Articles tagged: Machinery from auctions

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...