About IronPickup
Surplus auctions sell machines where they stand. The listing says “local pickup only,” the removal deadline is ten business days, and nothing on the page tells you what it costs to get the thing onto a truck. So people within driving distance bid, and everyone else closes the tab.
We answer that question before you bid, then handle the pickup if you win.
What we actually do
- Work out how the machine moves. A walk-behind scrubber straps to a pallet and goes on standard freight. A ride-on with low ground clearance does not, and putting one on an LTL truck is how it arrives damaged. We decide that per model, not per guess.
- Ask the yard the questions that decide the price. Is there a forklift. Will someone operate it. Will they put it on a pallet or does our driver bring one. Can a 53′ trailer turn around in the lot. Most failed removals trace back to one of those four.
- Quote one delivered number. Pallet, strapping, liftgate, limited-access pickup and the line haul, in a single figure. Not a base rate with accessorials discovered later.
- Arrange the pickup with a carrier. If you win, we book it and stay on it until the machine is off the yard inside the removal window.
What we are not
- Not an auction site. We don't run sales, take bids or hold your money for a lot. Every listing here links to the platform that owns it, and that is where you bid and pay.
- Not affiliated with any auction platform. We aren't endorsed by GovDeals, Proxibid, HiBid, Purple Wave or anyone else, and we don't speak for a seller.
- Not a carrier. We don't own trucks. The machine moves on a licensed motor carrier's equipment and under their insurance.
How we get paid
The delivered price you see includes our margin over what the transport costs. That's the whole model — no fee to get a quote, no charge for asking, nothing taken on a lot you don't win. If the freight comes to more than the machine is worth, we say so and tell you to walk. We would rather lose the booking than sell someone a $400 scrubber with $900 of truck under it.
Where we are
California, working nationwide. IronPickup is a small and new operation — we'd rather tell you that than imply a fleet we don't have. What we do have is people who have bought this equipment at auction, paid to move it, and learned which questions matter by getting them wrong first.
Questions about a lot or a quote: quotes@ironpickup.com.
Sellers, auctioneers and yards: yards@ironpickup.com.