We buy used and damaged construction equipment and heavy machinery directly, from a single skid steer to a full spread of excavators, dozers, and loaders. Running or not. You get a firm offer in 24 hours, $0 seller fees, and free pickup from your jobsite or yard, with rigging and lowboy transport on us. No auction cycle, no consignment, no waiting on a bid.
The Problem We Solve
A down machine keeps costing money after it stops working. The equipment note and insurance still bill every month. It eats yard space or blocks a jobsite you need cleared, and the claim sits open while the adjuster works through it. The usual ways to sell used equipment, a dealer trade-in, a consignment auction, or a marketplace listing, all assume a machine that runs, loads itself, and shows well. Most heavy equipment buyers pass on the ones that don’t. We don’t.
Seized engine, locked tracks, no hydraulics? A machine that can’t load itself can’t go to auction, and most dealers won’t take it on trade. We buy it where it sits and handle the rigging to get it on the trailer.
You don’t have to wait for the claim to close. We work alongside your adjuster’s timeline, and our offer gives you a real number to hold up against the total-loss settlement.
A damaged excavator still has value in its engine, hydraulics, undercarriage, and export demand. We price against those channels directly, with no auction commission or broker cut coming out of your number.
Financed machines carry UCC-1 filings, and most construction equipment has no title at all. We coordinate the lender payoff and work from your bill of sale, purchase invoice, or financing paperwork to close the sale clean.
Where to Sell Heavy Equipment
| Criteria | DamagedEquipment.com | Traditional Auction |
|---|---|---|
| Speed | Firm offer in 24 hours. Pickup scheduled within days. | Consignment commonly runs 4 to 12 weeks from drop-off to payment. |
| Certainty | Guaranteed offer, no reserve, no risk of a no-sale. | No guaranteed price. Damaged lots can sell well under expectations or go unsold. |
| Cost & Hauling | $0 seller fees. We pay for rigging and transport. | Seller commission typically 5 to 10%, plus $500 to $3,000 or more to haul the machine to the yard. |
| Machine Condition Acceptance | Any condition: non-running, burned, flooded, rolled, or stripped. | Non-running and heavily damaged machines get discounted hard or turned away. |
| Logistics & Paperwork | We handle pickup, lender payoff, and the bill of sale. | Seller arranges transport, clears liens, and handles post-sale admin. |
Auctions work for clean, late-model iron when you can wait two or three months for the right bidder. For a machine that’s down, damaged, or tied up in a claim, the math flips. Commission, hauling, and weeks of carrying cost come out of a hammer price that was never guaranteed. If you want to sell heavy machinery or used heavy equipment without the fees, the wait, or a broker in the middle, the best place to sell heavy equipment like that is straight to a buyer who wants it as-is.
How It Works
Selling machinery online shouldn’t mean managing a listing. No yard visit, no buyers to vet. The whole process runs online, from your first submission to payment.
Year, make, model, hours, location, and what’s wrong with it. Add photos if you have them. No account needed.
Digital intakeA guaranteed offer within 24 hours, priced against real recent sales and our salvage, parts, and export channels.
Backed by market dataWe coordinate rigging, lowboy transport, and any oversize permits at no cost to you. The machine doesn’t need to run.
Rigging & hauling includedIf there’s a loan balance, we pay the lender directly and send you the rest. Paperwork is handled end to end.
Lien payoff handledWhat We Buy
Whether you need a heavy equipment salvage buyer for a burned-out dozer or a fast exit on a used loader that’s still working, we buy every major class of construction equipment and heavy machinery, including cranes, haul trucks, and paving machines. All makes, all ages, running or not.
Machine Types We Buy
Damage Types We Buy
Why Choose Us
Most construction equipment and machinery buyers want clean machines they can resell fast. We built our model around the ones they pass on.
No Auction Delays
Skip the consignment cycle. Offer in 24 hours, pickup scheduled within days, fast payment once the machine is loaded.
Zero Seller Fees & Free Hauling
No commission, no listing fee, no transport bill. We cover rigging and lowboy transport. The offer we make is what you receive.
Insurance Claim Integration
We coordinate with your adjuster and work inside the claim timeline, so a total-loss machine can leave the lot as soon as you’re ready.
Single Machines or Fleet Liquidations
One skid steer or a full spread from a closed job or business wind-down. Same 24-hour offer, same no-cost pickup.
Direct Global Remarketing Channels
Our salvage, parts, wholesale, and export buyers across 80+ countries let us pay for machines domestic dealers won’t touch.
Guaranteed No-Reserve Offers
Once we make an offer, it’s guaranteed. No reserve, and no risk the deal falls apart at the last minute.
FAQ
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Sell your equipment without the auction, the fees, or the wait. No account required. A commercial team member will have your firm offer ready within 24 hours.
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