BUYERS OUT IN FORCE FOR YODER FREY’S 48TH ANNUAL FLORIDA AUCTION

Yoder & Frey’s Trent Shaftner was on hand for the Kissimmee auction while looking ahead to Yoder & Frey’s upcoming Ohio auction scheduled for March 10.

Bob Wolframe of Total Equipment Sales and Exports in Chuluata, Fla., checks on a John Deere 350 DLC excavator.

Auction goers gathered once again in Kissimmee, Fla., for Yoder & Frey’s 48th annual Florida auctions. The three-day event was held Feb. 17 to 19 and is the largest event of the year.

Yoder & Frey’s lineup featured a massive selection of excavators, dozers, loaders, trucks, paving equipment, forestry equipment, dumpers, motor graders, crushers, screeners and much more from manufacturers including Caterpillar, John Deere, Doosan, Bomag, Bobcat, JCB and more. Items were sold on-site and online.  CEG (All photographs in this article are Copyright 2022 Construction Equipment Guide. All Rights Reserved.)

A near capacity crowd gathers as equipment starts to roll over the ramp.

Terry Lankford of Tennessee-based Terry Lankford Landscape and Mulch LLC tried out this Kubota mini-excavator.

After 48 years of experience, the Yoder and Frey auction team have this down pat. Clinton (L) and Greg Chitwood look under the hood of this John Deere 250D artic truck to bring it back to C & C Equipment of Nashville, Tenn. Yoder and Frey’s skilled ring men work the crowd for the highest bid.

A nice line up of compact excavators — hard to find in this market — are a hot item at this year’s Florida auctions.

A Bomag 177 D single-drum roller is up for bid at the Yoder & Frey auction in Kissimmee, Fla.