IronPlanet Scraper — Heavy Equipment Auctions & Marketplace-E

Crawloop Used Machinery Suite — US online auction inventory (IronPlanet + Marketplace-E) with prices, hours, serials, GPS, and IronClad flags. Pair with GovPlanet and Ritchie Bros on the same network, or MachineryTrader / TractorHouse for US asking prices.

IronPlanet	GovPlanet	Ritchie Bros	BidSpotter	NetBid
IronPlanet Scraper ◄── you are here	GovPlanet Scraper	Ritchie Bros Auction Scraper	BidSpotter Scraper	NetBid Scraper

MachineryTrader	TractorHouse	Machineryline	Troostwijk	Surplex
MachineryTrader Scraper	TractorHouse Scraper	Machineryline Scraper	Troostwijk Scraper	Surplex Scraper

Disclaimer: Unofficial tool — not affiliated with, sponsored by, or endorsed by IronPlanet, Ritchie Bros., RB Global, Marketplace-E, or their brands. Data is read from publicly accessible pages only. No login. You are responsible for complying with applicable law (including GDPR where personal data appears) and the site’s terms. No warranty on accuracy or availability. Provided for informational and research use.

What this IronPlanet scraper does

This IronPlanet scraper extracts heavy equipment auction and Marketplace-E listings into clean JSON on Apify — an IronPlanet API alternative for dealers, appraisers, fleet buyers, and data teams. Pull start / buy-now price, make, model, year, hours, serial number, GPS coordinates, IronClad Assurance, auction end time, location, and images. Run from Python, Node.js, cURL, or MCP / AI assistants and export the dataset to CSV / Excel without manual browsing.

Use listings for fast catalog pulls or details for PDP enrichment. Enable monitorMode with an Apify Schedule to track new inventory and price changes.

When to use

• Scrape IronPlanet weekly online auctions for excavators, loaders, dozers, trucks, cranes, and agricultural equipment
• Pull Marketplace-E Buy Now / Make Offer inventory alongside IronPlanet lots
• Filter by manufacturer (Cat, John Deere, Komatsu), category slug, IronClad-only, or free-text keywords
• Build appraisal / remarketing comps with hours, serials, and location
• Monitor a category or brand daily for new listings and price moves

When not to use: for sold hammer prices across the wider Ritchie Bros network, use Ritchie Bros Auction Scraper. For government and military surplus, use GovPlanet Scraper. For US dealer asking prices, use MachineryTrader Scraper or TractorHouse Scraper. For EU industrial auction lots, use Troostwijk Scraper or Surplex Scraper.

Used machinery auction pipeline

US online auctions                         EU enrichment
─────────────────                          ─────────────

  IronPlanet Scraper ◄── you are here
       │ IronPlanet + Marketplace-E lots, GPS, IronClad
       ▼
  Machineryline / Truck1 ───────────────► EU asking prices & contacts
  Troostwijk / Surplex ─────────────────► EU auction lots & bids

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

Key features

• IronPlanet + Marketplace-E — one Actor for weekly online auctions and 24/7 marketplace formats
• Heavy equipment auction data — price, make/model/year, hours/miles, serial, GPS, IronClad, auction dates, features, images
• Filters — manufacturer, category slug, country or state (USA-TX), year, price, hours, buying format, IronClad-only, keywords
• Full pages, not deep offsets — the site reshuffles offset pages, so the crawl splits a search into one-page groups (category, type, location) and pins a sort when the URL does not set one
• Price basis — each row says whether price is an opening bid, a live bid, or a buy-now
• Two run modes — listings (search cards) and details (lot page: bid increment, inspection rating, photos)
• Monitor mode — first run emits the current rows and saves fingerprints; later runs emit only new / price_change
• HTTP-first — curl_cffi Chrome TLS (no headless browser overhead); Apify Residential (US) recommended

Input

Field	Type	Default	Description
startUrls	Array	IronPlanet heavy-equipment sample	Search or PDP URLs
searchQuery	String	—	Server-side freeText keywords
platforms	Array	["IronPlanet"]	IronPlanet and/or Marketplace-E
listingMode	String	active	Active inventory. Sold hammer prices belong on the Ritchie Bros Actor
manufacturer	String	—	e.g. Cat, Komatsu
categorySlug	String	—	e.g. excavators, mini-excavator-6-6t
location	String	—	USA or state code USA-TX
yearMin / yearMax	Integer	—	Model-year range, applied on the search
priceMin / priceMax	Integer	—	Published price range
sort	String	ending_soon	ending_soon, price_asc, price_desc, year_desc
ironCladOnly	Boolean	false	Keep IronClad Assurance only
runMode	String	listings	listings or details
maxItems	Integer	100	Emit budget
maxPages	Integer	40	Budget of ~60 listings per page. A full catalog needs a few hundred
monitorMode	Boolean	false	Delta tracking via named KV store
proxyConfiguration	Object	US Residential prefill	Apify proxy settings

{
  "platforms": ["IronPlanet", "Marketplace-E"],
  "listingMode": "active",
  "manufacturer": "Cat",
  "categorySlug": "excavators",
  "searchQuery": "320",
  "ironCladOnly": true,
  "runMode": "listings",
  "maxItems": 200,
  "maxPages": 10,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": ["RESIDENTIAL"],
    "apifyProxyCountry": "US"
  }
}

With monitorMode: true, the first run emits the rows it sees and saves fingerprints. Later scheduled runs emit only changeType: "new" or "price_change".

