Plant and Equipment Scraper — MEA Heavy Machinery & Auctions

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Contact-data controls: Phone/WhatsApp/fax and email fields are omitted from the dataset by default. Enable includePhones and/or includeEmails only for contacts 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 Equipment / Machinery Suite — Middle East & Africa heavy equipment marketplace listings, timed auctions, and dealer contacts.

Machineryline	Exapro	Surplex	Agriaffaires	Plant and Equipment
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Plant and Equipment scraper for the MEA-focused heavy machinery marketplace — construction equipment, trucks, cranes, material handling, agricultural machines, and spare parts across ~39k live listings plus timed online auctions. Extract asking prices, auction bids, hours, year, condition, inspected badges, seller/dealer signals, and image galleries. Run search or category crawls, dealer pages, or direct equipment / auction URLs — a practical Plant and Equipment API alternative for Python, Node.js, cURL, and MCP on Apify.

Built for equipment traders, fleet buyers, auction desks, and market-intel teams covering GCC, Middle East, Africa, and export inventory into the region. Choose listings for fast card-level catalogs or details for full product pages with JSON-LD + HTML specs.

When to use this Actor

Use the Plant and Equipment Scraper when you need:

• MEA heavy equipment inventory (construction, trucks, cranes, MH, agri, parts)
• Dual commerce modes — retail / Make Offer listings and timed auction lots with bids
• Inspected lot flags, hours, year, brand/model, and location
• Dealer directory rows with phones and inventory links
• Discovery — search keyword, category shortcuts, or pasted start URLs

Ideal for traders comparing MEA asking prices and auction starts against EU/US comps.

When not to use

• You need EU dealer stock → Machineryline Scraper or Exapro Scraper
• You need European industrial auctions → Surplex Scraper
• You need European farm machinery → Agriaffaires Scraper

Data pipeline

Input                              Mode                         Output
─────────────────────────         ────────────────────         ──────────────────────────

  Search / category / dealer ──►   listings (fast cards)  ──►  title, bid/price, hours, type
  Keyword                    ──►   details  (full PDP)   ──►  specs, gallery, seller phone
  Equipment / auction URLs   ──►                           ──►  inspected, location, SKU

  Join by brand + model      ──►   comps with Machineryline / Exapro

Key Features

• Two extraction modes — listings for card-level stubs; details for JSON-LD Product + HTML overview
• Auction + Make Offer + retail — listingType and priceStatus on every row
• Category shortcuts — construction, excavators, cranes, trucks, agri, and more
• Dealer profiles — optional dealer rows with phone and inventory URLs
• Respectful crawl — soft delay between pages (site crawl-delay is 4s)
• Export-ready JSON — Apify dataset for CSV / Excel / API / MCP

Input Parameters

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
startUrls	Array	Search hub	Search, category, dealer, equipment, or auction URLs.
searchKeyword	String	—	Builds /search-machinery?q=….
categories	Array	[]	Built-in category shortcuts.
listingTypes	Array	[]	Optional filter: auction, make_offer, listing.
scrapeLiveAuctions	Boolean	false	Also crawl the main search hub.
includeDealerProfiles	Boolean	true	Push dealer profile rows for dealer start URLs.
runMode	String	"listings"	"listings" or "details".
maxItems	Integer	10	Cap on emitted records (0 = unlimited).
maxPagesPerUrl	Integer	1	Pagination depth per start URL.
concurrencyLimit	Integer	3	Parallel detail workers.
proxyConfiguration	Object	Residential AE	Apify Residential recommended if blocked.

