EquipmentTrader Scraper — Prices & Dealer Monitor

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Contact-data controls: Phone fields are omitted from the dataset by default. Enable includePhones only for numbers already published on public pages and only when you have a lawful basis. Any contact-field examples below assume that explicit opt-in; otherwise those fields are absent.

Crawloop Used Machinery Marketplace Suite — US EquipmentTrader asking prices, hours, serials, and inventory change alerts. Pair with Fastline / MachineryPete for farm boards, MachineryTrader for Sandhills construction, or Machineryline / Truck1 for European coverage.

EquipmentTrader	Fastline	MachineryPete	MachineryTrader
EquipmentTrader Scraper ◄── you are here	Fastline Scraper	MachineryPete Scraper	MachineryTrader Scraper

Machineryline	Truck1	Troostwijk	Surplex
Machineryline Scraper	Truck1 Scraper	Troostwijk Scraper	Surplex Scraper

What this EquipmentTrader scraper does

This EquipmentTrader scraper turns construction and farm equipment for-sale listings into a structured Apify dataset: asking price, price drop, make, model, year, hours, serial number, dealer id, location, and images. Use it as an EquipmentTrader API alternative for dealers, appraisers, lenders, and data teams who need excavator, skid steer, dozer, and telehandler comps in Python, Node.js, or MCP — export JSON / CSV / Excel without manual browsing.

Run listings for fast catalog pulls from search cards, or details to visit each listing page for hours, serial, struck-through price, dealer phone, address, and the photo gallery. Enable monitorMode on an Apify Schedule to track new inventory and price changes per dealer or category.

When to use

• Dealer competitive intelligence — watch a rival dealerId inventory daily
• Asking-price comps for excavators, skid steers, dozers, forklifts, and compact tractors
• Fleet sourcing by make, category, US state, or ZIP + radius
• Outreach lists with published dealer phones (details mode + includePhones)
• Join US EquipmentTrader asking prices with Fastline Scraper or MachineryPete Scraper
• Join US EquipmentTrader asking prices with EU boards from Machineryline Scraper

When not to use

• You need European heavy-equipment dealer boards — start with Machineryline Scraper or Truck1 Scraper
• You need industrial auction lots and bids — use Troostwijk Scraper or Surplex Scraper
• You need Cycle / RV / Truck Trader sister sites — out of scope for this Actor

US construction equipment workflow

US classified asking prices          Other US / EU / global boards
──────────────────────────          ─────────────────────────────

  EquipmentTrader Scraper ◄── you are here
       │ excavators, skid steers, dealer watch, monitor deltas
       ▼
  Fastline / MachineryPete ───────► US farm classified boards
  MachineryTrader Scraper ────────► Sandhills US heavy equipment
  Machineryline Scraper ──────────► EU heavy equipment + dealer contacts
  Truck1 Scraper ─────────────────► European trucks & construction
  Troostwijk / Surplex ───────────► auction lots & bids

  Join by make + model + year ──► comps, remarketing, residual checks

Key features

• Search URL or filters — paste a search / dealer inventory / category URL, or build one from category, make, keywords, state, ZIP + radius, and dealerId
• Two modes — listings (fast search cards) and details (PDP hours, serial, price drop, dealer phone/address, gallery)
• Monitor mode — seed fingerprints, then emit only new / price_change rows; optional Telegram alerts
• Dealer inventory watch — dealerId builds a dealer inventory start URL
• WAF-ready — Camoufox browser + Apify Residential (US) for AWS CloudFront
• Priced-only filter — skip Call-for-price and zero-price rows
• Contact-safe dataset — phones off unless includePhones is true

