What Did You Buy Today?

[finsruskw]

Well, I could leave now and get there about the time you plan to put it up for sale. No doubt it will go for much less than I would have to pay for one out here in my neck of the woods.

Watching a Kobalt and a Quincy on an auction near me. Still have 5 days to go and most of the bidding will be in the final hours of the auction. I like the Quincy QT5 but it is 5hp 3ph and 460V. The Kobalt AGM25 is 3.7hp 1ph and 230v. I would venture that both will go for almost retail.

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Keep me posted, OK?
The one I was interested in on this auction was a quincy.

 

[G-ManBart]

Well, I could leave now and get there about the time you plan to put it up for sale. No doubt it will go for much less than I would have to pay for one out here in my neck of the woods.

Watching a Kobalt and a Quincy on an auction near me. Still have 5 days to go and most of the bidding will be in the final hours of the auction. I like the Quincy QT5 but it is 5hp 3ph and 460V. The Kobalt AGM25 is 3.7hp 1ph and 230v. I would venture that both will go for almost retail.

Yeah, I couldn't believe I got the S-B as cheap as I did....usually I'm shocked at what good compressors go for at auction around here, even if they're 3phase. Saylor-Beall is here in Michigan so lots of people are looking for them and the company is great to deal with so I guess I just got lucky. The auction house is locally well known, but not on one of the big auction sites, so it may have flown beneath the radar.

 

[Papa Charlie]

Sometimes I think it would be good business to buy on the East Coast, if I could fill a semi, and then resell here on the West Coast. The prices they ask and get our here are ridiculous.

I had a friend back in the 80's that would buy used cars in California, fill a car carrier and resell them on the East Coast. Muscle cars from the salt free West Coast went for big money in the rusted out East Coast.

 

[cdcava]

Just put an offer in on Marketplace for a Bridgeport (1963) Series 2 J head in good shape (Comes with accessories like y axis DRO, vise, facemill, Lyndex collets, and some R8 tool holders. Nervous as this is my first offer on a mill! The drive wouldn't be too bad but loading and unloading it would definitely be a challenge.

 

[Papa Charlie]

Just put an offer in on Marketplace for a Bridgeport (1963) Series 2 J head in good shape (Comes with accessories like y axis DRO, vise, facemill, Lyndex collets, and some R8 tool holders. Nervous as this is my first offer on a mill! The drive wouldn't be too bad but loading and unloading it would definitely be a challenge.

Good luck, got my fingers crossed for you.

 

[finsruskw]

Just put an offer in on Marketplace for a Bridgeport (1963) Series 2 J head in good shape (Comes with accessories like y axis DRO, vise, facemill, Lyndex collets, and some R8 tool holders. Nervous as this is my first offer on a mill! The drive wouldn't be too bad but loading and unloading it would definitely be a challenge.

At lease you won't have to fight sub-zero temps and a foot and a half of snow (more this morning BTW!) to load it!!

 

[Aaron_W]

Sometimes I think it would be good business to buy on the East Coast, if I could fill a semi, and then resell here on the West Coast. The prices they ask and get our here are ridiculous.

I had a friend back in the 80's that would buy used cars in California, fill a car carrier and resell them on the East Coast. Muscle cars from the salt free West Coast went for big money in the rusted out East Coast.

I think a better plan is to buy a large car trailer and then you could set up a rust free west coast car / truck exchange with a member on the East Coast who can score cheap machines. That way you are never running the trailer empty.

 

[WobblyHand]

Received a BS-0 dividing head yesterday from Precision Matthews. This BS-0 was double boxed by PM. It arrived quickly and was undamaged. No muss, no fuss. Kudos to PM!

Was quite the contrast from my first attempt at buying a BS-0 through a random eBay seller. My first BS-0 had internal damage, a cracked cast iron bearing housing, which only could be found by a near full disassembly. The BS-0 had been dropped, probably by the common carrier. From the small hole in the box, one would never guess at the extent of the damage. It was quite the experience fending off the ridiculous low-ball counter-offers from that seller. Persistence and determination resulted in a complete refund.

 

[Papa Charlie]

I think a better plan is to buy a large car trailer and then you could set up a rust free west coast car / truck exchange with a member on the East Coast who can score cheap machines. That way you are never running the trailer empty.

Thought about that, but it would take more than a car carrier to make it a profitable situation. Semi with flat bed or even low boy would be better. That iron gets real heavy with only a couple of machines. You have to have the truck full also. That most likely will require paying storage until you get all he equipment you need. Now you have added additional rigging charges to pick up the iron from the auction and then set it in the warehouse. You could just keep loading up the truck until it was full but still need a place for it. Then of course you need a place to put it once you are on the West Coast until you sell it.

Add on insurance, fuel, permits, rigging, cranes, etc. Gets real expensive very fast.

 

[finsruskw]

Plus Ya gotta tarp and tie down all that stuff.
Done TONS and more tons of that kinda stuff back in the day and don't want no more part of it!!