The massive Hitachi EX2500-6 hydraulic excavator is used primarily in mining, but also in large construction projects
Ritchie Bros., the largest auctioneer of industrial equipment in the world, has revealed the five most expensive machines it sold in 2013.
Topping the list with a sale price of $ 3.37 million was a 2008 Terex Demag AC700. The 9-axle all-terrain crane is a 700 tonne capacity class lifter, and is power by a Benz OM906LA upper engine, a Mercedes-Benz OM502LA lower engine.
The ATC included a tilt cab, a 15.5-60m, five-section boom, 160 tonne counterweight and counterweight removal device. The crane had 16,520km on the meter. The crane was sold in June at Ocana, Spain, and is the largest all terrain crane sold at a Ritchie Bros. auction to date.
The second most expensive machine sold last year by RBA was an unused 2010 Liebherr R974C demolition excavator, sold at an auction in Italy for $1.4m.
The demolition excavator came with a 41m 3-section boom, a hydraulic elevating A/C cab, expandable chassis, hydraulic extendable tracks and had just 49 hours on the meter.
Third on the list was an unused 2012 Caterpillar D10T, with two of the models selling in the same auction for a price of $1,070,000 each.
The massive Hitachi EX2500-6 hydraulic excavator is used primarily in mining, but also in large construction projects. The 2009 Hitachi EX2500-6 pictured above sold for $950,000 at an auction in Charleston, WV, USA in May 2013.The machine had 9,845 hours on the meter.
Rounding out the list was a 2011 Caterpillar 637G motor scraper, with 1,215 hours on the meter, which sold for $900,000, one of four scrapers sold at an auction in August.