Seller report · Construction & Earthmoving
superiorequipandrent.com
Verdict
Scam: Superior Equipment & Rental Sheldon, IA
Buyers paid, no machine was delivered, and the payment trail is documented. Treat every contact point as hostile.
Superior Equipment & Rental, trading at superiorequipandrent.com and listing a business address at 2231 Park St, Sheldon, Iowa, is the subject of a filed buyer report. The buyer states he wired $26,000 for a 2017 Kubota SVL95-2S compact track loader advertised on the company's own listing page, and that the machine was never delivered and the money was never returned. The advertised price sits well below the going rate for that model. We are publishing the report as filed while verification continues. Until it is resolved, treat any request from this seller to wire funds as unsafe.
Asking prices against real market value for the same year, hours, and specification
| Machine | Asking | Market | Under |
|---|---|---|---|
2017 Kubota SVL95-2S compact track loader Photos taken from Advertised on the seller's own listing page. Photograph provenance has not yet been independently checked. | $26,000 | $52,000 | 50% |
A machine priced this far under the market is not a bargain, an estate sale, or a liquidation. It is the mechanism that gets a deposit sent before anyone drives out to look.
Objective, checkable findings behind this verdict
What happened, in order
Sep 15, 2026
Report filed
A buyer reported wiring $26,000 for a 2017 Kubota SVL95-2S advertised by Superior Equipment & Rental, stating the machine was never delivered and no refund was issued.
Sep 15, 2026
Record published
Published as filed, with a right of reply open to the business. Verification of the listing, the payment trail, and the trading address is in progress.
First-hand accounts from people who sent money. Names are shortened at the reporter's request.
Reporting buyer
$26,000
The buyer found a 2017 Kubota SVL95-2S listed by Superior Equipment & Rental at superiorequipandrent.com and arranged the purchase through the contact details published on the site. He wired $26,000 for the machine. According to his report, the loader was never delivered, and the money has not been returned.
Each check, and what it returned
Reported payment
payment$26,000 sent by bank wire transfer against a 2017 Kubota SVL95-2S. Reported as neither delivered nor refunded.
Listing
inventoryThe machine was advertised at superiorequipandrent.com/listing/2017-kubota-svl95-2s at the time of the reported sale.
Contact points
contactPublished by the seller as (712) 216-4264, sales@superiorequipandrent.com, and 2231 Park St, Sheldon, IA 51201.
Price comparison
inventoryA 2017 Kubota SVL95-2S in ordinary working condition generally lists in the region of $45,000 to $65,000 depending on hours and attachments. The advertised $26,000 sits far beneath that band.
Verification status
otherDomain registration, hosting, premises, and dealer credentials have not yet been independently verified. This record reflects one buyer report and will be updated as checks complete or further reports arrive.
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Bank beneficiaries (masked)
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Crypto wallets
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Real dealers copied
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Related domains
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Bank and card numbers are published in masked form only. Full details are retained for law enforcement requests and are not disclosed publicly.
Answered from this record, in the words people type before they pay
Scam: Superior Equipment & Rental Sheldon, IA Superior Equipment & Rental, trading at superiorequipandrent.com, is recorded by Equipment Scam Report as confirmed scam. Buyers paid, no machine was delivered, and the payment trail is documented. Treat every contact point as hostile. Superior Equipment & Rental, trading at superiorequipandrent.com and listing a business address at 2231 Park St, Sheldon, Iowa, is the subject of a filed buyer report. The buyer states he wired $26,000 for a 2017 Kubota SVL95-2S compact track loader advertised on the company's own listing page, and that the machine was never delivered and the money was never returned. The advertised price sits well below the going rate for that model. We are publishing the report as filed while verification continues. Until it is resolved, treat any request from this seller to wire funds as unsafe. This report was first published Sep 15, 2026 and last updated Sep 15, 2026.
$26,000 across 1 buyer who supplied payment evidence. The real figure is higher. Deposits on machinery are large enough to hurt and small enough that most people write them off rather than report them.
The domain was registered Unknown, making it about Unknown old. A real construction equipment dealer carrying the inventory this site advertises has a trading history, a licence, and a domain far older than that. Registration date alone is usually the fastest single check you can run.
The addresses given to buyers were 2231 Park St, Sheldon, IA 51201 (address as published by the seller). Checking the address against street imagery and county records is worth ten minutes before any deposit. A dealership with no lot you can walk is not a dealership.
Payment routes on record: Bank wire transfer, as reported by the buyer. Every one of these moves money without buyer protection and without a reversal mechanism once it settles.
It depends almost entirely on speed and route. A wire can sometimes be recalled if you telephone your bank the same day. Zelle, Cash App, and cryptocurrency have no reversal mechanism at all. A card or PayPal goods-and-services payment can be disputed. Call the bank first, file with IC3 and your state attorney general second, and refuse every recovery agent who contacts you afterwards — charging an upfront fee to recover money from a scam is itself a documented scam that targets people already on victim lists.
The payment route first, the paperwork second
Same playbook
Operators selling excavators, skid steers, and dozers run the same sequence with a different name on the invoice.
cascade-iron-equipment.example.com
Cascade Iron Equipment Sales is a near-exact clone of a long-established Pacific Northwest construction equipment dealership, operating on a domain one word different from the real company's. It reprints that dealership's history, staff photographs, and licence number, and advertises excavators and skid steers as a contractor bankruptcy liquidation. Five contractors paid deposits totalling $287,500 to hold machines. The genuine dealership has no connection to the site and has been fielding calls from defrauded buyers since April.