Leave startUrls empty when you use filters. A pasted search URL is crawled with the filters in that URL. A sort is added when the URL does not already have one.

Output

Field	Description
id / itemNumber	Equipment item id
title / make / model / year	Equipment identity
price / priceBasis / startPrice / currentBid	Price and what that number is (opening_bid, current_bid, buy_now)
bidIncrement / inspectionRating / photoCount	Lot-page fields in details mode
hours / serialNumber	Usage + serial when published
buyingPlatform / buyingFormat / listingStatus	Channel metadata
ironCladAssurance	IronClad inspection flag
latitude / longitude / location	GPS + place
auctionName / auctionEndAt	Sale event timing
url / images	Links and photos
changeType	Present in monitor mode (new / price_change)

{
  "id": "15608209",
  "itemNumber": "15608209",
  "title": "2020 Hitachi EX1200-7B Front Shovel",
  "make": "Hitachi",
  "model": "EX1200-7B",
  "year": 2020,
  "price": 214000,
  "priceBasis": "opening_bid",
  "currency": "USD",
  "startPrice": 214000,
  "currentBid": null,
  "hours": 12536,
  "serialNumber": "CAT0627KKWTC00176",
  "buyingPlatform": "IronPlanet",
  "buyingFormat": "Online Auction",
  "listingStatus": "Preview",
  "ironCladAssurance": true,
  "location": "Wilmington, OH, USA",
  "latitude": 39.4453,
  "longitude": -83.8283,
  "auctionName": "Weekly Online Auction",
  "url": "https://www.ironplanet.com/jsp/s/item.ips?id=15608209",
  "imageUrl": "https://cdn.ironpla.net/i/example.jpg",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-08-05T12:00:00Z"
}

Use cases

1. Dealer sourcing — daily IronPlanet excavator / loader pulls by brand and region
2. Appraisal comps — hours + year + model snapshots for residual checks
3. Fleet remarketing — compare Marketplace-E Buy Now asks to auction start prices
4. Inventory monitors — schedule the Actor and emit only new / price-change rows
5. Cross-market joins — match make/model/year against Machineryline or Troostwijk exports

Integration examples

Node.js

import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

const client = new ApifyClient({ token: process.env.APIFY_TOKEN });
const run = await client.actor('crawloop/ironplanet-scraper').call({
  platforms: ['IronPlanet'],
  manufacturer: 'Cat',
  categorySlug: 'excavators',
  maxItems: 100,
  runMode: 'listings',
});
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
console.log(items.slice(0, 5));

Python

from apify_client import ApifyClient

client = ApifyClient(token)
run = client.actor("crawloop/ironplanet-scraper").call(
    run_input={
        "platforms": ["IronPlanet", "Marketplace-E"],
        "ironCladOnly": True,
        "maxItems": 100,
        "runMode": "listings",
    }
)
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item["title"], item.get("price"), item.get("buyingPlatform"))

cURL

curl "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/crawloop~ironplanet-scraper/runs?token=$APIFY_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"platforms":["IronPlanet"],"manufacturer":"Cat","maxItems":50}'

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/ironplanet-scraper).

Example prompts:

• "Run the IronPlanet scraper for Cat excavators with IronClad only and return the top 25 rows as JSON"
• "Scrape Marketplace-E and IronPlanet wheel loaders in the USA and summarize median start price by year"
• "Chain IronPlanet Scraper then Ritchie Bros Auction Scraper for Cat 320 comps across weekly online auctions and sold hammer prices"

Suite next step

After IronPlanet pulls, stay on the same network with GovPlanet Scraper for surplus lots or Ritchie Bros Auction Scraper for sold hammer prices. For US asking prices, run MachineryTrader Scraper or TractorHouse Scraper. For EU auction lots, use Surplex Scraper or Troostwijk Scraper.

FAQ

Is this an official IronPlanet API?
No. It is an unofficial IronPlanet API alternative that reads publicly available listing pages and returns structured JSON for your own analysis workflows.

What can I scrape with this IronPlanet scraper?
Active IronPlanet and Marketplace-E heavy equipment listings: prices with a price basis, specs, hours, serials, GPS, IronClad flags, auction metadata, and images. details adds the bid increment, inspection rating, and lot photos.

IronPlanet vs Marketplace-E?
IronPlanet is the weekly online auction channel; Marketplace-E is the 24/7 Buy Now / Make Offer marketplace. Select either or both under platforms.

Do I need a headless browser?
No. The Actor uses HTTP with Chrome TLS impersonation (curl_cffi). Residential proxies improve reliability.

Can I get sold hammer prices?
No. IronPlanet does not publish hammer prices on the public search this Actor reads. For sold results on the Ritchie Bros network, use Ritchie Bros Auction Scraper. listingMode only accepts active.

How do I export results?
Download the Apify dataset as JSON, CSV, or Excel, or pull items via the Apify API / client in Python or Node.js.

Related Actors

• GovPlanet Scraper — US government and military surplus auctions
• Ritchie Bros Auction Scraper — sold hammer prices and regional auctions
• BidSpotter Scraper — US/UK industrial auction catalogues
• NetBid Scraper — European insolvency auctions
• MachineryTrader Scraper — US heavy-equipment asking prices
• TractorHouse Scraper — US and EU farm equipment
• Machinio Scraper — global used-equipment aggregator
• Machineryline Scraper — EU heavy equipment classifieds
• Troostwijk Scraper — industrial auction lots
• Surplex Scraper — used machinery auctions
• Truck1 Scraper — commercial trucks