On Tue, Jan 24, 2012 at 9:18 PM, Mark Cason <farmerboy1...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> On 01/23/2012 11:58 AM, Stuart Stevenson wrote: > > If no one on this list buys this machine I will bid on it. This machine > is > > on the Air Force Base. If I can, I will pick it up for anyone that buys > it. > > I have never been on the base before so I don't know their rules. I will > > try to find out. > > Stuart > > Buying from gov auctions is no big deal, just make sure you print out > all of the paperwork, and take it with you. The paperwork will have a > address, phone numbers, and date and time of pickup on it. It's been a > while, but I believe that I had to call, and confirm that I would be > there. Before I went, however, I was warned to follow all direction > EXACTLY. Don't try to take any short cuts while driving across base, or > you will run afoul of the MP's. > > I bought 2 Cummins 4B engines out of Ohio, I took everything I > thought I would need to load them,and it turned out that they were in a > warehouse that I wasn't allowed to enter. They took a fork lift and > loaded them onto my trailer, and even helped me center them over the > axles. All I had to do was strap them so they wouldn't move, and drive > several hundred miles back home. Those engines were listed as used, but > when I got them, they were fresh factory rebuilds, with 0 hours on them. > > I've also bought some tents from Georgia, that came in 2 large wooden > crates 4'x4'x8'. They brought them out to me on a fork lift, and the > driver picked them up level with my truck, and helped me slide each one > into the back A day later, and I was at home trying to figure out how > to get them OUT of the truck. Turns out that the limb of the old oak > tree outside was enough to lift each one, and let me drive out from > under them. Moving them into the shop, was considerably harder. > Calling my niece, and her husband, and watching them try to load the > crates into the back of a Toyota truck, PRICELESS! > > since I am about 5 miles from the base a second trip would not be a problem - if I forgot some paperwork > -- > -Mark > > Ne M'oubliez ---Family Motto > Hope for the best, plan for the worst ---Personal Motto > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Keep Your Developer Skills Current with LearnDevNow! > The most comprehensive online learning library for Microsoft developers > is just $99.99! Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL - plus HTML5, CSS3, MVC3, > Metro Style Apps, more. Free future releases when you subscribe now! > http://p.sf.net/sfu/learndevnow-d2d > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > -- dos centavos ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Keep Your Developer Skills Current with LearnDevNow! The most comprehensive online learning library for Microsoft developers is just $99.99! Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL - plus HTML5, CSS3, MVC3, Metro Style Apps, more. Free future releases when you subscribe now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/learndevnow-d2d _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
