Articles tagged: Machinery from auctions

A machine without paperwork: what blocks clearance and what blocks use

A customs declaration needs an invoice with a value and an identifiable machine. Technical documentation is a...

Vehicle type approval and individual approval after importing from the UK

Customs clearance and road approval are two different things. What needs type approval, what needs individual...

Machinery sold in situ: dismantling at the vendor site and removal

A sale in situ is a different operation from a yard collection: dismantling, disconnection and removal inside...

After the hammer: from hammer price to collection, step by step

The post-sale sequence never changes: invoice, payment, release, collection. From the fall of the hammer the...

Auction registration and bidding in the UK: what the buyer does

Registration gives you the right to bid, not the right to return. A bid is binding and equipment sells as...

Aston Barclay: what happened to the brand and where you collect now

Wakefield, Chelmsford, Donington Park, Prees Heath and Westbury now sell under the BCA banner. A buyer...

BidSpotter: an online auction platform, and who releases the machine

A point of entry to the British industrial auction market. The platform is not a party to the transaction, so...

Clarke & Simpson at Campsea Ashe: collecting equipment in Suffolk

Farm machinery and plant sales in Suffolk. The house will not prepare equipment for export, and the tax...

Brightwells at Leominster and Madley: collecting machinery and vehicles

An auction house trading since 1846, with centres at Leominster and Madley. Machinery sells online only...

BTG Eddisons: plant from insolvency sales, collection and clearance

Business asset auctions: plant and factory equipment from closures. The kit stands where it worked, and...

Thimbleby & Shorland at Reading: collection from the yard and clearance

A Reading auction house selling plant, vehicles and insolvency assets. The conditions pass risk at the hammer...

Morris Leslie: collecting a machine in Scotland and hauling it to Poland

Vehicle and plant sales at Errol Airfield in Perthshire. Risk passes at the hammer, removal is the buyer job...

Tipper truck and hook loader from the UK: body height decides

Tippers and hook loaders sell at British auctions as complete vehicles with their bodies, while the...

Tractor unit from the UK as cargo: when it rides on a transporter

A British tractor unit from auction either drives home under its own power, if it is sound and tested, or...

Light commercial vehicle from the UK: transporter or its own wheels

A van bought at a British auction moves as cargo, on a recovery truck or a vehicle transporter. What decides...

Lighting tower from auction: mast locked, not merely lowered

A telescoped lighting tower is low and light, so it travels from a UK auction alongside other goods. What it...

Mobile crane from the UK: where carriage as cargo ends

Not every crane can be moved on a trailer, and it is worth knowing that before bidding. This article draws...

Pallet truck and stacker from a UK warehouse clearance

Warehouse handling kit leaves insolvency and clearance auctions in whole batches and makes rewarding groupage...

Quad bike and UTV from the UK: groupage and registration

Quad bikes and side-by-side utility vehicles are everyday farm kit in Britain, so they come off agricultural...

Wood chipper from an arb auction: on the deck, not towed

Towed chippers come off arboricultural and highways disposals in batches. They travel to Poland as cargo on a...

Ride-on mower and groundcare kit from British auctions

Golf courses, parks and local authority grounds teams in Britain replace fleets through auction, so cylinder...

Agricultural trailer from the UK: empty is one load, loaded is several

Filling an auction trailer with oddments from the same sale looks like a saving and rewrites the whole...

Front loader without a tractor: brackets, frame and haulage

A front loader at a UK auction is bid separately from the tractor, and the mounting frame is often a...

Plough and cultivator from the UK: implements as part loads

Reversible ploughs and cultivators bought at a British auction rarely travel alone. Here is how to add them...

Seed drill and planter from a British sale: folding sections

Working width can be several times the transport width, so everything depends on folding the sections...

Crop sprayer from the UK: empty tank, folded boom

The boom folds, but it is the tank that governs the move. Residues of plant protection products are both a...

Baler from Britain: round, square and what fits on a deck

Round balers and square balers sit on a trailer in completely different ways and are strapped differently...

Combine harvester from a UK auction: header on its own trailer

A combine bought at a British auction reaches Poland as two loads: the body on a low loader and the header on...

Dewatering pump from a UK auction: water and fuel before loading

Equipment that leaves auctions in batches after hire fleet disposals, so it pays to combine it into one load...

Asphalt paver from the UK: the screed reaches beyond the machine

The working screed extends past the outline of the machine, so the load is often wider than the catalogue...

Road milling machine from the UK: conveyor and drum before pickup

The discharge conveyor and the milling drum have to be folded or removed before transport. Removal is the...

Plate compactor and rammer from the UK: added to a bigger load

Small plant that leaves auctions in batches after hire fleet disposals. A natural addition to a bigger...

Road roller from a UK auction: short load, awkward axle loads

A short, heavy machine on a narrow footprint, so the movement is governed by how the weight sits on the...

Hydraulic breaker and excavator attachments from the UK: on a pallet

Dimensionally the perfect groupage cargo: it goes on a pallet and rides with everything else. Formally a...

Screener from the UK: why it travels as a load of its own

Even folded, the dimensions usually stay outside normal limits. It is often sold with the rest of a...

