McAllen Equipment Appraisal
McAllen heavy equipment valuation for contractors, carriers and growers. Starting at $295.
McAllen equipment appraisal means a certified valuation of the heavy equipment in Hidalgo and Starr counties: the dozers and excavators on road and site jobs, the trucks and trailers that haul produce from the Pharr bridge, and the tractors and harvesters on irrigated farms. Each report carries the signature of a Certified Machinery and Equipment Appraiser (CMEA). Owners hire an equipment appraiser in McAllen to borrow, to sell, to divide a business or to settle an estate.
- Equipment in McAllen, Edinburg, Mission, Pharr and Rio Grande City fits in one report.
- For a desktop appraisal you send photos and records, and nobody has to visit the job or the field.
- If the bank or the court wants the machines looked at, an on-site inspection is set up.
- Reports follow the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice (USPAP), the standard lenders and courts expect, and are signed by a CMEA.
- The price and the delivery date are emailed to you before any work starts.
- USPAP-compliant
- Signed by a CMEA
- Rated 5.0 on Google
What are the steps for an equipment appraisal in McAllen?
1. Four quick questions
The equipment and the number of pieces, whether it should be done from photos or on site and in which city, when you need it, and where the quote should go.
2. The quote
It reaches your inbox with a price and a delivery date.
3. Photos, records, report
After you accept the quote, you send photos of each machine, its serial plate and its meter, with whatever service records you keep.
What should a McAllen equipment owner know first?
- McAllen has its own federal court division
- Hidalgo and Starr counties make up the McAllen Division of the Southern District of Texas. Its courthouse is on West Business Highway 83 in McAllen.
- Which appraisal districts cover the area
- Hidalgo County has its own appraisal district, in Edinburg. Starr County has the Starr Central Appraisal District, in Rio Grande City. Under state rules, the list of equipment a business files each year, called a rendition, is due April 15. Hidalgo County Appraisal District
- The Pharr bridge
- The City of Pharr calls the Pharr International Bridge the only full-service commercial crossing in Hidalgo County. U.S. Customs and Border Protection runs agriculture inspections at its commercial facility there.
- Which SBA office covers Hidalgo and Starr
- The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) lists Hidalgo and Starr counties under the Lower Rio Grande Valley District Office. That office is in Harlingen.
- Timing
- Desktop reports take 7 to 10 business days, counted from when your records arrive. With only a machine or two, ask for a 24 to 48 hour rush. Going on site takes longer.
- Fee
- Starting at $295. The number of machines, an inspection and a tight deadline move it up.
What is particular to equipment around McAllen?
Road and site work, produce freight and farming each ask something different of a machine.
Road and site equipment
Some dozers, excavators and motor graders carry grade control, the masts and receivers that steer the blade to planned ground levels. The system can add to what a machine sells for, and on many machines it can be moved to another one. Say whether each machine has one and whether it would be sold with it.
Produce trucks and warehouse equipment
Produce comes across the bridge at Pharr by truck. A semi truck that hauls those loads is judged on its engine hours as well as its miles, so send both for each truck. For warehouse forklifts, say whether each runs on batteries or propane.
Farms
Hidalgo County growers raise cotton, corn, grain sorghum, vegetables, citrus and sugarcane, and part of that land is irrigated. Many harvesters are built for one crop, so say which crop each one was bought for.
What clients have said
“Bank seems happy.”
“The reports look great.”
“It was perfect! Thank you so much for your help.”
What equipment gets appraised in McAllen?
Machines from the jobs, the freight yards and the farms of Hidalgo and Starr counties. One piece is fine, and so is everything a company owns.
Earthmoving
Dozers, excavators, motor graders, scrapers and wheel loaders. Note any grade control and the state of the undercarriage.
Paving and concrete
Pavers, rollers and mixer trucks. Send drum or screed hours where the machine records them.
Trucks and trailers
Semi trucks, flatbeds and the other trailers in a fleet. Give each vehicle identification number (VIN), the miles and the engine hours.
Farm machinery
Tractors, combines, cotton harvesters and hay equipment. List the headers and implements that belong to each.
Forklifts and yard equipment
Forklifts from warehouses and freight yards, and yard tractors, which shuttle trailers between docks. Photograph the data plate and the hour meter.
Lifts and cranes
Boom lifts, truck cranes and telehandlers, the lifts with a boom that reaches forward. Include the latest inspection for each.
Have something else? Tell us on the form.
How do I choose an appraiser for McAllen equipment?
Do they know which offices handle a McAllen-area file?
Hidalgo County and Starr County have separate appraisal districts, and the McAllen Division of the federal court covers both. Ask which office your report is meant for.
Will each machine get its own value?
A contractor with forty machines and a grower with four should each see a line per machine, with the hours or miles it rests on. Ask what would change the price.
Can the report be ready before April 15?
That is the state’s date for the equipment list a business files with its appraisal district, and a report in hand by then gives you a value to work from. Give the appraiser your date when you order.
Which McAllen-area offices and courts use an appraisal?
The Hidalgo County Appraisal District. Its office is on South Professional Drive in Edinburg. When an owner believes the district has valued equipment too high, a certified appraisal can be offered as evidence for the protest. The district’s forms page also carries the declaration that heavy equipment dealers file for their inventory. Hidalgo County Appraisal District
Federal court in McAllen. The McAllen Division of the federal court covers Hidalgo and Starr counties. The bankruptcy court has a McAllen Division too, listed at Bentsen Tower on the same street.
Lenders. A bank lending against equipment will usually want two figures: what the equipment would sell for with time to find a buyer, called fair market value, and the lower price a sale on a deadline of a few months would get, called orderly liquidation value.
What do I need to send?
- A list of the machines with year, make and model.
- Serial numbers or VINs, with the hours or miles on each.
- Photos of every machine from each side, its serial plate and its meter.
- A note of add-ons: grade control, buckets, headers and implements.
- Your deadline and the city where the equipment is kept.
Which towns around McAllen are covered?
Hidalgo and Starr counties, including:
- McAllen
- Edinburg
- Mission
- Pharr
- Weslaco
- San Juan
- Alamo
- Donna
- Mercedes
- Hidalgo
- Palmview
- Alton
- La Joya
- Elsa
- Rio Grande City
- Roma
The SBA office for Hidalgo and Starr counties sits in Harlingen. equipment appraisal in Brownsville and Harlingen
Laredo has a federal court division of its own in the Southern District. Laredo equipment appraisal
What else do McAllen equipment owners ask?
Where is used equipment bought and sold near McAllen?
Two dealers are close by. Holt Cat has a store on State Highway 83 in Weslaco, and Rush Truck Centers sells Peterbilt and Hino trucks on North Cage Boulevard in Pharr.
Do you appraise equipment in Brownsville and Harlingen?
Yes. Cameron County has its own appraisal district and is in the Brownsville Division of the federal court, so the offices differ from the ones named here.
Can a ranch in Starr County be included with equipment in McAllen?
Yes. Tractors, stock trailers and hay equipment near Rio Grande City or Roma go on the same list as machines in Hidalgo County.
My trucks run into Mexico. Does the county tax their full value?
Maybe not. Texas has a rule for vehicles used outside the state, and the Hidalgo County Appraisal District’s forms page has the application for it. The appraisal itself reports what each truck would sell for.
Request a quote for your McAllen equipment appraisal
Earthmoving and paving equipment, trucks and trailers, farm machinery, forklifts and lifts in Hidalgo and Starr counties, appraised for owners, lenders and courts. The form takes four questions, and the quote arrives by email.