Sourced from our network of dealers and private owners — or bought for you at a UK auction.
Tractors, combine harvesters, balers, sprayers and more — found across the UK and European market, investigated by someone on your side, and shipped to New Zealand with MPI biosecurity handled.
Agricultural machinery faces strict biosecurity scrutiny at the New Zealand border. MPI normally requires machinery to arrive clean and free of soil, plant material and seeds, with a cleaning certificate and on-arrival inspection. European-sourced machines shipped roughly September–April may also need seasonal BMSB (brown marmorated stink bug) treatment. NZ Customs clearance runs alongside. Exact duties, taxes, certificates and inspections are confirmed upfront per machine, route and origin — so it doesn't get held up, re-cleaned at your cost, or turned back.
No obligation. No purchase, no sourcing fee.
The UK has one of the deepest used-plant auction markets in the world. Machines come out of hire fleets, contractor disposals and finance recoveries, and they sell on a fixed public calendar to whoever turns up. It's an opportunity if you're standing in the room and a gamble if you're not — and from New Zealand, you're not.
Rob at a UK machinery auction
Sale dates well ahead of time, including Euro Auctions and Ritchie Bros, so you can plan around them instead of hearing about a machine after it's gone.
Catalogues are published days or weeks before each sale. We send them over as soon as they're out, so you're looking at the same list as the buyers who'll be in the room.
In person, with photographs and video. Hours, condition, and an honest read on how the machine has been treated — plus anything we could not check, such as whether it could be started. We tell you what we saw, not what we assumed.
To your written limit and never above it.
Declaration, commercial invoice, certificate of origin, transport to port, shipping — the same as any other machine we source. Biosecurity cleaning and MPI certification are handled before the machine leaves, exactly as they are on a sourced purchase.
The whole point is that somebody who knows machinery has stood in front of the lot before you commit a dollar to it — and has told you honestly what they found.
You register your own account with the auction house, you fund it, and you pay the auction house directly. Euro Plant Finder never holds your money, never bids as principal and never owns the machine — we act as your agent, to the limit you set in writing, and invoice our fee separately.
We'll only ever represent one buyer on any given lot. We can't advise two customers on the same machine while holding both their maximum bids, so if a lot is already spoken for we'll tell you it's taken — and nothing else about it.
Send us a lot number, or just tell us what you're hunting for and we'll watch the sales for you. Start an enquiry →
You tell us what you need. We do the searching, the travelling, the negotiating, and all the paperwork.
Tell us the machine — make, spec, year range, hours, attachments and budget. Or just describe what you need it to do on the farm.
Dealer networks, auctions, private sellers. We find the right candidates and shortlist honestly — not just the easiest options.
We verify the seller, gather the evidence needed to assess the machine and arrange a physical inspection where you want it or where the risk justifies it. Scope and cost are agreed first.
We negotiate on your behalf. The seller invoices you and you pay the seller directly. Where appropriate, we help make sure the agreed price, condition and seller commitments are clearly documented before payment.
Pre-export cleaning to MPI soil and seed standards, cleaning certificate, any seasonal BMSB treatment, export and NZ Customs documentation, shipping from a UK or European port — all coordinated.
Tracked from port to delivery. One person responsible for the whole chain.
"Missing a harvest window because the machine wasn't there in time — or wasn't what was described — costs far more than the machine itself."
From New Zealand, you cannot fly over every time you find a machine. You're relying on photos, seller descriptions, and hope. We remove that gamble entirely.
Agricultural machinery is typically scrutinised hard at the New Zealand border. We coordinate cleaning to MPI standard, the cleaning certificate, any seasonal BMSB treatment for European-sourced machines, inspection records and NZ Customs — so the machine normally clears without costly delays.
If you have a harvest window, tell us upfront. We'll be honest about whether the timeline is achievable. A 9–14 week minimum is realistic — and we'd rather say that now than leave you short.
Where a physical inspection is arranged, we check the real hours, the wear, the service history, and the signs a listing won't show you. You get the honest picture before you decide — including if the answer is to walk away.
