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Machinery Trader Scraper
parseforge/machinerytrader-scraper
AutomationE-commerce
Scrapes Machinery Trader equipment listings by search URL or filters. Returns each listing as a flat row with price, hours, year, serial number, location, and other details.
- Total users
- 38
- Monthly active
- 8
- Total runs
- 1.1K
- Bookmarked
- 0
- Rating
- 5.0 (2)
- Last modified
- 12 days ago
Overview
Machinery Trader Scraper
Scrape Machinery Trader listings for any equipment category, manufacturer, or URL, up to a million per run. Every listing comes with its price, hours, year, serial number, and location. No login or API key. Export to CSV, JSON, Excel, or XML.
Machinery Trader's public search pages hold the asking price, hours, and specs for nearly every piece of heavy equipment for sale in North America, but the site has no official API and manual copying is slow. This Actor reads those listing pages directly, filters by category, manufacturer, year, price, hours, horsepower, ROPS, drive type, condition, state, or certification, and returns each match in one fixed schema.
| Who uses it | What they scrape Machinery Trader for |
|---|---|
| Equipment dealers | Monitor competitor asking prices for the same make and model in their region |
| Market researchers | Track supply and pricing trends for specific equipment categories over time |
| Fleet managers | Build a shortlist of available machines that meet their spec and budget |
| Data analysts | Feed structured equipment listings into pricing models or dashboards |
What it does
This Actor collects Machinery Trader equipment listings by search URL or filter criteria, and returns each one as a flat row with its price, hours, year, serial number, location, and other listing details.
- 🔍 Search by URL or filters: paste a Machinery Trader search or detail URL, or set category, manufacturer, year, price, hours, horsepower, ROPS, drive type, condition, state, and certified filters.
- 📊 Flat row per listing: every result includes the listing title, price, hours, year, serial number, location, and other fields in one consistent schema.
- ⚙️ Deep filtering: narrow results by equipment category, manufacturer, year range, price range, hours, horsepower, ROPS, drive type, condition, state, and certified status.
- 📦 Bulk export: collect up to 1,000,000 listings per run and export to CSV, JSON, Excel, or XML.
Results export to CSV, JSON, Excel, or XML, or straight from the API.
What you can do with Machinery Trader data
📈 Track competitor pricing.
A dealer runs the Actor weekly for a manufacturer and state, then compares asking prices against their own inventory to adjust listings.
🔎 Find machines that meet a spec.
A fleet manager sets category, year range, horsepower, and ROPS filters to get a shortlist of available excavators or dozers in their region.
📊 Build a market dataset.
A market researcher pulls all listings for a category over several months to analyze price trends and supply volume.
🧹 Clean data for analysis.
A data analyst exports listings to CSV and joins them with internal records to spot pricing anomalies or inventory gaps.
Why choose this scraper
| What you get | |
|---|---|
| No API key | Reads public Machinery Trader pages directly, no registration or rate limits |
| One fixed schema | Every listing returns the same fields, so you can merge runs without cleaning |
| Filter before you pay | Category, manufacturer, year, price, hours, horsepower, ROPS, drive type, condition, state, and certified filters cut noise before storage |
| Scale to a million | Paid users can pull up to 1,000,000 listings in a single run |
How it compares
No other Store actor targets Machinery Trader the same way, so the honest comparison is with the alternatives teams actually weigh.
| Machinery Trader Scraper | Build it in-house | By hand | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Setup | Run it now, zero config | Days of engineering | None, but hours per pull |
| When Machinery Trader changes | Maintained for you | You fix it | You re-learn the page |
| Proxies, retries, anti-bot | Built in | Your problem | Browser only |
| Output | Fixed JSON schema, CSV/Excel export | Whatever you build | Copy-paste |
| Cost | Pay per result | Engineering time | Analyst hours |
Configure the run
Drive the Actor from a Machinery Trader search or detail URL, or set category, manufacturer, year, price, hours, horsepower, ROPS, drive type, condition, state, and certified filters. Filters run as each listing is read, so only matches reach your dataset. The Input tab lists every parameter.
A first run with the defaults:
{
"startUrl": "https://www.machinerytrader.com/listings/search?ListingType=For%20Retail",
"maxItems": 10
}
A larger pull:
{
"startUrl": "https://www.machinerytrader.com/listings/search?ListingType=For%20Retail",
"maxItems": 200
}
Pricing
Pay-per-result: $0.032 per result collected. You pay only for the results written to your dataset.
| Results collected | Approximate cost |
|---|---|
| 100 results | $3.20 |
| 1,000 results | $32.00 |
| 10,000 results | $320.00 |
New Apify accounts start with $5 in free credit.
Free users
Free-plan runs return up to 10 results as a preview. Upgrade your Apify plan to collect up to 1,000,000 results per run.
Run it
- Create a free Apify account with $5 in credit.
- Open the Machinery Trader Scraper.
- Set your inputs and any filters, then click Start.
- Export the results as CSV, Excel, JSON, or XML from the Dataset tab.
Run it programmatically through the Apify API (run-sync-get-dataset-items) or the ApifyClient for JavaScript and Python.
Use with AI agents (MCP)
Give an AI agent live access to Machinery Trader through the Model Context Protocol. Add the Actor to Claude, Cursor, or any MCP client:
claude mcp add --transport http apify "https://mcp.apify.com?tools=parseforge/machinerytrader-scraper"
Then prompt it in plain language to run the scraper and read back the results.
