Killeen and Temple Equipment Appraisal
Certified heavy equipment valuations in Bell, Coryell and Lampasas counties. Starting at $295.
Killeen and Temple equipment appraisal means a certified, written value for heavy equipment kept in Bell, Coryell or Lampasas County: a contractor’s excavators, dozers and skid steers, a carrier’s semi trucks and trailers, a warehouse’s forklifts, and a farm’s tractors, combines and stock trailers. A Certified Machinery and Equipment Appraiser (CMEA) signs the report, which is written to the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice (USPAP).
- A yard in Killeen, a shop in Temple and a pasture near Gatesville can share one report.
- Photos and records are enough for a desktop appraisal, so nothing has to be hauled anywhere.
- Should a bank or a judge want the equipment seen, an inspection on site is set up.
- Every machine has its own line, and the county you send for it goes on that line.
- The fee and the delivery date reach you in writing ahead of any commitment.
- USPAP-compliant
- Signed by a CMEA
- Rated 5.0 on Google
How do I start an appraisal in Killeen or Temple?
1. Tell us the equipment
Question one is what you have and roughly how many pieces.
2. Method, location, timing
Next comes desktop or on site, then the town the equipment is in, then when you need the report. Your name and email close the form.
3. Records, with the county
After you approve the quote, send the list, serial numbers, hours or miles, and photos. Mark the county for each machine, because three appraisal districts cover this area.
What should an owner in Bell, Coryell or Lampasas County know first?
- Three counties, three districts
- Each county has an appraisal district, which is the office that decides what property there is taxed on. Killeen and Temple are in Bell County, where the Tax Appraisal District of Bell County has offices in Belton, Killeen and Temple. Coryell County has the Coryell Central Appraisal District, with offices in Gatesville and Copperas Cove. Lampasas County has the Lampasas Central Appraisal District. Copperas Cove reaches into all three counties. Tax Appraisal District of Bell County
- The yearly equipment list
- Once a year a business reports its equipment to its district. The report is called a rendition. Texas sets April 15 as the due date. The Bell district’s FAQ says a request for more time must be made in writing or by email before that date, and the deadline then moves to May 15. The Lampasas district’s guide allows up to 30 more days on a written request made before it.
- How the Bell district values equipment
- The Bell district publishes a depreciation schedule each year. It says to multiply what an item cost new by a percentage that depends on the item’s expected life and the year it was acquired, and it labels heavy equipment, cranes and forklifts on the chart. The district also says that when no rendition is filed, the appraised value is based on an appraiser’s estimate using comparable business types.
- Federal courts and the SBA
- Federal cases from Bell and Coryell counties belong to the Waco Division of the Western District of Texas. Lampasas County belongs to the Austin Division. The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) splits the area the same way, between its Dallas/Fort Worth and San Antonio district offices.
- Delivery
- Desktop reports go out in 7 to 10 business days, starting when the photos and records are all here. For a machine or two, ask about a rush: 24 to 48 hours. Allow longer when the equipment has to be inspected on site.
- Fee
- Starting at $295. The number of machines, an on-site inspection and a rush are what move it.
What is particular to equipment around Killeen and Temple?
Attachments on contractor machines, fuel tanks on natural gas trucks, and the front attachments on combines.
Contractor machines and attachments
Central Texas Auction Services in Belton lists skid steers, excavators and tractors in its equipment and auto consignment auctions, where owners hand machines to the auctioneer to sell. On a skid steer, a small loader that steers by driving the wheels or tracks on each side at different speeds, the attachments can add a lot to the price. List each bucket and each hydraulic hammer, the tool that breaks rock and concrete, and say which ones sell with the machine.
Trucks and warehouse equipment in Temple
McLane, the distributor that moved its operations to Temple, says on its fleet page that it has invested in electric, hybrid and compressed natural gas trucks. A compressed natural gas truck can have fewer buyers than a diesel, and its fuel tanks carry a label with a “do not use after” date. Photograph that label. For a forklift, send the hours and say whether it runs on propane, diesel or a battery.
Corn, cattle and pasture
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s farm census lists corn as Bell County’s largest crop by acres. Most farm income in Coryell County is from cattle, and Lampasas County is mostly pasture with cattle, sheep and goats. A combine’s head is the front attachment that takes in the crop, and a combine sells with its heads or without them. Say which heads go with it, such as a corn head. For a stock trailer, say whether it is steel or aluminum and photograph the floor.
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What equipment is appraised around Killeen and Temple?
Contractor, trucking, warehouse and farm equipment anywhere in the three counties, whether it is a single unit or the whole operation.
Excavators and dozers
Excavators, dozers, motor graders and wheel loaders. Add a photo of the tracks or tires and of the hour meter.
Skid steers and backhoe loaders
Skid steers and backhoe loaders, with every attachment listed.