Transport to port, export declarations, ocean freight, bill of lading — all coordinated. You don't have to manage separate freight, customs and shipping contacts from the other side of the world.
Green, red or blue — brand-agnostic sourcing across the full UK and European market. If it works on a farm, we can find it, check it, and get it to New Zealand.
No inventory to clear. No seller commission. We may know and work with the seller, but the seller does not pay us. Our commercial relationship is with you.
We can source several machines from different sellers across the UK and Europe, consolidate them at a UK or European port, and ship in one container — cutting your per-machine shipping cost and managing every step to your New Zealand farm.
We represent you — not the seller. No inventory, no bias, no incentive to push a particular brand or machine.
We arrange it and agree the cost first, where it's wanted or the risk justifies it.
No purchase, no sourcing fee. Inspection costs quoted upfront, agreed before we travel.
The UK and European used-agricultural-machinery market is large and active, which means a wider pool of listings to search against your specification. Whether that works out better value once shipping, duty and our fee are added depends on the specific machine — we work out the real landed cost before you commit, rather than assuming it's automatically cheaper.
Hundreds of UK and European dealers, auctions and private sellers give us a wide pool to search — the right specification depends on what you need.
We work out the full landed cost — machine price, shipping, duty and our fee — before you commit, so you're deciding on the real number, not a guess.
European-farmed machines — John Deere, Fendt, Claas, New Holland, Case IH — are often well-serviced and come with full dealer histories, though condition varies machine to machine, which is why we check the evidence carefully before you commit.
If there's a specific spec level or configuration that's hard to find in New Zealand, the UK and European market is worth searching — tell us what you're after and we'll check what's really out there.
The questions that matter — answered honestly before you pick up the phone.
MPI treats soil and seed contamination on agricultural machinery as a high-risk pathway for introducing exotic pests, weeds and diseases into New Zealand. Machinery must be cleaned to a very high standard before shipment. Euro Plant Finder coordinates pre-export cleaning, photographic evidence and MPI inspection documentation. A failed inspection means delays, re-cleaning costs, or the machine being turned back — and those costs fall on you.
Harvest windows in New Zealand are fixed — missing one because your machine hasn't arrived on time costs you far more than the machine itself. We build the timeline backwards from your deadline: sourcing typically takes 2–3 weeks, shipping from the UK takes 5–7 weeks, and clearance adds 1–2 weeks. That's a realistic 9–14 week minimum. If you have a hard seasonal deadline, tell us upfront and we'll be honest about whether it's achievable.
Completely brand-agnostic. Green, red or blue — John Deere, Case IH, New Holland, Fendt, Claas, Deutz-Fahr — we source whatever fits your operation and budget best. We have no supply agreements or commercial relationships with any manufacturer or dealer network. Our fee is paid by you when we complete your deal, so the only incentive we have is finding you the right machine.
Ocean freight from a UK port to Auckland, Christchurch or Wellington typically takes 5–7 weeks. Add 2–3 weeks for the search, inspection and purchase phase. A realistic timeline from brief to delivery is 9–14 weeks, depending on your requirements.
The buying agent fee is success-only — nothing to pay if we don't complete your deal. Inspection travel costs are quoted and agreed upfront before we travel. You pay the seller directly; freight, shipping insurance and New Zealand import costs are also quoted before you commit.
Yes. Multiple machines can be sourced from different UK and European sellers, consolidated at a UK or European port, and shipped in one container — significantly reducing the per-machine shipping cost. Useful if you're replacing or upgrading more than one piece of kit at once.
Yes. You register your own account with the auction house and fund it yourself — we never hold your money or bid in our own name. You give us your maximum in writing, we inspect the lot beforehand and report honestly on its condition, and we bid to your limit and never above it. If you win, you pay the auction house directly and we invoice our fee separately.
Send us the machine you need — make, model, year range, hours, budget, any attachments — or just describe the problem. No obligation. No purchase, no sourcing fee.
