The Equipment Market is Broken

We headed to the Don Smock equipment auction in Pendleton, Indiana, looking for skid steers, excavators, attachments, trucks, and anything else worth bringing back to the shop. There was no shortage of equipment—but finding an actual deal was another story. We inspected everything from Chinese mini excavators and remote-control mowers to Bobcats, dozers, rollers, dump trucks, and some extremely questionable machines in the dead row. By the time the bidding started, several machines brought prices that made absolutely no sense. Would you have bought anything at these prices? Let us know in the comments. Visit C&C Equipment for used equipment, parts, merchandise, and more: https://www.ccsurplus.com/ Thanks for watching, and don’t forget to subscribe for more equipment recoveries, repairs, auction finds, and projects from the shop. 00:00 Hunting for deals at the equipment auction 01:35 Hundreds of Chinese mini excavators 04:24 Attachments, post drivers and questionable equipment 07:39 Remote-control mowers and more auction finds 10:23 Tractors, trucks and a 1955 Mercury 12:30 Exploring the auction’s dead row 15:10 Bucket trucks, fire trucks and cowboy Cadillacs 19:05 The Damn Strong Chinese loader 22:58 Inspecting a Bobcat E42 24:49 Excavators with some serious problems 27:03 Trying the Volvo excavator 30:35 Inspecting dozers at the auction 35:35 Testing the compact rollers 39:01 Searching for a skid steer 43:00 Trailers and larger excavators 47:39 The auction bidding begins 56:18 The final prices surprised us 57:03 Why we didn’t buy anything