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[Mike Sloane]

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
>