Published: 5/19/2022 4:19:44 PM
With global problems making it hard to find vehicles to buy, the state’s twice-annual sale of used trucks, ATVs, boats and construction equipment is expected to be a bigger hit than ever.
“The supply chain isn’t there – no used cars. … Nobody has any product, so it’s going to be probably the largest turnout we’ve ever had,” said James St. Jean, whose company has been running the state auction in Concord for four decades.
St. Jean said that last fall’s auction, the first one held in person at the White Farm since the pandemic moved them online in May 2020, drew “over 800 registered bidders, a couple hundred more than years ago.”
The sale, held every spring and fall, unloads hundreds of surplus items from the state and municipal governments. Items range from office supplies, including filing cabinets galore, to research equipment to kayaks and canoes to pallet jacks to multi-ton road graders. Many cars and pickup trucks are also available.
Total sales usually run from one-quarter to three-quarters of a million dollars.
“We do have a lot of items this time – some (Department of Transportation) dump trucks, a bunch of loaders, a bunch of Bobcats,” said Amy Farnum, administrator of White Farm, the state-owned facility on Route 13 in Concord where items are stored and sold.
Smaller items are sold indoors at the White Farm store all year.
The big draw in the auction are the outdoor vehicles and equipment. Interested buyers can look them over from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Friday and register for Saturday’s sale. The auction starts at 8:30 a.m. Saturday; record heat is expected with temperatures around 95 degrees.
The sale catalog can be perused online at James St. Jean Auctioneers (jsjauctions.com/auctions/details/30519-144-clinton-street-concord-nh)