Photos to send
Both sides, the undercarriage, the boom and stick, the cab, the engine bay and the hour meter. Add the serial plate if you can reach it. Daylight photos from a few steps back show more than close-ups, and five to eight are usually enough.
A short video
If it runs, a short video of it starting, swinging and tracking tells us more than any description. Keep it short: start it, swing both ways, track forward and back, and work the boom and stick.
What comes with it
List the buckets, thumb, coupler and any other attachments that go with the machine. Attachments in a shed rather than on the machine still count; a photo is enough.
Known problems
Leaks, warning lights, slow functions or anything that's been repaired. A quote based on the truth won't change on pickup day. Warning lights and fault codes on the display are worth a photo too.
Where it sits
Yard, job site or farm. Tell us about access for a lowbed or tilt deck. Tell us about gates, soft ground, overhead wires and how close a truck can park.
Paperwork
A bill of sale or purchase invoice, and a lien release if it was financed. If the machine is company owned, bring proof that you can sign for the company.
How the day goes
We check the machine matches what we talked about, sign the bill of sale with you, pay you, then walk or winch it onto the lowbed. Most pickups take under an hour once we're on site.
Several machines
Contractors retiring a few machines at once can have them priced together. We plan the pickups so they don't get in the way of work at your yard.
If you're not sure yet
A figure doesn't commit you to anything. If our number doesn't suit you, that's fine.