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
>
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>
>
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