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Ritchie Holds Auctions in Fort Worth, Anthony, N.M.

The Volvo A40D articulated hauler caught the attentionof Elwin (L) and Eddie Peters at the Fort Worth sale.The Peters operate Pro Aggregate of Andrews, Texas.

Burney Owens of Jay, Okla., successfullyfires up a 1973 Caterpillar D9G crawlertractor that would be auctioned at theFort Worth sale.

Temperatures in the low 30s did not preventRodney Blankenship from traveling to the FortWorth auction from La Luz, N.M., to look at thisCaterpillar 621F motor scraper. Blankenshipoperates R.D. Blankenship Dirt Work.

Burney Owens (R) buys older Cat equipmentlike this 1973 D9G. While he tends to collectolder equipment, according to friend JohnChristian, Owens also puts the vintagemachines at work in his construction business.Owens and Christian traveled from Jay, Okla., tothe Fort Worth sale.

Larry (L) and Derrick Musgrove of Oklahoma Trucks andEquipment were buying trucks, trailers and earthmovingequipment for their Lawton, Okla.-based company.

(L-R): Hunter and Chad Eubanks and Shawn Mote of 3E Dozer Serviceput this Cat D6N through its paces before bidding in Fort Worth. 3EDozer Services is located in Dickson, Okla.

More than 8,300 bidders participatedonline and in person Dec. 10 to 11,2019, at Ritchie Bros.’ multi-million-

dollar unreserved public equipment auction inFort Worth, Texas.

With bidders from 62 countries, approxi-mately 56 percent of the equipment in the auc-tion was sold to out-of-state buyers, from as faraway as Australia, China, and Egypt. Onlinebidders purchased approximately 62 percent ofthe equipment sold (by dollar value).

More than 5,850 equipment items andtrucks were sold in the auction, including 165+excavators, 140 skid steers, 85+ compactors,245+ aerial work platforms and more, as wellas 660+ truck tractors – a new company recordfor number of truck tractors sold in a singleauction. All items were sold without minimumbids or reserve prices.

Unseasonably cold temperatures kept the doors closed atRitchie’s Fort Worth sale, but the action was hot inside themain ring. Here, bidders compete for a Case TR320 trackloader.