Auto Auction Salvage Blog

The Price Of Rubber Tracks

Running a salvage yard is expensive and you often need heavy machinery to move vehicle around. If you are luck enough ot have hard surfaces throughout then the typical large forklift can handle most things, but on uneven ground then something with rubber tracks is likely to be safer. The downside is they tend to move much slower, so from a productivity side of things they are not always the best options. But from a piont that you can buy new rubber tracks as and when you need them, does help.

But don’t be fooled these rubber tracks are not always cheap and as a salvage yard we know bought a tracked machine from auction only to find the rubber tracks he needed was so expensive he had paid too much for the excavator. Should have jut bought one second hand with the rubber tracks already in place.

So they live and learn, but then come the different options of rubber tracks, and the difference in price they all charge. Of course every supplier states that their product is the best and will last the longest time etc, etc. Easy for a professional to say, but difficult for salvage yards who business is auto auctions not heavy machinery. One place to get good advice is from Mini Max Parts for smaller rubber tracks, they gave good advice and a good price. I known it is an advert, but they did help.

Recession End Knocking prices Of Cars Up

All the figures show pretty much worldwide that there has been growth in many economies and even though we are not likely to get back to normal for a while, things seem to be improving. When this type of news occurs, then consumer confidence rises and this may be a factor to why many vehicles at auctions are going higher in price than expected.

There are many customers leaving pre bid amounts at the salvage auctions only to find vehicles seem to be realising higher prices. It also could be many have delayed any big purchase for so long now, that when even a glimpse of an improvement in the economy send prices higher.

We have noticed in the UK a shortage of salvage cars for sale, probably due to the holiday period where cars have been delayed from auction until sufficient staff are back into the salvage yards to service the sales and quantity of cars.

The new car market has only seen a very small increase in new sales, as it is difficult to measure if the scrappage scheme is working, as the growth experienced in Germany has just not happened over here. Anyway, if you are after a bargain, get out your glasses guide and recheck you prices, just to make sure you can buy as much as you could 6 months ago.