PENDLETON, Ind. – On June 14th, Don Smock Auction Company (DSA Auctions) held its 32nd annual summer truck and trailer auction. It was a substantial sale, with 1,042 lots offered live and via Proxibid. Available was an array of small construction tools, construction material, heavy equipment, trucks, trailers, and more. A public inspection was offered the week of the auction.

It took three rings to auction all of the lots. Ring 1 held most of the heavy equipment. Not surprisingly, it was those that commanded the auction’s highest bids. Taking first place, at $116,000 was a 2019 John Deere 700K diesel crawler tractor with 1,800 hours. The rig was outfitted with a six-way blade, steel tracks, and heat and A/C in the cab.

A bid of $96,000 took second place for a 2021 Hitachi ZX225USR-6 excavator. The unit, with 1,106 hours, had an Isuzu engine, plus a one-year Hitachi certified warranty on the powertrain and hydraulics. Accessories included a front glass brush guard, heat, and A/C. Another crawler tractor, a Komatsu D61PX-24 LGP, came in third at $85,000. The diesel machine had 3,745 hours and was equipped with a six-way blade, rear drawbar, heat, and A/C.

Eight other pieces of heavy equipment picked up bids north of $50,000. Those included a John Deere 180G LC excavator that went for $84,000. The cab rig with 2,401 hours had been serviced just 40 hours pre-auction. It featured a hydraulic quick coupler, mechanical thumb, tooth bucket, and heat and A/C in the cab. A Volvo L150G rubber-tired Loader with 7,462 hours also did nicely at $70,000. The diesel machine had a GP bucket, hydraulic quick coupler, bolt-on cutting edge, air ride seats, backup camera, radio, heat, and A/C. Bidding hit $66,500 for a Komatsu HM300-1 diesel haul truck with 56,868 miles and 7,759 hours.

Ring 1 also held 30 truck tractors. Several sold as low as $4,000, including a 1999 Kenworth T2000 tandem-axle sleeper with 11,779 miles. It was equipped with a Cat 3406B diesel, automatic transmission, locking differential, air brakes, air ride suspension, aluminum wheels, and niceties like power windows, power locks, heated mirrors, and cruise control. Bidding in the category ran as high as $48,000 for a 2020 Volvo VNR tandem-axle day cab with 319,000 miles. It was powered by a D13 500 HP diesel engine paired with automatic transmission.

Trailers were also offered from Ring 1. Winning bids on those started at $1,000 for items like a 1987 Great Dane GPS-45 53-foot tandem-axle stake-side flatbed with air brakes. They topped out at $65,000 for a 2022 East Manufacturing Corp 8-foot-by-48-foot tandem-axle walking floor van trailer outfitted with an electric tarp.

Ring 2 held 272 lots of site equipment, like generators, portable pumps, pressure washers, and even survey markers. Bidding went to $2,300 for an unused 2024 Magnum 4000 series gas-powered portable hot water pressure washer. A similar unused one came close at $2,100.

Four lots containing Husqvarna Soff-Cut V1000 vacuum systems with Honda GXV340 gas engines each sold for $500.

Also selling out of this ring was construction material like a full roll of 6-foot black plastic drain pipe which sold for $550. Six lots, each with 42 unused orange safety cones, hit $550 each. Three lots held collections of Louisville extension ladders. Those sold from $100 for a group of three in 20, 24, and 32-foot lengths, to $175 for a trio of 16-foot ladders.

Ring 3 had 446 lots, with an array of items ranging from lighter-duty construction equipment to heavy equipment accessories. Much of it was new. Twenty-nine lots held AGT and MIVI mini-excavators. Prices ranged from $3,000 for a brand-new 2024 gas-powered AGT H12R with a canopy, mechanical thumb, leveling blade, and rubber tracks, to $4,400 for a similarly equipped and unused 2024 AGT QK16R model.

Machine accessories included pieces like a brand-new 2024 GIYI skid loader mulcher that scored $3,500. An unused GIYI hydraulic excavator clamp grabbed $550. Later, 14 lots with various unused Swift skid loader GP Buckets, in widths spanning 60 to 84 inches, landed an average of $400.

Fifteen other lots held worksite equipment like air compressors and generators. Those pulled winning bids from $700 for a 2013 tandem-axle towable Doosan G125 diesel generator with 7,915 hours but a disassembled engine, to $3,600 for an Ingersoll Rand towable air compressor with 1,587 hours.

For information on DSA’s upcoming calendar of auctions, visit:  www.dsaauctions.com.