Selling a machine?
A straight offer
on your machinery.
Forklifts, skid steers, mini excavators, light towers and floor sweepers. Tell us what you have got and we come back inside 24 hours with a firm number, priced off what machines like it actually sold for. Based in South East Queensland, buying Australia-wide.
- Offer within 24 hours
- We arrange the transport
- Paid on collection
Based in South East Queensland · We buy Australia-wide · No obligation · 0499 883 164
Get a price in 3 easy steps
About two minutes. No obligation.
Tell us about your machine
Rough numbers are fine — we confirm everything at inspection.
Roughly is fine. Leave blank if the meter does not work.
The one figure that compares across every machine in this category.
How it works
Three steps, and we come to you.
- 01
Tell us what it is
Type, make, model, year, hours and condition. Two minutes, no obligation.
- 02
We make an offer
Priced off realised sale results, not asking prices. Back to you inside 24 hours.
- 03
We collect and pay
We arrange the transport and quote it up front. Bank transfer on collection.
See exactly what we look at, and what each thing does to the offer
Your options
Us, a private sale, or the auction?
All three are legitimate ways to sell a machine and each wins on something different. Here is the straight version.
Private sale
- Best price if you can wait for the right buyer
- Weeks of calls, inspections and no-shows
- Strangers operating your machine on your site
Sell to us
- A firm number inside 24 hours
- No fees, no premium, no commission
- We arrange the transport
- Bank transfer on collection
Auction
- Entry fees, and the buyer's premium comes out of your price
- No say in what it makes on the day
- Weeks between the hammer and the money
- You arrange transport there, and back if it passes in
Before you start
What we buy
Compact machinery a business actually uses. If yours is close to the line, send it anyway and we will tell you straight.
We buy
- Forklifts — counterbalance, reach, container and rough terrain
- Telehandlers
- Skid steers, bobcats and compact track loaders
- Mini and midi excavators
- Light towers and site generators
- Floor sweepers and scrubbers
- Attachments, and small fleets cleared together
We don’t buy
- Boom lifts, vehicle hoists and cranes that need design registration
- Machines needing engine or transmission rebuilds
- Cracked chassis, or a mast or boom that has been welded
- Anything without a legible serial plate
For sale
Machinery for sale
Prepared in our workshop, or listed for an owner. The condition report is on every listing.
Nothing listed right now. Stock moves quickly — email us and we will tell you what is coming through the workshop.
leads@machinerysalesdirect.com.auLate-model machine worth more than a quick sale?
We will list it, store it and sell it for you.
Questions
The things people actually ask.
What sort of machinery do you buy?
Forklifts, telehandlers, skid steers and compact track loaders, mini and midi excavators, light towers and floor sweepers. If yours is not on that list, send it anyway and we will tell you straight whether it is something we take.
How do you work out the price?
We track realised sale results across Australia, so the number is based on what machines like yours actually sold for — not what dealers are asking. Hours, condition, service history and attachments are what move it.
It still has finance owing. Can I sell it?
Yes. We check the PPSR, pay the financier out directly at settlement and you receive the balance. It does not reduce our offer.
Does it matter if the machine was ever registered?
Tell us either way. It changes the paperwork on our side, not the offer — some forklifts and loaders have been road registered and some never have, and both are fine.
Who pays for transport?
We arrange it and quote it before you commit, so the cost is visible up front rather than appearing at the end.
It has done a lot of hours. Is it still worth sending?
Send it. Documented servicing changes how hours read — a high-hour machine with a full service record can be worth more than a lower-hour one with no history at all.
Want a number on it?
Two minutes on the form. A firm offer inside 24 hours. No obligation.