More than 3,600 bidders participated online and in person at Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers’ multi-million dollar unreserved public equipment auction in Fort Worth, Texas, Dec. 3 to 4.

Bidders came from 52 countries, including all 50 U.S. states. Approximately 50 percent of the equipment was sold to out-of-state buyers, from as far away as Vietnam, Germany, Egypt, Malaysia, Panama, the United Arab Emirates and more. Online bidders purchased 48 percent of the equipment sold (by dollar value).

The auction featured more than 3,100 equipment items, including 120 plus truck tractors and 50 plus excavators, as well as a large selection of crawler tractors, loader backhoes, hydraulic excavators, wheel loaders, skid steer loaders, scissorlifts and more.

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