Ritchie Bros. Preps for Largest Ever Pipeline Construction Auction in August

By Brad Kramer June 30, 2021 View Profile

Ritchie Bros. will conduct its largest-ever, single-owner auction for Barrilleaux Inc., Aug. 10-11. Barrilleaux is an oilfield pipeline construction company based in New Mexico and Texas. The majority of the assets are available for inspection at the company’s location in Carlsbad, New Mexico, with additional equipment in Oakwood and Pecos, Texas.

Tens of millions of dollars of equipment will be sold in this two-day event, including late-model, low-hour directional drills, trenchers, more than 40 pipelayers, 120 excavators, more than 35 dozers, loaders, heavy haul trucks, trailers, attachments, tools and more. All items will be sold without minimum bids or reserve prices.

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“Barrilleaux Inc. is well-known in the pipeline construction industry for their production, efficiency, high-quality work and top-of-the-line, late-model equipment,” said Alan McVicker, regional sales manager at Ritchie Bros. “In my 44 years in the auction business, this is the nicest fleet I’ve ever seen. We have a long relationship with Mr. Barrilleaux and are so proud he has put his trust in us to sell this magnificent selection of assets via online auction in August.”

More information about the equipment and the auction itself are available online at rbauction.com/Barrilleaux. Bids can be made online in real time at the Ritchie Bros. website during the event or ahead of the auction via PriorityBid.

Specific highlights include:

Two unused 2020 Caterpillar 14M3 motor graders
Three unused 2019 Caterpillar D6T dozers
Four Caterpillar D8T dozers
Four 2020 Caterpillar 320 hydraulic excavators
15 Caterpillar PL83 pipelayers (2019, 2018 & 2017 models)
A 2019 & a 2020 Vermeer D220X330iii directional drills
An unused 2019 Tesmec 1475XL EVO crawler bucket wheel trencher
Four 2019 and a 2020 Mack GR64B tri-axle volumetric mixer trucks
Two 2021 Peterbilt 389 tri-axle heavy haul truck tractors
Two unused Cozad lowboys (one w/ 2021 85-ton steerable 13-axle & one w/ 2020 100-ton steerable 9-axle)

For a complete list of Barrilleaux assets to be sold, visit rbauction.com/Barrilleaux.

About Ritchie Bros.

Established in 1958, Ritchie Bros. is a global asset management and disposition company, offering customers end-to-end solutions for buying and selling used heavy equipment, trucks and other assets. Operating in a number of sectors, including construction, transportation, agriculture, energy, oil and gas, mining, and forestry, the company’s selling channels include: Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers, the world’s largest industrial auctioneer offers live auction events with online bidding; IronPlanet, an online marketplace with featured weekly auctions and providing the exclusive IronClad Assurance® equipment condition certification; Marketplace-E, a controlled marketplace offering multiple price and timing options; Mascus, a leading European online equipment listing service; and Ritchie Bros. Private Treaty, offering privately negotiated sales. The Company’s suite of solutions also includes Ritchie Bros. Asset Solutions and Rouse Services LLC, which together provides a complete end-to-end asset management, data-driven intelligence and performance benchmarking system. Ritchie Bros. also offers sector-specific solutions including GovPlanet, TruckPlanet, and Kruse Energy, plus equipment financing and leasing through Ritchie Bros. Financial Services. For more information about Ritchie Bros., visit RitchieBros.com.