[AT] Duplex Truck Company

Thu Apr 23 18:25:43 PDT 2015

I've bought 2 tractors that belonged to "complicated" owner situations. The 
first was a Farmall Cub. The Cub and the property it was on belonged to a 
charitable organization that was not locally based. A local bank's trust 
dept handled the property for them. I made an offer and 3 months later they 
countered. I took their counter and promptly delivered a check. The second 
tractor was my IH T-20 crawler. It belonged to a family of farm heirs, may 
have been an LLC, don’t recall. There were 5 owners, only one lived local to 
me, and both of us were over an hour away from the tractor. When they came 
up with a price I paid it, wasn't worth trying to haggle with 5 people. When 
we showed up to get it, I had to sign a release form stating they would not 
be liable for any damage or injuries that came from me loading, restoring, 
or using the tractor. They even wanted the rollback driver to sign, they did 
concede since he was hired by me that me or his employer would be liable.

Good luck and keep us posted!

John Hall

-----Original Message----- 
From: Mike
Sent: Thursday, April 23, 2015 5:13 PM
To: Antique tractor email discussion group
Subject: Re: [AT] Duplex Truck Company

I called the realtor and he is going to get in touch with the owner,
I'll give it till tomorrow then decide what to do. Seeing as how the
tractor tracks would lead through the field and to my back property,
stealth is not an option.

Mike M

On 4/23/2015 3:24 PM, David Rotigel wrote:
> Yes, that does complicate things, Mike. Perhaps sending pictures to the 
> ATCA now would be a good idea. I would guess (as others have said) it 
> should be possible to contact someone at the trust, or the reality 
> company. If that does not work, I think I would "rescue" the old iron and 
> leave a note (and a picture or two) laminated and nailed to a nearby tree 
> saying that I had "rescued" the frame for possible restoration by someone 
> in the future. I would sign the note and leave my name, phone # and 
> address. I realize that may open me up to lots of problems in the future. 
> I, also, might just consider taking it and then contacting ATCA.
> Dave
> PS, Mind you I am NOT recommending that you do the same!
>
> On Apr 23, 2015, at 12:36 PM, Mike <meulenms at gmx.com> wrote:
>
>> Ugh, if not to complicate the possible extraction even more, I did a
>> search for the owner of the property, and it is owned by a living trust,
>> and is currently up for sale. They also rezoned it commercial.
>>
>> Mike M
>>
>> On 4/23/2015 9:34 AM, David Rotigel wrote:
>>> Hi Mike,
>>> If it were me, I would contact the land owner and ask him if you could 
>>> have it. If the answer is "Yes" I would haul it home and then contact 
>>> the folks at the Antique Truck Club of America--See: 
>>> http://www.antiquetruckclubofamerica.org/  and send them pictures and 
>>> ask if they know anyone who would be interested in it. I'll bet that 
>>> somewhere there is someone who would very much like to have what is 
>>> there to complete a restoration. I think it's a shame to just let it sit 
>>> where it is and continue to decompose!
>>> Dave
>>>
>>> On Apr 23, 2015, at 1:07 AM, Mike <meulenms at gmx.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I did find that page Dave, but nothing was hyper linked, no additional
>>>> info unless I'm missing something. My wife wanted me to hook it to the
>>>> tractor and pull it home. I reminded her that it wasn't ours, and even
>>>> then what to do with it, with 75% of it is missing no restoration 
>>>> possible.
>>>>
>>>> Mike M
>>>>
>>>> On 4/22/2015 9:00 PM, David Rotigel wrote:
>>>>> Hi Mike, Did you see this page? 
>>>>> http://archives.msu.edu/findaid/108.html
>>>>> Dave
>>>>>
>>>>> On Apr 22, 2015, at 8:35 PM, Mike <meulenms at gmx.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> I would say between 1907 and 1915 based on what I could find.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Mike M
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 4/22/2015 7:35 PM, David Rotigel wrote:
>>>>>>> WOW! Did you find out the  year the "truck" was built? (Not the 
>>>>>>> frame you found, but just a general idea of the yeas[s] the truck 
>>>>>>> was produced.)
>>>>>>> Dave
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Apr 22, 2015, at 7:14 PM, Mike <meulenms at gmx.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Well, after some searching I found out what it is; it was made by 
>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>> Duplex Truck Company out of Lansing, MI. It was known as one of the
>>>>>>>> first commercially available 4 wheel drive vehicles, and was 
>>>>>>>> powered by
>>>>>>>> a Buda engine. Check out the last picture in the set.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> http://s1049.photobucket.com/user/meulenms/library/
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Mike M
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