Ritchie Bros. prepares for North Carolina auction

Ritchie Bros. was today due to stage its latest American unreserved public auction of construction equipment in Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina. Among the more than 560 items up for grabs were 20 articulated dump trucks; 25 wheeled loaders; seven motor graders; 14 hydraulic excavators; and five front shovels. Among featured equipment manufacturers are Caterpillar, Hitachi, John Deere, and Volvo CE. Auction goers were being urged to register to bid, either in person, by proxy or online in real time.
December 5, 2012 Read time: 1 min
318 Ritchie Bros. was today due to stage its latest American unreserved public auction of construction equipment in Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina.

Among the more than 560 items up for grabs were 20 articulated dump trucks; 25 wheeled loaders; seven motor graders; 14 hydraulic excavators; and five front shovels. Among featured equipment manufacturers are 178 Caterpillar, 233 Hitachi, 257 John Deere, and 359 Volvo CE.

Auction goers were being urged to register to bid, either in person, by proxy or online in real time.

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