JM Wood Holds Spring 2024 Auction in Montgomery, Alabama

Thu March 28, 2024 - Southeast Edition #7
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JM Wood Auction held a successful four-day sale March 19-22 in Montgomery, Ala., and the auction company reported the sale was its largest in 51 years.

A quality selection of trucks, heavy iron, forestry machines, farming equipment, industry support pieces and much more were sold to the highest bidders in-person and online.

Featured sellers included Alabama Power, Georgia Power, Southern Nuclear, State of Alabama, BL Harbert, Bottomline Rental, Brasfield and Gorrie Equipment and Supply, Gulf Services, Joe Mcgee Construction, Strack Inc., Wiregrass Construction and more than 100 counties and cities across the Southeast.

Just shy of 6,000 machines and trucks went in the block over four days.

Highlights of the sale included a 2016 Caterpillar D10T2, which sold for $850,000; a Caterpillar D11T for $560,000; a 2007 Caterpillar D10T for $575,000; and more than 100 county owned Kenworth T880 dump trucks, which brought in as much as $330,000.

"Buyers were very active and the Internet bidding was as strong as we have ever seen'" said Russ Wood. "We had over 33,000 online bids in four days, resulting in a record percentage of the auction being sold online. We were very happy for our sellers" CEG

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On day two of the four-day sale, a row of long reach excavators are ready for bidding. (CEG photo)

Test operating an excavator of interest are Larry Tippitt of Tippitt Farms, Huntington, Tenn., and Nick Foster (in cab) of Foster Excavating, also of Huntington. (CEG photo)

Contractors looking over the big excavators about to go on the auction block (L-R) are Bill Enyart, Ben Harness and Wyatt Harness of Harness LLC, Columbia, Tenn. (CEG photo)

James King (L) and Caleb Phillips of Granite Mountain Machinery, Conyers, Ga., look over some of the articulated trucks they plan to bid on. (CEG photo)

Ray Murphy (L) from Australia, and his brother, Brian Murphy of MG Machinery, based in Buda, Texas, were interested in the quality lineup of motor graders about to go on the auction block.
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JM Wood’s Bryant Wood (R) welcomes friends and customers to the sale (L-R) including Cameron Day and Calum McLoughlin of Yancey Bros. Co., Austell, Ga.; and Richard Littler of Littler Machinery LTD based in the U.K.
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A row of Link-Belt 350 X4 hydraulic excavators were hot sellers at the auction. (CEG photo)

A lot of years of experience and talent from the state of Alabama in the equipment industry is represented in this photo. (L-R) are Joe Wallace, semi-retired; Arthur Soulis, Titan Equipment Sales, Leeds, Ala.; and Bob Winnette, T&K Construction, Cullman, Ala. (CEG photo)

Not a whole lot of auctions round out the dozer sales with a trio of Caterpillar D10Ts and one Caterpillar D11T. (CEG photo)

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