From your floor to a buyer, in 6 steps.

1. Tell us what you have

   Send the make, model, year, serial number where you can find it, quantity, condition, whether it is still under power, and what tooling goes with it. Photographs help more than descriptions. A rough list is enough to start.

   We come back to you and say plainly whether it is something we can sell, and what we would expect the market for it to be. If we think it is a hard sell, we say so before you spend anything on freight.

2. Terms agreed in writing

   Before anything moves, we put the terms in writing: the commission, when you are paid after a sale, how long the machine stays with us, what storage arrangement applies, who pays inbound freight and rigging, how the machine is insured while it is in our care, what preparation and cleaning we will do, and what happens if it does not sell.

   Nothing ships until you have that in front of you and have agreed to it.

3. Ship it to Roebuck

   The machine comes to our warehouse at 4200 South Church Street Extension, Roebuck, South Carolina 29376.

   We help arrange rigging and freight, and we can put you in front of the crews and carriers who move this kind of equipment. Who pays for inbound freight and rigging is one of the things agreed in writing before the machine ships.

4. We receive, inspect, photograph and list it

   It arrives, we check it against the list, we inspect it, we photograph it properly, and we write the specification the way a buyer needs to read it.

   Then it goes into the catalog on americanplantandequipment.com alongside roughly 97,000 other machines, in the right industry, with the right search terms.

5. We market it to buyers worldwide

   The listing is only half of it. The machine goes out to our buyer network in that industry, and it is put in front of the buyers who ask us for that class of equipment.

   We handle every inquiry, every question, every inspection request and every negotiation. One point of contact, from the first email to the payment.

6. It sells, and you are paid the agreed share

   When it sells, you are paid the share set out in the agreement, on the timing set out in the agreement.

   We handle the buyer payment, the paperwork and the outbound shipment, including export documentation when the buyer is overseas.

Timelines, honestly

How long it takes to get a machine listed depends mostly on freight, not on us. A complete line is a project, and the first stretch of it is the list and the agreement rather than anything visible.

What we will not do is put a sale date on your machine. A consigned machine sells when its buyer appears, and the seller who needs a date is usually the seller who should be at an auction. We would rather tell you that at the start than take the machine and disappoint you later.

What we do at our end

• Check the machine in against the list you sent, and sort out anything that does not match.
• Inspect it and record its condition honestly, faults included.
• Photograph it properly, on our floor, in decent light.
• Write the specification the way a buyer in that industry needs to read it.
• List it in the right industry on americanplantandequipment.com, with the search terms a buyer types.
• Market it to our buyer network and answer every inquiry, question and inspection request.
• Handle the negotiation, the buyer payment, the paperwork and the outbound shipment, including export documentation.

What we need from you

• The list, as complete as you can make it, and photographs if you have them.
• The tooling, change parts, manuals, diagrams and program backups that belong to the machine.
• The machine drained, cleaned and safe to handle, with anything hazardous declared in writing.
• Weights, dimensions and the number of pieces, so a carrier can quote.
• Clear evidence that the machine is yours to consign, free of liens, leases and co-owners.
• The signed agreement, before the truck is booked.