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I have a friend that is closing out his rebuild shop and clearing off everything that is stored on the acreage around it and getting it ready to sell. He used to rebuilt air starters, power carts, load banks, tow tractors and the like. I had a Nichols 8 mill stored in his warehouse and a tow tractor in one of the yards. Went out to dig the mill out and get it ready to load on the trailer. My friend told me to scavange the yard and acreage for anything I wanted, as come January, they start loading dumpsters for the scrap yard. Most of what's out there in the yards is not worth more than scrap, as it's stuff that he parted out during rebuilds. I kinda went nuts, and some of the stuff may end up in the scrap yard anyway, but we shall see.
Here's the haul since I started:
an unidentified anvil
6 forming stakes for sheet metal
bench plate for the stakes
Marvel #2 hacksaw
Racine hacksaw
unidentified hacksaw that was flat belt powered
36" throat nibbler
B&S #2 mill ( may end up scrapping this thing)
KR Wilson 60 ton press
36" floor based riveter with hot dimple kit for titanium
42"? floor based riveter
48" floor based riveter
Edlund 18"? drill press
huge blast cabinet
Erco? kick shrinker
Athol bench vise
Athol swivel vice
I've already got the anvil, the stakes, bench plate, vices and two of the saws home. I've got to go back out there on Tuesday and finish the disassembly of the press and load the crown in the truck. the rest of the press will have to come on another load. The last saw and the Erco will be a load by themselves. Unless I find anything more, I'll be down to about 6 loads on my gooseneck trailer. Due to the truck I have right now, I'm limited on what I can load at one time... The riveters and the drill press are each going to have to be individual loads due to weight...
It's going to be a mad scramble when I start hauling, as I need to rent a forklift to unload at the house and I don't want to rent it for very many days due to the costs.
Here are a coupe of snaps to whet your appetite for now. I'll shoot and post some more when I go out there Tuesday morning. Ignore the date stamp, as I forgot to update it when I put new batteries in the camera.
Here's the haul since I started:
an unidentified anvil
6 forming stakes for sheet metal
bench plate for the stakes
Marvel #2 hacksaw
Racine hacksaw
unidentified hacksaw that was flat belt powered
36" throat nibbler
B&S #2 mill ( may end up scrapping this thing)
KR Wilson 60 ton press
36" floor based riveter with hot dimple kit for titanium
42"? floor based riveter
48" floor based riveter
Edlund 18"? drill press
huge blast cabinet
Erco? kick shrinker
Athol bench vise
Athol swivel vice
I've already got the anvil, the stakes, bench plate, vices and two of the saws home. I've got to go back out there on Tuesday and finish the disassembly of the press and load the crown in the truck. the rest of the press will have to come on another load. The last saw and the Erco will be a load by themselves. Unless I find anything more, I'll be down to about 6 loads on my gooseneck trailer. Due to the truck I have right now, I'm limited on what I can load at one time... The riveters and the drill press are each going to have to be individual loads due to weight...
It's going to be a mad scramble when I start hauling, as I need to rent a forklift to unload at the house and I don't want to rent it for very many days due to the costs.
Here are a coupe of snaps to whet your appetite for now. I'll shoot and post some more when I go out there Tuesday morning. Ignore the date stamp, as I forgot to update it when I put new batteries in the camera.