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Bucking the trend
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Manheim Auctions has found the summer may not have been as hot as we'd like but the export market certainly is.
Avibrant export indusu-y? Here in the UK, with our reputation? Not something the UK is renowned for these days, but the export market is getting stronger, and it comes with a twist — we're shipping vehicles originally built and imported from mainland Europe.
The latest example is a batch of MAN and Scania tractors back in from a Manheim Auction customer which have been snapped up and shipped out to Russia. The 1998 F2000 MANs and 3-Series Scanias, with engines from 380hp upwards and about 400,000km on the clock, are part of a vibrant export trend that has helped clean out older but good quality vehicles which were struggling to find buyers on the domestic market.
The vehicles being exported arc getting younger all the time as buyers develop their product knowledge of the UK market, says Manheim's national HGV and plant manager Jeremy Martell.
These are people with a target price below 0,000 who know these trucks are well maintained, he adds.
Retail rush
It's part of a flourishing auction market:The unseasonal trend continued at recent auctions at Colchester and Leeds. There's normally a small rush ahead of the holiday period and a tail off before the summer months before picking up again in September." he explains.
This activity during the normally quiet months of June and July has increased turnover too: Martell believes this trend is being boosted by an improved range of vehicles coming under the hammer. Some 200 HGVs have been sold at Leeds already this month, with 400 trucks sold from the four Manheim sites. -With manufacturers moving away from buybacks there's a better quality of vehicles coming onto the open market," he adds.
In general 7.5-tonners are reliable performers at auction—while supply and demand can fluctuate, prices seem to be holding firm. Similarly specced and aged vehicles with 20ft boxes or tipper bodies are making the same prices as they did six months ago.
At the moment only 5% of vehicles are 18-tonners. Recent models from Daf.Mercedes Benz, Iveco and Scania have found new homes; the youngest vehicles going under the hammer are on 02-plates. Multi-axle rigids are rare — a Daf 26-tonner tipper with a grab loader from TLS did well, while 8x4 tippers or even chassis-cabs simply aren't available.
The tractor market is strong, with examples from MAN, Scania and Volvo doing well at Colchester and Leeds. By and large a broad mix is available at Manheim sales. •