Robby Ridl Trucking, LLC – operating out of Dickinson, ND – provides transportation and well site servicing & maintenance to the oilfield industry. When Rob Ridl needed to sell a hydro vacuum truck, he was looking for an alternative to selling privately – a time-consuming endeavor for the very busy business owner.
“I have a lot of things going on and I really don’t have the time to sell things privately, dealing with tire kickers and dickering over price for seven days,” said Rob.
Rob got in contact with Ritchie Bros. Inside Territory Manager, Doug King, who suggested Rob sell his 2017 Western Star 4900FA w/Foremost Hydro-Excavation body on Marketplace-E, Ritchie Bros.’ 24/7 online marketplace. Rob agreed, and Doug and the Marketplace-E team worked to bring in 35+ offers over an 11 day period.
Rob was initially keen to take an early offer of US$125,000, but Doug encouraged him to be patient as the team worked to get him better offers and remained in constant communication with Rob as the sale progressed. “Doug was on the phone all the time with me, and when he said he’d call me in the morning about an offer he was on the phone at 8am to discuss. It was really good – impressive actually”, said Rob.
With the truck selling for US$181,000, Rob says of the sale, “Once they took photos and got them up, it was smooth like butter. I would never have thought that we would get that kind of money for the truck.”
“I would absolutely sell on Marketplace-E again, 100%. If I have anything that’s a bigger ticket item to sell in future, I will absolutely call Doug King and ask him to handle it. Doug did everything he said he was going to do.”
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