Shipping equipment bought at Deanco Auctioneers overseas
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Deanco Auctioneers sells construction equipment, trucks, trailers and farm machinery at Headland, Alabama and Philadelphia, Mississippi, with online bidding through Deanco Live, Equipment Facts and Proxibid. Payment and removal are set in each sale's terms, and online purchases carry a taxable internet fee on top of the buyer's premium.
How Deanco Auctioneers works for export buyers
Deanco is a family auction company with its home office in Dothan, Alabama and sale sites at 15594 Hwy 431 N, Headland, Alabama and 1042 Holland Ave, Philadelphia, Mississippi. It holds an annual sale at Headland each January and two-ring sales at Philadelphia.
The internet fee is separate from the onsite buyer's premium: 2.5% capped at $1,000 per lot on Deanco Live, and 3% capped at $1,200 on Equipment Facts or Proxibid. The premium, payment and removal rules are printed with each sale.
Deanco Auctioneers buyer terms
- Internet fee, Deanco Live
- 2.5% per lot, capped at $1,000, taxable, on top of the onsite buyer's premium. Source
- Internet fee, Equipment Facts or Proxibid
- 3% per lot, capped at $1,200, taxable, on top of the onsite buyer's premium. Source
- Sale sites
- Headland, Alabama (334-693-2540) and Philadelphia, Mississippi (601-656-9768); the sale listing names the site of each lot. Source
Checked October 2026. Terms vary by sale, so confirm them on your invoice.
After you win at Deanco Auctioneers
- 1Read the payment and removal dates in the terms of the sale you bought at; they are set per sale.
- 2Send us the invoice, the sale site and the platform you bid on, so the internet fee is checked against the right cap.
- 3We collect the machine, load it with our own carrier and take it to the port, or first to our facility if it needs partial disassembly to fit a container.
- 4We file the export declaration (EEI) in the Automated Export System. It is required when any Schedule B line is worth more than $2,500 or needs an export license, and its ITN confirmation goes to the carrier at least 24 hours before the vessel loads.
- 5For titled machines and vehicles, the original title and the EEI go to U.S. Customs at the port at least 72 hours before export. Without them the unit cannot sail.
- 6We send you the bill of lading and the documents your customs broker needs to clear the machine at destination.
How we work with Deanco Auctioneers
- We call the sale site before dispatch to confirm the release and loading hours for that sale.
- From Headland, Mobile is the closest container and flat rack port, about 210 road miles, with Savannah for more sailings and Brunswick or Jacksonville for RoRo. From Philadelphia, Mobile is about 175 miles and Houston handles RoRo.
Deanco Auctioneers locations and their best export ports
2 yards, each with the closest port that takes containers and flat racks, and the closest RoRo port, by road miles.
| Yard | Container and flat rack | RoRo |
|---|---|---|
| Deanco HeadlandHeadland (Dothan), Alabama | Port of Mobile211 mi, about 4 h | Port of Brunswick (Colonel's Island)249 mi, about 5 h |
| Deanco PhiladelphiaPhiladelphia, Mississippi | Port of Mobile173 mi, about 3.5 h | Port of Houston513 mi, about 10.5 hOr Brunswick, the busiest U.S. RoRo gateway: 530 mi |
Road miles from OSRM (OpenStreetMap), calculated October 2026. Truck hours assume a 50 mph average for a loaded lowboy, including stops.
Container is usually the cheapest option, and we do the partial disassembly needed to make the machine fit. How we containerize heavy equipment
Container, flat rack, RoRo or breakbulk?
We quote in this order because it is usually cheapest first. Most machines that look too big for a box fit once our crew takes off the bucket, boom, cab or wheels; larger ones are taken further apart across several containers, and pieces too big or heavy for a flat rack or roll trailer go breakbulk.
01Container
Best fit- Work needed
- We partially disassemble when needed (bucket, boom, cab, wheels), or take larger machines further apart across several high-cubes and open-tops, then crate, block and lash every part.
- Destinations
- Widest: almost every port worldwide, plus inland delivery by rail.
- Typical cost
- Usually the lowest, with no out-of-gauge surcharges.
- Protection
- Sealed steel box; loose parts and attachments travel locked inside.
- Best for
- Most machines: compact ones as they are, others after partial disassembly, and large ones split across several containers.
02Flat rack
- Work needed
- Ships assembled, blocked and lashed. Surcharges apply when wider than 2.4 m or taller than about 1.95 m.
- Destinations
- Most container ports, on the same vessels as containers.
- Typical cost
- Moderate; rises with every centimetre out of gauge.
- Protection
- Open to the weather; we protect cabs, electronics and hydraulics.
- Best for
- Excavators, dozers and loaders too wide for a container door.
03RoRo
- Work needed
- Drives on assembled; non-runners go on a roll trailer.
- Destinations
- Fewer destinations: regular lanes to Europe, West Africa, the Middle East, Oceania and parts of Latin America.
- Typical cost
- Often competitive for large self-propelled machines where a lane exists.
- Protection
- Below deck, but loose items and attachments cannot ride inside the cab.
- Best for
- Running machines going to a port with regular RoRo sailings.
04Breakbulk
- Work needed
- Lifted aboard piece by piece by ship’s or shore cranes, on its own skids or cradle, then stowed and lashed in the hold or on deck.
- Destinations
- Ports with breakbulk berths and heavy-lift cranes; sailings are booked voyage by voyage.
- Typical cost
- Usually the highest for a single small machine; often the only option for the largest pieces.
- Protection
- In the hold or lashed on deck; we crate, wrap and protect exposed parts.
- Best for
- Pieces too large or heavy for a flat rack or roll trailer: transformers, process modules, mining trucks, crane sections.
Common mistakes to avoid
- Bidding through Proxibid or Equipment Facts without allowing for the higher 3% internet fee.
- Assuming one set of removal dates for both sites. Each sale prints its own.
Deanco Auctioneers export questions
What does Deanco charge for online bidding?
A taxable internet fee on top of the onsite buyer's premium: 2.5% capped at $1,000 per lot on Deanco Live, or 3% capped at $1,200 per lot on Equipment Facts and Proxibid.
Where are Deanco auctions held?
At its sale sites on Hwy 431 N in Headland, Alabama and on Holland Ave in Philadelphia, Mississippi. The home office is in Dothan, Alabama.
Which port do you use for a Deanco purchase?
From Headland, Mobile for containers and flat racks, Savannah when it has the better sailing, and Brunswick or Jacksonville for RoRo. From Philadelphia, Mobile for containers and flat racks and Houston for RoRo.