Crusher from a UK auction: an abnormal load from day one

The conveyors fold for transport, but the height stays large all the same. In Britain this equipment comes...

Site dumper from the UK: transport and tariff classification

Equipment that is simple to carry and surprisingly awkward to declare. It is sometimes classified as a dumper...

Motor grader from a UK auction: length decides the trailer

An unusually long machine of moderate weight, so permits follow the longitudinal dimension rather than the...

Crawler dozer from the UK: blade off, permits booked early

The blade normally travels separately, because with it the machine is wider than the road allows. Above...

Skid steer loader from a UK auction: machine and attachments apart

Compact enough to fold into a consolidated load with other equipment from the same sale. The difficulty is on...

Telehandler transport from the UK: length, not weight, decides

At British auctions this machine comes off both building sites and farms. The trailer is chosen on the length...

Wheel loader transport from the UK: the bucket travels separately

Width with the bucket on is often more than the road allows. Taken off and strapped beside the machine it...

Backhoe loader from a UK auction: what to fold before loading

In Britain this is the standard construction machine, so auction supply is heavy. The catch is that it...

Mini excavator from the UK: groupage instead of a whole truck

The machine small firms buy most often at British auctions. It fits on a plant trailer and fits into...

Wheeled excavator from a UK auction: height decides the trailer

A wheeled machine drives onto the deck by itself and that is the easy part. The hard part starts above the...

Loading a machine at the auction yard: trailer, ramp, crane or recovery truck

Four routes onto the deck and one trap that has nothing to do with mass: ramp geometry. What the yard...

Collection deadlines at the yard and storage charges for equipment

The plan is built backwards from the removal date. What has to be ready before the truck sets off, and how...

Inspecting a machine before collection from the auction yard

A transport task, not a commercial one. What we check, what we deliberately do not do, and why photographs...

A transport quote before the auction: what to provide for a firm rate

Six data points turn an estimate into a rate. The list, everything that can move the price after you win, and...

Site fencing, formwork and small plant: groupage from UK auctions

Equipment that does not deserve its own truck but passes through two transhipments. Which is why packing...

Forklifts, scissor lifts and boom lifts: transport from the UK

Drive type, battery and travel height. Three things that change the vehicle and none of them appear in the...

Generators, compressors and site containers from UK auctions

Equipment that does not drive itself but carries fuel, oil and a battery inside. Lifting points, centre of...

Tractors and farm machinery from the United Kingdom: collection and haulage

Washing soil off is part of preparing the load here, not tidying up. Add the width that hides in dual wheels...

Excavators and loaders from UK auctions: transport, oversize and permits

The transport configuration of the machine, not the manufacturer brochure, decides whether the move stays...

Who is the importer when an agent buys

Whoever appears on the declaration is the debtor. Under indirect representation the person on whose behalf it...

Customs value of a used auction machine

The hammer price is rarely the whole customs value. The customs code says exactly what is added and what...

Serial number and nameplate at customs

A customs declaration describes a specific unit, not a category of equipment. When the number in the papers...

Origin of used machinery from the UK

The EU and UK agreement knows only two proofs of origin, and a seller of a used machine can usually issue...

Documents for a machine bought at auction

An auction gives you a sale note and an invoice, but clearance needs more than that. What has to be in the...

Clearing through France: the smart border

The French border runs on a barcode tied to the vehicle plate. Since 20 April 2026 every transport unit must...

Deferring import VAT in the Netherlands

Instead of paying the tax to customs you declare it in your VAT return and deduct it on the same return. It...

Customs procedure 42 when importing a machine

Release for free circulation with a VAT exemption because the goods go on to another EU country. The...

Clearing a machine in the Netherlands, not Poland

A machine from a British auction does not have to be cleared in Poland. The declaration can be lodged where...

Where to buy machinery at UK auctions: a market guide

A survey of the British machinery and vehicle auction market: who sells plant, who sells farm equipment, who...

Live, timed and online auctions: what changes in logistics

The same equipment sold in three auction formats produces three different transport plans. What a live sale...

UK vehicle auctions (BCA, Manheim): buying and exporting

BCA and Manheim are the two largest vehicle auction networks in Britain. Where their sites are, how remote...

Copart UK: damaged vehicles and what transport they need

Copart sells online only in the UK. Damage categories decide whether a vehicle may leave the country whole...

John Pye Auctions: equipment from insolvency disposals

John Pye sells assets from insolvency and restructuring cases. Why collection from such a site carries risks...

Farm machinery auctions in the UK: where tractors are sold

The UK farm auction market is more than Cheffins. A survey of the houses running agricultural machinery...

Cheffins: farm and plant machinery at auction near Ely

The Cheffins sale is called the Cambridge Machinery Sale but is held at Sutton near Ely. What that changes...

Wilsons Auctions: machinery and vehicles, UK and Ireland

Wilsons Auctions has branches on both sides of the customs border: in Northern Ireland, in Great Britain and...

Ritchie Bros in the UK: how the sale runs and collection

The Ritchie Bros UK base sits at Maltby near Rotherham. How an unreserved sale works, what yard viewing gives...

Euro Auctions: buying a machine and moving it to Poland

Euro Auctions runs UK yards near Leeds and at Dromore. Where they actually are, what to read in the auction...