It was at this Radium Hot Springs auction that Ritchie Bros. adopted the ramp-and-stage approach for selling all mobile equipment. This approach involves a staging area —designed as a ramp— located in front of a viewing theater, where bidders sit waiting for mobile equipment to come to “center stage.” Each piece of equipment is numbered and, once it comes to rest at the center of the ramp, the auctioneer begins asking for bids.
At this Radium Hot Springs auction, Ritchie Bros. implemented a ramp-and-stage method for selling all mobile equipment. This approach involves a staging area—designed as a ramp—located in front of a viewing theater where bidders sit waiting for the equipment to reach "center stage." Each piece of equipment is numbered and, once it arrives at the center of the ramp, the auctioneer begins asking for bids.