Input

Field	Type	Default	Description
startUrls	Array	Excavators sample	Search, category, dealer inventory, or detail URLs
searchQuery	String	—	Keywords for a built search URL
listingType	String	For Sale	For Sale or For Rent
make	String	—	e.g. Caterpillar, John Deere, Bobcat
category	String	—	Name or Name|id (e.g. Excavators)
dealerId	String	—	Numeric dealer id inventory watch
dealerName	String	—	Optional slug used with dealerId
state	String	—	US state (FL or Florida)
zip / radius	String	—	ZIP + miles for local search
condition	String	—	Optional Used / New filter
runMode	String	listings	listings or details
pricedOnly	Boolean	false	Keep only rows with a published price
maxItems	Integer	100	Emit budget (seed run: fingerprint budget)
maxPagesPerUrl	Integer	10	Pages per start URL (~42 listings/page)
concurrencyLimit	Integer	5	Parallel PDP fetches in details mode
monitorMode	Boolean	false	Delta tracking via named KV store
monitorStoreName	String	equipmenttrader-monitor-state	Distinct name per watch target
resetMonitorState	Boolean	false	Clear stored fingerprints (fresh seed)
includePhones	Boolean	false	Include published dealer phones
proxyConfiguration	Object	US Residential prefill	Apify proxy settings

{
  "startUrls": [
    {
      "url": "https://www.equipmenttrader.com/Excavators/equipment-for-sale?category=Excavators|2000206"
    }
  ],
  "runMode": "listings",
  "monitorMode": true,
  "monitorStoreName": "et-excavators-us",
  "maxItems": 500,
  "maxPagesPerUrl": 20,
  "pricedOnly": true,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": ["RESIDENTIAL"],
    "apifyProxyCountry": "US"
  }
}

Dealer watch example:

{
  "dealerId": "5000001844",
  "dealerName": "Quinn Company",
  "runMode": "details",
  "monitorMode": true,
  "monitorStoreName": "et-dealer-5000001844",
  "includePhones": true,
  "maxItems": 200,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": ["RESIDENTIAL"],
    "apifyProxyCountry": "US"
  }
}

With monitorMode: true, the first run seeds fingerprints and writes no dataset rows. Later scheduled runs emit only changeType: "new" or "price_change".

Output

Field	Description
id	Listing id
title / make / model / year	Equipment identity
price / currency / priceFormatted	Asking price when published
previousPrice	Struck-through price on the PDP, or prior price in monitor deltas
hours / serialNumber / stockNumber	Specs (hours/serial typically from details mode)
dealerName / dealerId / dealerPhone / dealerWebsite	Dealer fields
location / city / state / postalCode	Machine location
images / imageCount	Photo URLs
daysListed	Days on market when published
specs	Spec key/value map from the PDP
changeType / monitoredAt	Monitor deltas only

Listings-mode card:

{
  "id": "5041463411",
  "title": "2015 John Deere 160G LC",
  "make": "John Deere",
  "model": "160G LC",
  "year": "2015",
  "price": 45000,
  "currency": "USD",
  "priceFormatted": "$45,000",
  "condition": "Used",
  "category": "Excavators",
  "stockNumber": "8665920",
  "url": "https://www.equipmenttrader.com/listing/2015-John+Deere-160G+LC-5041463411"
}

Details-mode row (hours, serial, dealer):

{
  "id": "5042171479",
  "title": "2024 CATERPILLAR 320",
  "make": "CATERPILLAR",
  "model": "320",
  "year": "2024",
  "price": 175000,
  "hours": "1,000",
  "serialNumber": "CAT00320CMYK40240",
  "dealerName": "Bedrock Machinery",
  "dealerId": "5000001844",
  "location": "Orange, CA",
  "url": "https://www.equipmenttrader.com/listing/2024-CATERPILLAR-320-5042171479"
}

Use cases

Job	How
Competitor dealer watch	dealerId + monitorMode on an Apify Schedule
Caterpillar / John Deere / Bobcat price scan	Make + category filters, pricedOnly, export JSON or CSV
Florida excavators	category: Excavators + state: FL
Dealer outreach list	details mode + includePhones for published numbers
Equipment valuation comps	Filter by make/model/year/hours; join with Machineryline for EU stock
MCP / AI research	Ask an assistant via Apify MCP to run filters and summarize prices

