long trip, and the online bidding covers the rest of the UK. Tell us through the contact form what the building holds and when the lease or contract ends.
Trade counters and the mezzanine problem
Trade counter units in Hunslet and Cross Green tend to have a mezzanine over the counter and longspan shelving underneath it. Both sell, but a mezzanine is a structure rather than a piece of equipment. It needs to be dismantled by a competent contractor, the buyer needs to know the deck area and loading, and the landlord may have views on whether it stays as part of the fit out.
We sort that out at the site visit. If the mezzanine is yours to sell, we lot it with drawings or measurements and a dismantling window that follows the shelving out. If it stays, we say so and sell around it. Longspan shelving, counter fittings, hand pallet trucks and roll cages go into small lots to suit other trade counters and small warehouses. A unit of shelving sold as one is within reach of the trade in Dewsbury and Huddersfield, and what it makes depends on condition, the bay count and how easily it comes out.
Order pickers and conveyors from the larger sheds
The bigger logistics sheds around the M621 and at Thorpe Park use equipment that smaller warehouses never see, and it needs a different kind of buyer. Order pickers, narrow aisle trucks, sortation conveyors and automated wrappers sell to other large operators and to dealers who resell nationally. We photograph them properly, list hours, examination reports and, for conveyors, the length, belt widths and drive details, and we give the sale a longer run online so that the right bidders find it.
Conveyors are also a removal job. Bolted to the slab and often running through a mezzanine, they have to come out in an order that suits the building, and the buyer arranges and pays for that work. We agree the sequence with you, the buyers and the landlord before collection begins. Where the shed has docks and a marshalling yard, an articulated lorry can load direct, and we confirm that at the site visit.
What these sales can include
- Counterbalance forklifts
- Reach trucks
- Powered pallet trucks
- Hand pallet trucks
- Pallet racking
- Mezzanine floors
- Longspan and cantilever shelving
- Conveyors and sortation
- Roll cages and stillages
- Stretch wrap machines
- Pallet scales
- Battery chargers
- Order pickers and stackers
- Dock levellers and loading equipment
How the sale runs
After a site visit we agree what is in the sale and what stays. We catalogue and photograph each lot, list the sale online and market it to warehouse operators, dealers and contractors. Bidders view on a set day, then bid online over the sale period, with lots closing in sequence.
Lots are offered as seen under the auction terms, with buyers expected to inspect before bidding. The buyer pays the hammer price plus a buyer's premium, with VAT charged where it applies and shown separately. We collect payment before release.
Collection runs over a window agreed with you. Buyers arrange and pay for the removal of their lots, with suitable handling equipment or specialist contractors where the item needs them. Our staff attend to release lots against paid invoices and see that dismantling is done safely.
The warehouse and logistics equipment sales page covers racking and how it comes down, forklifts and the records that matter, the small equipment adds up, timing a sale around a site handover.
Questions about selling in Leeds
- Our print works in Leeds has racking built for paper reels. Who buys that?
Reel racking and heavy duty pallet racking suit other printers, and fit out contractors who repurpose the frames for pallets. We list it by bay with the frame heights, beam ratings and any reel cradles, and we lot the reel handling clamp on the forklift separately, because clamp trucks belong to the print and packaging trade across Yorkshire and beyond. Describing it accurately puts it in front of the trades that can use it.
- We are leaving Thorpe Park at a rent quarter day. When should the sale close?
As a working plan, aim for the auction to close ten days to two weeks before the quarter day. That leaves a collection window for the trucks and small equipment, then the racking days, then a couple of clear days for a final sweep before the landlord inspects. Working back, the site visit and cataloguing want about four to five weeks. The exact shape depends on the lot count and the access, and we would put a timetable to you rather than guess. If the date is closer than that, call anyway.
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