[AT] hello?

[charlie hill]

It's probably that way here too now Mike.  This was in years gone by. 
However, the way folks got them was not by going to the main DOT office but 
rather by stopping by an outlying laydown and storage yard and talking to 
their neighbor who worked there.  Chances are the DOT had no record of the 
part, at least not back in those pre-computer system days.

Charlie

-----Original Message----- 
From: Mike Sloane
Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2011 9:00 AM
To: Antique tractor email discussion group
Subject: Re: [AT] hello?

I don't know how things are in your area, but here in NJ, NOTHING gets
given away. Even scrap iron has to go to the semi-annual public auction.
There are two reasons for this: 1. to raise a little cash for the
department, and 2. to keep the employees from working deals with the
recipients.

The days of picking up a slightly used government tractor or truck for
next to nothing are long gone. They used to turn over machinery on a
schedule, regardless of the condition, but now they run them until they
cost more to repair than they are worth. One of my departments had an
old Dodge 4WD pickup that was so rusted that they had to tie the bed
together with rope to get it to the auction. We ended up getting back
$1000 for something that should have gone to the junkyard. Of course
these hulks are sold "as is, where is" with no claims that it will even
run.

Mike

On 1/27/2011 8:30 AM, charlie hill wrote:
> Gene,  around here the DOT yard used to give away worn out motor grader
> blades.  Maybe you could pick up something useful from your DOT.
>
> Charlie
>
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