Euro Auctions, Europe’s largest auctioneers of industrial plant, construction machinery and agricultural equipment, are pleased to announce two sale dates for the disposal of assets of the hire group known as Hawk Plant Hire following administration on 14th January 2019.
This unique disposal sale offers an extraordinary opportunity to see a large compliment of late years machinery and equipment, which has been exceptionally well maintained, and offering plenty of choice in all categories with multiple lots on offer. Interest is expected to be strong from the UK as well as from European bidders, and as with all Euro Auctions sales, there will be no reserve. When the hammer goes down on a lot, its sold!
Euro Auctions will be holding two sale dates at Hawk depots in Shropshire:
Day #1, Thursday 14th March – Agricultural machinery and light equipment
Location – Hawk Depot at Prees Green, Whitchurch, Shropshire, SY13 2BS.
Day #2, Friday 15th March – Heavy equipment sale.
Location – Sandford Industrial Park, Whitchurch, Shropshire, SY13 2BS.
Viewing day, 12th of March, from 9am to 4pm at both sites, which are 3 miles apart.
In total, the inventory included over 2,000 assets, with the following highlights:
130 Tractors, 2016, 2017 and 2018, predominantly John Deere
75 Excavators, 2016 and 2017, including 6t, 10t and 20t, predominantly Komatsu
80 Agricultural trailers of various makes
60 Articulated dump trucks, from 2011 to 2017, mainly Komatsu
236 Water bowsers, from 757 ltrs to 7570 ltrs
35 Dozers, predominantly Cat and Komatsu, from 2017 to 2018
100+ Miscellaneous pieces of farming machinery
70+ Thwaites site dumpers, mainly 2006
70+ Telehandlers, predominantly JCB
There will be special interest and brisk bidding for the consignment of 130 number 2016 to 2018 John Deere agricultural tractors, the majority of which are still under warranty, in addition to associated trailers, implements and ancillary items. Full specification on all models now available.
In addition to the main inventory, there will be a good compliment of mixed plant including: crushers, rollers, wheeled loaders and excavators, spares, buckets, small tools, and other popular machinery.
David Betts, for Euro Auctions, comments: “We are delighted to have been selected again by the Joint Administrators at EY to work with them and advise on this project. Euro Auctions has extensive experience in conducting off-site disposal sales. Through our global network of buyers and consignors we will be marketing to a specialist audience that has interest in the array of general construction machinery, as well as the agricultural machinery, which has mass global appeal. We previously worked with EY in 2016, when Hewden Stuart Limited entered administration culminating in the world’s largest mobile crane sale.”
Further details and catalogues for the various Hawk Plant disposal sales will be available on the Euro Auctions website at www.euroauctions.com and a Bidder Number will be required to bid on any of the lots either in person or via Euro Auctions’ Free Internet Bidding Service.
The HAWK Group is headquartered in Prees, in northwest Shropshire bordering Cheshire, and was one of the largest independent plant hire companies in the UK, with 40 years of experience in the plant hire industry, and customer spanning the infrastructure, energy and homebuilding markets.
For more information on this or any of the other upcoming auctions operated by Euro Auctions, visit www.euroauctions.com or contact Euro Auctions on +44 (0) 2882 898262.
