Dozer Pricing

Just my two cents. Auctions tend to increase the price of an item over its value if there is unskilled bidders for the item. How many folks have a grasp of reasonable value? Reasonable value to purchase at Wholesale is completely different than purchase at Retail. Auctions that are of a Local persons stuff may get you a bargain if someone needs to sell desperately. Or you might pay way to much. As for knowing any particular piece of equipments value, that takes expertise and a good idea of what the Market will bare.

To get any kind of a good deal Wholesale you need to buy things in lots and be able to take the good with the bad. That is what the Gray market Dealers did was to buy from Auctions of rental/lease return equipment in Japan several machines in a lot. They than pay the shipping. The responsible ones put some time in going through the machine before sale to a individual. Though I would trust a used equipment dealer as much as I trust a used car dealer. Most do not have your best interest in mind.

The majority of the Large Auctions you see advertised in the States are not suitable for individual buyers since they lack the expertise in buying from Auctions. If you want to get a good idea of values see what individuals/Dealers are offering a machine for sale. I frequent Machinery Trader as a good resource in valuing equipment. Just like I frequent Real estate adds if I want to get a idea of Local Real Estate value. Research is key.

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OOPS, I was thinking the first elevated drive sproket was the H... but my practical knowledge stops with the D7, probably was just thinking H and High though I do know they have nothing to do with each other. When I was a Platoon Leader in the Combat Engineers my platoon was the support platoon so we had all the heavy equipment but we were Airborne so nothing heavier than a D7. A D7 could be LEAPS in (literally drug out of the back of a VERY low flying C-130 or C-141 by a parachute(s)), we had one LEAPS go awry and lost a D7 as it tumbled probably 20 times because the pilot was maybe 10 feet too high, the load master should have known better...

Pic below, I couldn't find a dozer but this is a LAPES.

BTW with your equipement Scott a D9 isn't that much of a stretch!

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