Machinery & Equipment Appraisals
Tractors and implements, imaging and medical equipment, excavators and skid steers, machine shop and fabrication assets. Valued for lending, sale, liquidation, insurance, litigation, and IRS purposes.
Tell us what you’ve got.
Pick the closest match — it does not have to be exact, and “something else” is a real answer. Fixed fee from $150, written back the same day and always within one business day. Report delivered in 7–14 business days from the point we have complete information — and if that date is going to move you hear it from us first, not after it passes.
Equipment assignments supported by strong documentation — data plates, service records, photographs — can be completed as desk appraisals anywhere in the world. Where physical inspection materially affects the conclusion, on-site work is performed throughout Arizona.
Machinery and equipment valuation sits within the personal property discipline — the same standards and value premises apply. See all personal property services →
In depth
Longer pieces on the assignments that come up most in this discipline — what drives the number, who orders the work, and what the report has to contain.
Machinery & Equipment we appraise
- Farm & Agricultural
- Medical & Imaging
- Construction & Heavy
- Machine Shop & Fabrication
- Restaurant & Commercial
- Trucks & Trailers
- Shop Tools
- Full Facility Inventories
Not listed? Ask. This is what comes up most, not an exhaustive list.
To quote your assignment
- Year, make, model, and serial number for each unit
- Photographs including the data plate and overall condition
- Hours or mileage where the asset records it
- Whether the equipment is installed and currently in service
- Any service records, maintenance logs, or prior appraisals
What is the appraisal for?
Intended use sets the value standard, the report format, and the fee. The scope changes more than most people expect.
Machinery & Equipment — from $150
Fixed fee agreed in writing before any work begins.
| Scope | Typical fee |
|---|---|
| Single unit | $150 – $275 |
| 2–10 units | $225 – $350 |
| 11–50 units | $300 – $450 |
| Full facility inventory | quoted per engagement |
Common questions
Which value standard will you use?
It depends entirely on intended use. Fair market value, orderly liquidation value, forced liquidation value, and fair value in continued use produce very different numbers from the same asset. Selecting the wrong one is the single most common defect we see in equipment appraisals prepared elsewhere.
Can this be done without an on-site visit?
Often, yes. Where documentation is strong — data plates, service records, clear photographs — equipment can be appraised as a desk assignment anywhere in the world. Where condition or installation materially drives value, on-site inspection is performed throughout Arizona.
Can you appraise an entire facility?
Yes. Full inventories are quoted per assignment rather than per unit, and prior experience includes manufacturing plants, medical facilities, and municipal fleets.
Do you have specific equipment experience?
Yes — including machinery and equipment valuation work with B. Riley Advisory Services, and hands-on inventory and valuation of medical imaging, farm, and construction assets.
On-site machinery & equipment across Arizona
MesaPhoenixScottsdaleChandlerGilbertTempeGlendalePeoriaSurpriseQueen CreekApache JunctionCasa GrandeMaricopaTucson
Ready for a number you can defend?
Tell us what you have and what it's for. You get a fixed written quote — never an hourly meter, never a sales call.
What the work actually looks like
Real assignments, client details removed — what each engagement actually turned on, rather than how it felt.
A house, a workshop of machine tools, a forty-year firearms collection and a stake in the family company — four disciplines that three appraisers had only partly covered. One engagement, one effective date, one set of assumptions.
A donation the regulations would have aggregated past the appraisal threshold, which the donor had assessed item by item. One qualified appraisal covering the group, itemized, signed inside the window the regulations allow.
An opposing report whose number was not obviously wrong — which is what made it dangerous. It failed on its own certification, and was answered section by section with an independent valuation to the correct definition of value.