Fleet liquidations and shop closures surface CNCs, lathes, milling machines, welders, and shop presses on GovPlanet and Public Surplus faster than any dealer network. Lothound scores every lot against a trailing comparable-sales band — freight and rigging already netted — so you know the real landed cost before you bid.
Machine-tool surplus is the third vertical Lothound launched — these are the four categories our algorithm currently scores. Each lot gets its own landed-cost math against trailing 60-day comparable sales.
Haas VF-series and Mazak/Mori-Seiki 3-axis VMCs surface from shop closures and fleet liquidations. Lothound flags control-firmware age against the IIoT-dated control envelope, chip-conveyor damage, and spindle-taper recert cost before the lot closes.
Mid-size turning centers with live tooling and Y-axis options sell in pallet lots on GovPlanet. Lothound models chuck-jaw wear, way-cover rebuild exposure, and turret-index repeatability on thermally cycled boxes — landing cost already includes spindle bearing reseal.
Rebuilt Bridgeports, Lagun knee mills, and South Bend/Schaublin engine lathes surface from vocational-school closures and estate auctions. Lothound scores knee shot from owner neglect, lead-screw backlash, and the 3-phase VFD need vs shop supply.
Holder pallets, Kurt 6" vises, fixture plates, and chip pans clear in pallet lots. Lothound scores the pallet math vs the lot count, holder gage-length calibration, and vise/jaw flatness — so you don’t pay for a pallet of tapered junk.
Scored in real time against trailing comparable sales. Landed cost already includes buyer’s premium, freight, and rigging.
Set a margin threshold for machine-tools and Lothound emails you the same scored breakdown the next time a machine-tool lot clears it — straight to your inbox. Pair machine-tools with a second vertical on the Tracker plan; pick all 5 on Full buyer.