[AT] Duplex Truck Company

Thu Apr 23 21:20:01 PDT 2015

Possession is 9/10's of the law. Not sure where it came from, it's 
always been here. :-)

Mike M

On 4/23/2015 9:25 PM, jtchall at nc.rr.com wrote:
> 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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