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| Re: [GMCnet] Freon Recovery Machine in Georgia [message #308735 is a reply to message #308713] |
Fri, 14 October 2016 14:54   |
Ken Burton
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It appears to be unused and there is no condition code to indicate one way or the other. I probably will not bid on this.
As a side note,
I bid $750 on ninety-three 30 pound containers of virgin r-12 the last week that government was holding in Virginia. I figured it was worth over $28,000 on re-sale.
Well, I was out bid and the winning bid was $28,025.
I'm also looking at a 3 KW diesel generator with less that 50 hours on it. They call it portable but it weighs 270# and say it takes 6 men to move it.
Ken Burton - N9KB
76 Palm Beach
Hebron, Indiana
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| Re: [GMCnet] Freon Recovery Machine in Georgia [message #308740 is a reply to message #308735] |
Fri, 14 October 2016 17:08 |
Ken Henderson
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Location: Americus, GA
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270# / 6 < 40# per "man". That's about the government's standard now that
women are "equal" in the workforce. IIRC, USAF's max for an aircraft
mechanic to lift was 75# -- now about that 40#. No comment. :-)
Your auction experiences are about like mine -- on the other end. At
Mansfield I was telling the tale of the Amermac on-vehicle tire trueing
machine I sold on eBay. HER cousin had it in his garage in Clearwater, FL
for many years. I saw and commented on it in '98. Some years later he
moved to Uchee, GA and I saw the Amermac in his garage again 10+ years
ago. About 3 years ago he called wanting to know if I wanted it or should
he take it to the salvage yard. Somehow that I don't recall, Dan Meyers
got involved and picked it up for me. He took it to Frank Jenkins' place,
where it stayed until January when his constant (good-natured) bitching
about it caused me to bring it home -- probably enroute to Bean Station,
where Al Samsel had given me permission to station it.
I finally got tired of working around it in my shop and decided to put it
on eBay. Since it was apparently in good shape, ran, and had all its
accessories, I put a starting bid of $500 on it -- "No Shipping". Right
away, a dealer in such stuff, located in Miami, bid $509. There was no
other interest. When I checked late the day after bidding closed, I almost
dropped my teeth! $2550!
Sure 'nuff, a couple of days later, after PayPal received payment, a
tractor trailer from Winter Haven, FL showed up to pick it up. I think it
was a trucking company buying it for their fleet shop. Turns out, new ones
sell for $7500 and the guy in Miami also had on on eBay at $3000. Who'd a
thunk it? :-)
Side tale: In 1958, a local garage owner, close friend of my grandfather,
drew in the dirt in front of his shop his concept for operation of a tire
truing machine. The viewer was my machinist great uncle (once convicted of
manslaughter and escaped for 15 years, by the way) built a prototype. That
evolved into Amermac, which was later sold and headquartered in Ellaville,
9 miles north of me. The company is still thriving but was sold to Ohio a
couple of years ago. As far as I know, that's still the leading, if not
only, brand on the market.
Go get a hearing aid so I don't have to write all this stuff for you! :-)
Ken
On Fri, Oct 14, 2016 at 3:54 PM, Ken Burton wrote:
> It appears to be unused and there is no condition code to indicate one way
> or the other. I probably will not bid on this.
>
>
>
> As a side note,
> I bid $750 on ninety-three 30 pound containers of virgin r-12 the last
> week that government was holding in Virginia. I figured it was worth over
> $28,000 on re-sale.
> Well, I was out bid and the winning bid was $28,025.
>
> I'm also looking at a 3 KW diesel generator with less that 50 hours on
> it. They call it portable but it weighs 270# and say it takes 6 men to move
> it.
> --
> Ken Burton - N9KB
> 76 Palm Beach
> Hebron, Indiana
>
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| Re: [GMCnet] Freon Recovery Machine in Georgia [message #308744 is a reply to message #308740] |
Fri, 14 October 2016 18:31 |
sgltrac
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Haha
Sully
77 eleganza 2
Seattle
On Friday, October 14, 2016, Ken Henderson wrote:
> 270# / 6 < 40# per "man". That's about the government's standard now that
> women are "equal" in the workforce. IIRC, USAF's max for an aircraft
> mechanic to lift was 75# -- now about that 40#. No comment. :-)
>
> Your auction experiences are about like mine -- on the other end. At
> Mansfield I was telling the tale of the Amermac on-vehicle tire trueing
> machine I sold on eBay. HER cousin had it in his garage in Clearwater, FL
> for many years. I saw and commented on it in '98. Some years later he
> moved to Uchee, GA and I saw the Amermac in his garage again 10+ years
> ago. About 3 years ago he called wanting to know if I wanted it or should
> he take it to the salvage yard. Somehow that I don't recall, Dan Meyers
> got involved and picked it up for me. He took it to Frank Jenkins' place,
> where it stayed until January when his constant (good-natured) bitching
> about it caused me to bring it home -- probably enroute to Bean Station,
> where Al Samsel had given me permission to station it.
>
> I finally got tired of working around it in my shop and decided to put it
> on eBay. Since it was apparently in good shape, ran, and had all its
> accessories, I put a starting bid of $500 on it -- "No Shipping". Right
> away, a dealer in such stuff, located in Miami, bid $509. There was no
> other interest. When I checked late the day after bidding closed, I almost
> dropped my teeth! $2550!