Example input

{
  "startUrls": [
    { "url": "https://www.plantandequipment.com/search-machinery" }
  ],
  "runMode": "listings",
  "maxItems": 25,
  "maxPagesPerUrl": 1,
  "listingTypes": ["auction", "make_offer"],
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": ["RESIDENTIAL"],
    "apifyProxyCountry": "AE"
  }
}

Output

Field	Type	Description
listingId	String	SKU / data-id
listingType	String	auction, make_offer, or listing
title	String	Year + brand + model style title
manufacturer / model / year / hours	—	Core equipment fields
price / priceCurrency / priceStatus	—	Asking price or bid when published
bidAmount / startingBid / auctionEndsIn	—	Auction signals
inspected	Boolean	Inspected badge when present
location	String	City / country text
sellerName / sellerPhone / dealerUrl	—	Seller surfaces (richer on details / dealers)
images	Array	Gallery URLs
url	String	Canonical equipment or auction URL
recordType	String	dealer for dealer profile rows

Example output (listing card)

{
  "listingId": "1484539",
  "auctionLotId": "1073",
  "url": "https://www.plantandequipment.com/auction-item/2025-jcb-3dx-plus-1073",
  "title": "2025 JCB 3DX PLUS",
  "listingType": "auction",
  "manufacturer": "JCB",
  "model": "3DX PLUS",
  "year": 2025,
  "hours": 17,
  "condition": "new",
  "category": "Backhoe Loaders",
  "location": "Dubai, United Arab Emirates",
  "price": 26000,
  "priceCurrency": "USD",
  "priceStatus": "auction",
  "bidAmount": 26000,
  "auctionEndsIn": "5 Days",
  "inspected": true,
  "imageUrl": "https://d3dbzqf9c55l4u.cloudfront.net/uploads/attachment/file/41308/Cover-1.webp"
}

Use cases

• MEA price comps for excavators, loaders, and trucks before bidding or buying
• Auction watchlists — starting bids, inspected flags, and countdown text
• Dealer prospecting across the P&E dealer directory
• Export / import desks comparing UAE hub stock to EU Machineryline inventory
• Fleet replacement planning with year / hours / condition filters downstream

Integration examples

Node.js

import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

const client = new ApifyClient({ token: process.env.APIFY_TOKEN });
const run = await client.actor('crawloop/plantandequipment-scraper').call({
  startUrls: [{ url: 'https://www.plantandequipment.com/construction/excavators' }],
  runMode: 'listings',
  maxItems: 50,
});
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
console.log(items.slice(0, 5));

Python

from apify_client import ApifyClient

client = ApifyClient("YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN")
run = client.actor("crawloop/plantandequipment-scraper").call(
    run_input={
        "startUrls": [{"url": "https://www.plantandequipment.com/search-machinery"}],
        "runMode": "details",
        "maxItems": 20,
        "listingTypes": ["auction"],
    }
)
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item.get("title"), item.get("price"), item.get("listingType"))

cURL

curl "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/crawloop~plantandequipment-scraper/runs?token=YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"startUrls":[{"url":"https://www.plantandequipment.com/search-machinery"}],"runMode":"listings","maxItems":15}'

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.

Example prompts:

• "Run Plant and Equipment Scraper for excavators in Dubai and return the top 20 auction lots as JSON"
• "Scrape Make Offer listings with Plant and Equipment Scraper and summarize brand, hours, and asking price"
• "Chain Plant and Equipment Scraper then Machineryline Scraper to compare MEA vs EU tracked excavator comps"

Suite next step

After MEA Plant & Equipment inventory, pull European heavy-equipment stock and dealer contacts with Machineryline Scraper, or machine-tool comps with Exapro Scraper.

FAQ

Does this include auction lots?
Yes. Cards and detail pages expose auction bids, inspected badges, and countdown text when published. Filter with listingTypes: ["auction"].

Are prices always present?
Retail / Buy Now rows usually expose a price. Make Offer rows may still show an ask on the detail page; auction rows expose bid amounts. JSON-LD alone can show 0 for auctions — the Actor prefers HTML bids/prices.

Do I need a proxy?
Direct access often works. If you see blocks, enable Apify Residential (AE or US) and lower concurrency.

Can I scrape dealers?
Yes — pass /machinery-equipment-dealers/{slug} start URLs. With includeDealerProfiles: true you get a dealer row plus inventory cards on the page.

Related Actors

• Machineryline Scraper — EU heavy equipment + dealers
• Exapro Scraper — European used machinery
• Surplex Scraper — industrial auction lots
• Agriaffaires Scraper — European farm machinery