The Courier & Advertiser (Fife Edition)
£90k Scania tipper proves top of the lots
AUCTION: More than 2,000 buyers and sellers flock to machinery sale at the Thainstone Centre
Tractors, commercial plant and machinery sold to a top price of £90,000 for a Scania tipper at a specialist auction at the Thainstone Centre, Inverurie.
More than 2,000 buyers and sellers attended the sale and 83% of the 2,890 lots were sold. The next highest price of £51,500 was paid for a 2013 Volvo FH16 750 6x2 Artic , and an Andover triaxle Beavertail drag trailer made £28,500. Other notable prices included a 2009 Volvo FH16 660 6x4 Artic for £35,000 and a 2014 DAF LF220 12t tipper for £27,000.
Mark Barrack, head of Thainstone Specialist Auctions, said there were strong prices, particularly in the tractor and plant and heavy commercials sections, which attracted interest from as far afield as Ireland and Eastern Europe.
He added: “These substantial sales prices are indicative of the high-quality nature of lots that sellers are putting forward, with buyers continuing to favour secondhand equipment over new to eliminate the extensive lead time that comes with purchasing from the factory.”
The tractor and plant section saw a 2017 JCB 3CX excavator make £60,500, followed by a 2017 JCB 86 Midi tracked excavator, which realised £42,000.
In the farm implements section, the highest priced items were a Wragg post driver and KV ES100 five fur plough, both of which sold for £5,000. Other top selling items in this category included a Portal frame shed for £4,600, followed by a Fleming 24 twin axle trailer, which was purchased for £4,050, a Set Vaderstad roller that realised £4,000, and a poly tunnel which sold for £1,700.
The live and online event is held eight times per year. More than 100 registered buyers joined the sale remotely via i-bidder from the UK, Ireland, Germany, Italy, Poland and Romania, and purchased a total of 30 lots, the largest number of lots bought online this year. The next plant, machinery and equipment sale is scheduled for May 30.