Always a moving target.

Business is not an easy target to hit. It doesn't sit still so we can easily hit our mark. It's not simple to figure out and it's not always easy to predict. Business is a moving target and because of that we are always moving and modifying and second guessing and just trying to survive most days.

The auction business is like that times 10! Even though I've personally been fulltime in the auction business for 20 years and Blackmon Auctions has been around since 1938, different auction formats all have different clientele they have to develop and cater to. We have been blessed and had the ability to work with customers from the trucking industry in doing the largest trucking company auctions in bankruptcy history. We have developed very close relationships in the railroad industry selling for the largest Class 1 railroads and the nations largest railroad contractors. We have worked in the forestry industry liquidating sawmills and logging crews from the northern part of Maine to the northern part of Arizona. We have sold for the largest contractors in the nation and continue to sell construction equipment all over the United States and over 20 countries each year. Each year we sell thousands of cars at auction through various outlets. But, we haven't done a dedicated car auction since 1982. So here we are again in a "new" industry and earning the trust of "new" customers.

We will be here for the long haul and will continue to have our auctions every Friday at noon. I love the auction business and I love messing with cars. Always have and always will. I believe that a key to business is earning business and that's what Joel and I are wanting to do. Earn the business of the sellers and earn the trust of the buyers. Come see us on Friday and let us earn your business.

Thomas Blackmon