How about this for a biggun? Biglorryblog's 'Good Man in Africa' Jerry Burley is obviously in a happy mood... "Brian, Good News, Good News!" he tells me. "My camera is back where un-wrongfully belongs ie with me. Happy days are here again as Allard is back from Dubai, indirectly, and the cheque book has been surgically removed from him. And in said fotoapparat, lurking amongst his Mombasa beach photos - which are better suited to other types of website - were a few gems you may enjoy." And off we go for a selection of shots from the Dubai Construction Machinery and Truck Auction...
"Pictures rather than rhetoric it is this time, " adds JB. "Of interest embedded amongst all the other yellow kit was this Komatsu grader, the world's largest dozer I have been led to believe, catalogue details as follows:-1998 Komatsu D575A-2 Crawler Tractor S/N 10035c/w 8mx4m blade, 4-bbl MS ripper, A/C ROPS cab, 885mm tracks, 140 Ton operating weight, 1150Hp, Indicated H/M: 7800hrs with complete service records available. How's that for a toy? And look at the size of the blade for God's sake - its 14ft wide! I understand it has to be broken up into several components to move it and clearly would require a crane to re-assemble it at the other end. Excellent photo of the WWA staff clinging on to it indicating how big it was!"
"Meanwhile I quote Allard who says: '60 big dozers starting up together and rumbling past the auction dais gives you a small insight into Armageddon'. It made a not-inconsiderable USD700k. Pricing was generally "mixed", as was the quality of what was on offer. A good year 2000 D10 making USD80k, followed five minutes by a similar age/condition D8... Which does 180k? Hello? It can only be the offensive size of a D10, the cost of running the thing with its big Cat motor and the difficulty of moving it."
And as for the trucks, how about a 1994 heavy haul Powerliner tractor, well used, for USD 40,000! Did they cost that new in '94? Probably not much more. And they found stiff bidding and welcome new owners."
And here's some more Powerliners to go with...love the big tyres JB...
Cabs look immaculate--but in the desert heat and no salt on the roads (errr...what roads?) they should do I guess...
Meanwhile JB says: "You will forgive me for the Autocar sale board photo, not just to show this is actually what it made but also to demonstrate the efficiency of their electronic auction system."
And here it is... And if I recall correctly Andrew Cooper won the coffee too for the closest guess to the final going price! Now click through here for a passing parade of diggers and excavators! And some C500 Kenworths!
Jerry continues: "We snapped up a further C500 chassis with reductions for 4k and a second C500 with the tank and pump on the back for another 500 on top of that - the tank alone would have cost us that to buy/make."
Well I promised you a parade from Jerry and Allard and here it is...
Meanwhile JB concludes..."A brand new 24 wheeled double row 100 tonne monster raving loony party semi-low-bed, bigger and wider than even our 747 trailers, only made USD37k - that must be good value?"
"And note the back top view one more strange, yellow cabbed truck of 'significant proportions' under the 'substantial' trailer you can see (note the Dinky Powerliner cowering under it). Oh God Allard, what have you bought now, nooooooo... I hope you enjoyed your last ever trip to the Middle East... As from now on, for you cobber, its 'only in Africa'!" Thanks JB--and for a pie who can guess what this yellow monster is?
R
J
Hmmm...is that a Foremost Delta or Commander? Or a Rolligon Khan? Doesn't look like the back of a Foremost cab, but what else is that big?
Mine's a Melton Mowbrary if I'm right.
cheers,
Andy
Or is it a Titan?
http://www.titan-sf.de/indexe.html
Well Jerry,it only takes 2 to make an auction,and most of the ones here the auctionier reserves the right to bid as well.The best thing about Ritchie Bros is it`s unreserved,I don`t know how many times at other auctions I`ve heard the old your close,but we are going to have to refer it to the vendor.With the proper reply-Well you`d better F-----g hurry,because if I`m not buying that,I want to bid on the next lot.The float sounds cheap,though a float that is not made well is more trouble than it`s worth,nothing like a 100 tons on its back and wondering where to unload it while you get someone to do a spot of welding.
(Brian I sent you a heap of pics today and they bounced back)
hi dear sir/madam
i need used buldozer d155A-2 komatsu till 4 years old good condition and clean with out any repair of parts and engine and i need fob dubai port
model : d155a used
s / n : 27000 - 31000