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Special items sell well
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• Car transporters don't often appear at auction, but they make good money when they do. That was the experience of the Fleet Auction Group at a recent sale, according to sales director, commercials, Mike Gray.
"A 1999 nine-car Transporter Engineering semi-trailer was entered, and the vendor wanted over 130,000, which i thought was a bit optimistic," he says. "it said for 140,000."
A 1997 Ron nine-car semi-trailer made 122,750. A Belie five-car transporter on a Scania P94.260 6x2 sleeper cab chassis-2001 on a 51 plate—was knocked out for £51,250.
"If you want to buy something this specialised new, then there's quite a watt while it's built," says Gray. "Buy at auction and you can put it on the road immediately, which explains why bidders were so Interested."
It's unusual to see prime movers and trailers said at auction as a single lot. That, however, was the fate of a 1999vintage Foden Alpha 6x4 rigid with a forestry body and a Loglift timber crane, and Its attendant 1996-vintage Wheelbase close-coupled triaxle forestry drawbar trailer.
"The T-plated Foden was in a bit of a sorry state, and the trailer wouldn't have made much on Its own, so we decided to sell them as a complete package," he says. "Together they fetched 123,000." Gray is upbeat about the used truck market, and his optimism embraces ex-Parcelforce 7.5-tonners,
"R-registered 1999 Oaf 45 130s with 20ft boxes are making a bit over £4,000," he remarks. "I think that's fair money."