Bought a used telehandler, forklift or access platform? The LOLER and PUWER duties are now yours. What a thorough examination is, the HSE intervals, what the report does and does not prove, the paperwork to ask for before you bid and the checks to run before the first lift.

From the day a liquidator is appointed, directors no longer control the company's machinery and vehicles. Here is what happens to owned, financed and in-use assets, whether a director can buy them, how administration differs, and the order the money is paid out.

Repossessed vans, trucks and HGVs arrive at auction as recovered, not as prepared retail stock. Here is who is actually selling them, which checks are yours to make, what is often missing, and how to price the unknowns into your bid.

Capital allowances can set a machinery purchase against this year's profits instead of next year's, and used auction kit generally qualifies for the Annual Investment Allowance. Here is how the timing works and what to agree with your accountant before you bid.

On a tipper or crane truck the body is the value: floor, rams, subframe, capacity charts and examination history. Here is how to read specialist-bodied lots, price the commissioning costs, and plan the collection before you bid.

Retiring or downsizing, a farmer has three routes for the machinery: dealer, private sale or auction. Here is how the auction route works from the seller's side, what it costs (nothing standard), and how to prepare the kit so the bidding rewards it.

Cooking line, refrigeration, prep, furniture, bar kit and smallwares all come up at auction as hospitality businesses close and refit. Here is how to plan a whole fit-out by zone, budget with premium and VAT on top, and time the buying against your opening date.

Job lots and multi-lot buying are how traders and workshops buy at wholesale prices. Here is how to appraise a lot you cannot fully itemise, manage binding bids across a catalogue, and turn consolidated collection into the real saving.

Market value assumes time and proper marketing; forced-sale value assumes neither, and the gap between them is set by the constraints of the sale. Here is how the value bases work, who uses each figure, and how a seller narrows the gap.

Used tractors reach auction from dispersals, upgrades and insolvencies. Here is how to read the listing, judge condition from photographs, work your budget back to a maximum hammer bid, and plan collection before you win.

A liquidator is a licensed insolvency practitioner who runs the legal process; an auctioneer turns the assets into money. Here is who does what, when you need each one, and how a solvent business can skip the confusion entirely.

Dumpers, rollers, compaction plates, lighting towers, generators and welfare units are the volume end of a construction plant auction. What to check on each, why fixed transport and loading costs weigh heaviest on the smallest lots, and how to move equipment you may not be able to drive on the road. UAG does not mechanically inspect or test assets or provide condition reports. Every figure here is illustrative.

Trade auctions use a vocabulary that assumes you already know it. Timed auction, rolling soft close, provisional bid, as seen where lying and the Additional Fees tab, explained in plain English with what each one means for the money and the paperwork.

Laptops, servers, network and print equipment reach auction from office closures and insolvency instructions. Why ownership is a harder question with IT than with machinery, why data should be erased and documented before sale, whether licences transfer, and what a mixed job lot really costs. UAG does not mechanically inspect or test assets or provide condition reports. Every figure here is illustrative.

Relocations, downsizing, line replacement and lease ends can produce much the same machinery an insolvency sale would, with the difference that you control the timing. What can be sold, how a planned disposition works, when you are paid, who is responsible for disconnection and making good, and where the money goes on a lot. Every figure here is illustrative.

Ex-lease, ex-fleet, ex-rental and ex-demo vans look identical in a line and behave differently on paper. What a contract hire return actually is, how to read its history, and what to budget for preparation beyond the hammer price. UAG does not mechanically inspect or test assets or provide condition reports. Every figure here is illustrative.

Most machinery at online auction is bought from photographs and a written description. What images can genuinely tell you about wear and tear, what they can never show, and how to turn what you cannot see into a number that comes out of your bid. UAG does not mechanically inspect or test assets or provide condition reports. Every figure here is illustrative.

A dispersal sells the whole farming operation, from the tractors down to the workshop tools, and the smaller lots are where a working farm often finds value. What comes up, how a timed online dispersal differs from a traditional sale day, and how to set a maximum bid. UAG does not mechanically inspect or test assets or provide condition reports. Every figure here is illustrative.

Cellar cooling, back bar refrigeration, glass washers, ice machines, tills and fixtures all reach auction when a licensed site closes or refits. Why ownership is the first question in a bar, what to check on refrigeration, and why removal costs more than people expect. UAG does not mechanically inspect or test assets or provide condition reports. Every figure here is illustrative.

Recovered plant reaches auction through asset finance, hire fleet insolvencies and secured lenders. Why title is the first question rather than condition, what can be missing from a recovered machine, and what it costs to buy and move one. UAG does not mechanically inspect or test assets or provide condition reports. Every figure here is illustrative.