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Frey & Sons Conducts Equipment Auction in Holland, Ohio
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rey & Sons Auctioneers held an auction for the excess equipment and fleet update program of Crestline Paving and Excavating, as well as equipment from additional area contractors in Holland, Ohio, on May 19. Up for bid at the auction was a significant lineup of well-maintained backhoes, dozers, excavators, wheel loaders, service trucks and support equipment. While the auction attracted a sizable crowd of onsite bidders, the sale drove heavy online bidding as well. Frey & Sons is a family-owned and operated business spanning three generations of involvement in the company. Based in Archbold, Ohio, the company provides real estate brokerage services, equipment appraisal services and site based and online equipment auctions throughout the year. CEG (All photographs in this article are Copyright 2022 Construction Equipment Guide. All Rights Reserved.) Lloyd Pant of Automatic Septic and Well looks over the service trucks at the auction.
Frey & Sons’ Kevin Frey (L) and his father, Robert Frey, monitored the auction to make sure everything ran smoothly. Doug Merrill of K&G Automotive looked over the excavators for use to wreck cars for scrap at his equipment yard.
Auctioneer Roger Ford calls out the bids. Maynor Anzueto of Importadora Angoz S.A. came in for the auction from Guatemala. He was pleased to be taking home this paver. Nate’s Specialty Services’ Nate Clevenz puts this Takeuchi TB035 mini-excavator through its paces at the auction.
Milo (L) and sister, Annabelle, try out this 330L Cat excavator while their father, Rob Randall of Randall Brothers, considers a bid.
Midwest Contractor’s Gary Sites admired this 1964 Link-Belt LS98 crawler crane up for bid at the auction.
Murphy Tractor & Equipment’s Ryan Heckel stopped in at the auction to catch up with customers and take in the auction activities.