Troubleshooting
Why am I getting no results?
Check that your filters are not too restrictive. Try removing one filter at a time, or use a broader category or manufacturer. Also confirm the startUrl is a valid Machinery Trader search or detail page.
Why did the run stop at 10 listings?
Free Apify users are limited to 10 listings per run. Upgrade to a paid plan and set maxItems higher to collect more.
Why are some listings missing fields?
Machinery Trader listings do not always include every field. If a seller did not provide hours or serial number, that field will be empty in the output.
Can I scrape a detail page instead of a search page?
Yes. Paste the detail page URL into startUrl, and the Actor will return that single listing as one row.
Why did I get an error about startUrl and filters?
Use either startUrl OR the filter options, not both. If you provide a startUrl, the filter fields are ignored.
FAQ
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Do I need a Machinery Trader account or API key? | No. The Actor reads public listing pages directly, so no login or API key is required. |
| Can I scrape a specific search URL? | Yes. Paste any Machinery Trader search or detail URL into the startUrl field, and the Actor will collect the listings from that page. |
| What filters can I use? | You can filter by category, manufacturer, year range, price range, hours, horsepower, ROPS, drive type, condition, state, and certified status. |
| How many listings can I get in one run? | Free users are limited to 10 listings. Paid users can set maxItems up to 1,000,000. |
| What data does each listing include? | Each row includes the listing title, price, hours, year, serial number, location, and other fields shown in the sample output. |
| Can I export the results? | Yes. You can export to CSV, JSON, Excel, or XML from the Apify dataset. |
| Does this work for all equipment categories? | Yes. The category filter covers everything from excavators and dozers to trailers, cranes, and forestry equipment. |
| Can I filter by manufacturer? | Yes. The manufacturer filter includes thousands of brands, from Caterpillar and John Deere to smaller niche makers. |
| Is the data live? | The Actor reads the current public listing pages at the time of the run, so you get the latest asking prices and availability. |
| Can I schedule this to run automatically? | Yes. You can set up a schedule in Apify to run the Actor daily, weekly, or at any interval you need. |
Related actors
Browse the full ParseForge collection for more scrapers.
🆘 Need help? Email parseforge@protonmail.com with your run ID, your input, and what you expected.
⚠️ Disclaimer. This Actor is unofficial and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Sandhills Global, Inc. It collects only publicly available data. You are responsible for using the collected data in compliance with the source's terms of service and applicable data-protection laws, including GDPR, CCPA, and PIPL. Do not use it to collect personal data unlawfully.
Input
| Field | Type | What it does | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| startUrl | string | Direct URL to scrape from MachineryTrader. Can be either a search/listing page URL (e.g., https://www.machinerytrader.com/listings/search?ListingType=For%20Retail) or a detail page URL (e.g., https://www.machinerytrader.com/listing/for-sale/239377131/...). Use this OR the filter options below, but not both. | https://www.machinerytrader.com/listings |
| maxItems | integer | Maximum number of equipment listings to collect. Free users: Limited to 100. Paid users: Optional, max 1,000,000 | 10 |
| category | string (294 options) | Filter by equipment category (optional). In case of not selected, all categories will be scraped. | not set |
| manufacturer | string (4253 options) | Filter by equipment manufacturer/brand (optional). Examples: 'Caterpillar', 'John Deere', 'Komatsu', 'Bobcat'. | not set |
| yearMin | integer | Minimum equipment year (optional). Example: 2015 | not set |
| yearMax | integer | Maximum equipment year (optional). Example: 2024 | not set |
| serialNumber | string | Filter by equipment serial number (optional). | not set |
| priceMin | integer | Minimum asking price in USD (optional). | not set |
| priceMax | integer | Maximum asking price in USD (optional). | not set |
| Hours | string | Filter by hours (optional). | not set |
| horsePowerMin | integer | Filter by horse power (optional). | not set |
| horsePowerMax | integer | Filter by horse power (optional). | not set |
| rops | string (3 options) | Filter by ROPS (optional). | not set |
| driveType | string (26 options) | Filter by drive type (optional). | not set |
| condition | string (4 options) | Filter by condition (optional). | not set |
| state | string (63 options) | Filter by state (optional). | not set |
| certified | boolean | Filter by certified (optional). | not set |
Pricing
from $24.00 per 1,000 results
| Charged for | What it is | Price each |
|---|---|---|
| Actor Start | Charged once when the run starts. | $0.005 |
| Result Item | Charged once per result collected. | $0.024 to $0.032 |
Tiered: the lower figure is the price on a higher Apify plan. Billing and the free credit live on Apify.
API
One POST returns the dataset directly. Same shape for every scraper in the library, so swapping the slug is the only change.
curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/parseforge~machinerytrader-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items?token=$APIFY_TOKEN" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{
"helloWorld": 123
}' Examples
Input that runs as-is.
{
"helloWorld": 123
} Reviews
Rated 5.0 out of 5 across 2 reviews. Read them on Apify.
Issues
We build and maintain this scraper, so a problem with it comes to us. Report it on the Apify listing and the thread stays attached to the scraper where the next person can find it: open an issue.
Broken and urgent, or you would rather not post in public? Write to parseforge@protonmail.com and it reaches the people who wrote it.