Integration examples

Node.js

import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

const client = new ApifyClient({ token: process.env.APIFY_TOKEN });
const run = await client.actor('crawloop/equipmenttrader-scraper').call({
  make: 'Caterpillar',
  category: 'Excavators',
  runMode: 'listings',
  maxItems: 50,
  pricedOnly: true,
  proxyConfiguration: {
    useApifyProxy: true,
    apifyProxyGroups: ['RESIDENTIAL'],
    apifyProxyCountry: 'US',
  },
});
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
console.log(items.slice(0, 3));

Python

from apify_client import ApifyClient

client = ApifyClient("YOUR_TOKEN")
run = client.actor("crawloop/equipmenttrader-scraper").call(
    run_input={
        "category": "Excavators",
        "state": "FL",
        "runMode": "listings",
        "maxItems": 80,
        "pricedOnly": True,
        "proxyConfiguration": {
            "useApifyProxy": True,
            "apifyProxyGroups": ["RESIDENTIAL"],
            "apifyProxyCountry": "US",
        },
    }
)
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item.get("title"), item.get("price"), item.get("dealerName"))

cURL

curl "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/crawloop~equipmenttrader-scraper/runs?token=YOUR_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d "{\"make\":\"Caterpillar\",\"category\":\"Excavators\",\"maxItems\":25,\"pricedOnly\":true}"

MCP and AI assistants

Use this Actor from AI tools via Apify MCP. Connect your Apify account, then call this Actor by its Store ID / name (crawloop/equipmenttrader-scraper).

Example prompts:

• "Run EquipmentTrader Scraper for Caterpillar excavators, max 40, priced only, and return title, price, hours, dealerName as JSON"
• "Scrape EquipmentTrader Florida skid steers and summarize median asking price by year"
• "Monitor dealerId 5000001844 on EquipmentTrader and list only new or price-changed rows, then compare the same make/model on Machineryline Scraper"

Suite next step

After US EquipmentTrader asking prices, pull other US boards with Fastline Scraper or MachineryPete Scraper, Sandhills construction stock with MachineryTrader Scraper, European heavy equipment contacts with Machineryline Scraper, trucks and construction stock with Truck1 Scraper, or auction comps with Troostwijk Scraper.

FAQ

Is this an EquipmentTrader API?
There is no official public bulk API for most users. This Actor is a structured scrape / API alternative that returns a dataset you can call from Python, Node.js, cURL, or MCP.

How do I scrape EquipmentTrader listings?
Paste a filtered search or category URL into startUrls, set maxItems, and run. Or set make + category (e.g. Caterpillar excavators) and let the Actor build the search URL.

Do I need details mode for dealer phones?
Yes for most cards — search cards usually hide the phone. Use details plus includePhones when you need published numbers, hours, and serials.

How do I watch one dealer?
Set dealerId (from any listing detail page) or paste a dealer inventory URL, enable monitorMode, pick a unique monitorStoreName, and schedule the Actor.

Which proxy should I use?
Apify Residential with apifyProxyCountry: "US". The site sits behind AWS CloudFront / WAF; this Actor uses Camoufox (browser) rather than raw HTTP.

Can I filter Caterpillar excavators in Florida only?
Yes — set make to Caterpillar, category to Excavators, and state to FL, or paste an equivalent search URL in startUrls.

Does listings mode include hours and serials?
Usually no. Those fields are on the PDP; use runMode: "details".

Related Actors

Actor	Role
EquipmentTrader Scraper ◄── you are here	US EquipmentTrader construction & farm
Fastline Scraper	US Fastline farm & construction classifieds
MachineryPete Scraper	US MachineryPete ZIP/FSBO farm classifieds
MachineryTrader Scraper	Sandhills US heavy equipment
Machineryline Scraper	EU heavy equipment + dealer contacts + monitor
Truck1 Scraper	European trucks & construction equipment
Troostwijk Scraper	European industrial auction lots
Surplex Scraper	European plant-closure auctions