Semi trucks and trailers
Semi trucks, dump trucks, flatbeds and lowboys. A lowboy is a trailer with a low deck for hauling machines. For each truck, give the miles, the engine hours when the truck records them, and the fuel it runs on.
Forklifts
Warehouse and yard forklifts. Read the capacity off the plate and note the fuel.
Tractors and combines
Tractors, combines with their heads, and hay equipment from Bell and Coryell county farms.
Stock trailers
Cattle and livestock trailers from ranches in Coryell and Lampasas counties.
Not listed here? The form has room to describe it.
How do I pick an equipment appraiser in Killeen or Temple?
Do they ask which county each machine is in?
The Bell, Coryell and Lampasas districts each publish their own schedule or guide. If you send the county for each machine, the report shows it, so you can hand each district only its own machines.
Will you get a market value to set beside the district’s chart?
The Bell district’s chart works from cost new, typical life and the year acquired. It has no column for hours, condition or attachments, and its note says further adjustments may be made case by case. Ask for a market value for each machine, so you can compare the two machine by machine.
Do they ask which court the report is for?
The Waco Division covers Bell and Coryell counties, which include Killeen, Temple and Gatesville. The Austin Division covers Lampasas County. Put the court and its date in the deadline answer on the quote form, and have the delivery date confirmed.
Which offices and courts handle a Killeen or Temple equipment file?
The appraisal districts. The Tax Appraisal District of Bell County takes renditions online, by email and by mail to its Business Personal Property Department in Belton. An owner who thinks a district’s value is too high can protest it, and a market appraisal can be used as evidence in that protest. Tax Appraisal District of Bell County
The federal courts. The clerk for the Waco Division, which covers Bell and Coryell counties, is at 800 Franklin Avenue in Waco, and the bankruptcy court has a Waco office at the same address. For Lampasas County the district clerk is on West Fifth Street in Austin and the bankruptcy clerk is on San Jacinto Boulevard.
Lenders and the SBA. The SBA’s Dallas/Fort Worth District Office lists Bell and Coryell counties, and its San Antonio District Office lists Lampasas County. Banks usually ask for one of two figures. Fair market value is the figure for an unhurried sale between a buyer and a seller who both know the equipment. Orderly liquidation value is the lower figure for a sale that must be finished in a matter of months. Ask your lender which one goes in the file.
What do I send for an appraisal in Killeen or Temple?
- Your equipment list, giving year, make and model.
- The serial number on each machine, and the VIN on each truck and each trailer.
- The hours on each machine and the miles on each truck.
- Photos of all four sides, the serial plate and the meter, plus every attachment.
- The county where each machine is kept.
- For a compressed natural gas truck, a photo of the label on its fuel tanks.
Which towns in Bell, Coryell and Lampasas counties are covered?
Bell, Coryell and Lampasas counties, including:
- Killeen
- Temple
- Belton
- Harker Heights
- Copperas Cove
- Nolanville
- Salado
- Troy
- Rogers
- Holland
- Bartlett
- Little River-Academy
- Morgan’s Point Resort
- Gatesville
- Evant
- Oglesby
- Lampasas
- Kempner
- Lometa
Waco is where the federal clerk for Bell and Coryell counties sits. Waco equipment appraisal
Lampasas County is in the Austin Division. Austin equipment appraiser
What else do owners around Killeen and Temple ask?
Where is equipment bought, sold and rented around Temple and Belton?
United Ag & Turf, a John Deere dealer, has a store on Barnhardt Road in Temple. Central Texas Auction Services holds equipment and auto consignment auctions on the Interstate 35 service road in Belton. United Rentals has a branch on South General Bruce Drive in Temple that lists Killeen, Copperas Cove and Harker Heights in its service area. Ritchie Bros. auction results include machines located in Killeen.
My shop is in Copperas Cove. Which appraisal district is mine?
Copperas Cove lies in Coryell, Bell and Lampasas counties, so it depends on where the equipment sits. The Lampasas district’s guide puts it this way for its own county: its name goes on the form when the property is physically located in Lampasas County.
Do farm tractors and combines go on a rendition?
The Texas Tax Code exempts machinery and equipment used in the production of farm or ranch products from property tax. The Bell district’s business property page, rendition FAQ and agricultural appraisal page say nothing about farm machinery. Put the question to the district before you file. The appraisal states what each machine is worth whichever way that goes.
Do you appraise equipment for companies that work at Fort Hood?
Yes. Fort Hood covers parts of Bell and Coryell counties. For a contractor’s or a carrier’s own equipment, tell us the county where it is kept when it is not on a job.
Request a Killeen or Temple equipment appraisal quote
Excavators, dozers, skid steers, semi trucks, trailers, forklifts, tractors and combines in Bell, Coryell and Lampasas counties, appraised for contractors, carriers, farms, lenders and courts. The quote form takes four answers and the quote is sent to your email.