ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. – Have any big construction projects coming up? This auction may be for you.
The Orange County government is selling dump trucks, tractor trucks, vans, SUVs, pickup trucks, ATVs, boats, golf carts, tractors, forklifts, and even a street sweeper.
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And the auction bids run from $50 for an ATV to $1,000 for the dump trucks.
“We’re auctioning all sorts of things that Orange County isn’t using anymore,” said Comptroller Phil Diamond, who started the semi-annual auction eight years ago. “We’ve got some great things here.”
The county periodically auctions off surplus property, which goes back into county coffers. During the last auction in August, the Orange County comptroller’s office raised over $943,000.
“That’s money the county can use for all sorts of things, whether it’s parks or public safety or roads,” Diamond said. “It’s a direct benefit to the taxpayers.”
This latest auction got underway on Wednesday and runs through next Wednesday, Feb. 4. You don’t have to be a county resident or even a Florida resident, but you do have to pick up the item at the warehouse.
Vehicles are not the only items up for sale. The county is also selling office supplies, yard and construction equipment, generators, soccer goal frames, exercise equipment, kitchen equipment and appliances, computers, and even fire hoses and ladders.
Many of the auctions start at $5 and feature several items.
Here’s a sample of some of the more interesting items:
- Lot of Fitness Equipment (including weights, benches, treadmills, exercise bikes, etc.) with a starting bid of $5.
- Lot of 40 televisions of various types and sizes with a starting bid of $25.
- Lot of three 3-wheel electric scooters and two Segways, with a current bid of $81.
- Two Stryker Pro XT Stretchers (medical stretchers) with a current bid of $21.
- 79 Taser guns with the battery and charge head removed, with a starting bid of $5.
- 4 Boundtree Narcotics lockers with a starting bid of $5.
- 36 pallets of fire hoses with a starting bid of $5.
- A lot of kitchen equipment, including ovens, hot boxes, pizza warmers, cappuccino machines, a flat top griddle and a reach-in refrigerator, with a current bid of $305.
- Lot of three sports scoreboards with a starting bid of $5.
- Lot of four concrete mixers with a current bid of $58.
The catch — everything is sold as is, and the county doesn’t always check to make sure the item works.
Everyone does have a chance to check out the items at the the comptroller office’s warehouse before bidding.
To find more information, or to bid on an auction, go to the county’s public surplus auction website.