>
> Sure 'nuff, a couple of days later, after PayPal received payment, a
> tractor trailer from Winter Haven, FL showed up to pick it up. I think it
> was a trucking company buying it for their fleet shop. Turns out, new ones
> sell for $7500 and the guy in Miami also had on on eBay at $3000. Who'd a
> thunk it? :-)
>
> Side tale: In 1958, a local garage owner, close friend of my grandfather,
> drew in the dirt in front of his shop his concept for operation of a tire
> truing machine. The viewer was my machinist great uncle (once convicted of
> manslaughter and escaped for 15 years, by the way) built a prototype. That
> evolved into Amermac, which was later sold and headquartered in Ellaville,
> 9 miles north of me. The company is still thriving but was sold to Ohio a
> couple of years ago. As far as I know, that's still the leading, if not
> only, brand on the market.
>
> Go get a hearing aid so I don't have to write all this stuff for you! :-)
>
> Ken
>
>
> On Fri, Oct 14, 2016 at 3:54 PM, Ken Burton > wrote:
>
>> It appears to be unused and there is no condition code to indicate one
> way
>> or the other. I probably will not bid on this.
>>
>>
>>
>> As a side note,
>> I bid $750 on ninety-three 30 pound containers of virgin r-12 the last
>> week that government was holding in Virginia. I figured it was worth
> over
>> $28,000 on re-sale.
>> Well, I was out bid and the winning bid was $28,025.
>>
>> I'm also looking at a 3 KW diesel generator with less that 50 hours on
>> it. They call it portable but it weighs 270# and say it takes 6 men to
> move
>> it.
>> --
>> Ken Burton - N9KB
>> 76 Palm Beach
>> Hebron, Indiana
>>
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77 Royale basket case.
Future motorhome land speed record holder(bucket list)
Seattle, Wa.
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| Re: [GMCnet] Freon Recovery Machine in Georgia [message #308751 is a reply to message #308744] |
Sat, 15 October 2016 06:01 |
Kingsley Coach
Messages: 2691
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Location: Nova Scotia Canada
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Play nice, boys !
Mike in NS
On Fri, Oct 14, 2016 at 8:31 PM, Todd Sullivan wrote:
> Haha
>
> Sully
> 77 eleganza 2
> Seattle
>
> On Friday, October 14, 2016, Ken Henderson wrote:
>
>> 270# / 6 < 40# per "man". That's about the government's standard now
> that
>> women are "equal" in the workforce. IIRC, USAF's max for an aircraft
>> mechanic to lift was 75# -- now about that 40#. No comment. :-)
>>
>> Your auction experiences are about like mine -- on the other end. At
>> Mansfield I was telling the tale of the Amermac on-vehicle tire trueing
>> machine I sold on eBay. HER cousin had it in his garage in Clearwater,
> FL
>> for many years. I saw and commented on it in '98. Some years later he
>> moved to Uchee, GA and I saw the Amermac in his garage again 10+ years
>> ago. About 3 years ago he called wanting to know if I wanted it or
> should
>> he take it to the salvage yard. Somehow that I don't recall, Dan Meyers
>> got involved and picked it up for me. He took it to Frank Jenkins'
> place,
>> where it stayed until January when his constant (good-natured) bitching
>> about it caused me to bring it home -- probably enroute to Bean Station,
>> where Al Samsel had given me permission to station it.
>>
>> I finally got tired of working around it in my shop and decided to put it
>> on eBay. Since it was apparently in good shape, ran, and had all its
>> accessories, I put a starting bid of $500 on it -- "No Shipping". Right
>> away, a dealer in such stuff, located in Miami, bid $509. There was no
>> other interest. When I checked late the day after bidding closed, I
> almost
>> dropped my teeth! $2550!
>>
>> Sure 'nuff, a couple of days later, after PayPal received payment, a
>> tractor trailer from Winter Haven, FL showed up to pick it up. I think
> it
>> was a trucking company buying it for their fleet shop. Turns out, new
> ones
>> sell for $7500 and the guy in Miami also had on on eBay at $3000. Who'd
> a
>> thunk it? :-)
>>
>> Side tale: In 1958, a local garage owner, close friend of my
> grandfather,
>> drew in the dirt in front of his shop his concept for operation of a tire
>> truing machine. The viewer was my machinist great uncle (once convicted
> of
>> manslaughter and escaped for 15 years, by the way) built a prototype.
> That
>> evolved into Amermac, which was later sold and headquartered in
> Ellaville,
>> 9 miles north of me. The company is still thriving but was sold to Ohio
> a
>> couple of years ago. As far as I know, that's still the leading, if not
>> only, brand on the market.
>>
>> Go get a hearing aid so I don't have to write all this stuff for you!
> :-)
>>
>> Ken
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Oct 14, 2016 at 3:54 PM, Ken Burton > > wrote:
>>
>>> It appears to be unused and there is no condition code to indicate one
>> way
>>> or the other. I probably will not bid on this.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> As a side note,
>>> I bid $750 on ninety-three 30 pound containers of virgin r-12 the last
>>> week that government was holding in Virginia. I figured it was worth
>> over
>>> $28,000 on re-sale.
>>> Well, I was out bid and the winning bid was $28,025.
>>>
>>> I'm also looking at a 3 KW diesel generator with less that 50 hours on
>>> it. They call it portable but it weighs 270# and say it takes 6 men to
>> move
>>> it.
>>> --
>>> Ken Burton - N9KB
>>> 76 Palm Beach
>>> Hebron, Indiana
>>>
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> GMCnet mailing list
>>> Unsubscribe or Change List Options:
>>> http://list.gmcnet.org/mailman/listinfo/gmclist_list.gmcnet.org
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Michael Beaton
1977 Kingsley 26-11
1977 Eleganza II 26-3
Antigonish, NS
Life is too short to hold a grudge; slash some tires and call it even !
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