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I have a steel "pallet box" filled with new old stock v-belts that
needs to go away. Long ones, short ones, A/B/C v-belts of all types
and styles

Got machinery that needs V-belts? Come and get this box for free and
you deal with sorting them out. Take what you dont need to the swap
meet, stockpile em, etc etc. Get em off my hands. The box is 4'x4' x
5' tall and is about 2/3rds full. Probably 2000 lbs of v-belts of all
types. They are about 10 yrs old..but have never been used. Got a
factory/facility that uses belts? Come and get em. Free-Free-Free. You
simply have to take them all.


*****

County is on my ass because of a complaint in 2011...2 yrs
ago..between me and an ex neighbor who thought one of my dogs killed
one of his (it wasnt). He couldnt find anything else to "get me "...so
he complained about that cargo container..which has been there since
2008ish.

Ive got an empty lot beside me that I have permission from the owner
to "if you keep it neat and mowed..you can use the back of it behind
the row of trees in the alley" So I put a 25' cargo container back
there, a small sailboat, a utility trailer and that box of v-belts.
Cannot be seen from the street. Now the county finally got around to
addressing the complaint from 2 yrs ago.

The neighbor has moved away..but the county wants me to remove the
"illegal dumping" and gave me 7 days to do it.

I can probably get them to give me extra time, but Im trying to find
the property owner so I can rent the lot, then put up a fence "to
enclose the property items".

My forklift of course is still broken, sigh.

The cargo container...is going to be a problem. Despite the fact
that there are many others in my neighborhood...and Im in an
unincorporated part of the county....they want it moved. And its full
of machinery that is going to need a forklift to move.

Anybody want a nice heavy duty steel utility trailer with a pickup
cargo body mounted on it? Best offer and come and get it.
The cargo body needs the locks replaced/repaired. and probably a coat
of paint. The original utility trailer was used by NASA to move
batteries of some sort around....I was told.

I need to get that forklift up and running ASAP. Or another
one..damnit

I just got off the phone with the enforcement lady..and she gave me a
little time..but not a hell of a lot. So come and get your belts, buy
the trailer..and get yourself some Good Stuff.





Gunner


It sucks when you're under pressure but it can be a blessing in disguise. I
got rid of a lot of stuff recently and I don't miss any of it. In fact I
should get back to ridding myself of "material surplus to current needs".


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I second what ATP said, it can be a blessing in disguise. Sell the
container and its contents to scrappers, you will probably get
$140/ton. Same applies to the dead forklift.

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I second what ATP said, it can be a blessing in disguise. Sell the
container and its contents to scrappers, you will probably get
$140/ton. Same applies to the dead forklift.

i


Oh, and I will be taking two dead GMC TopKick dump trucks to a scrap
yard tomorrow. One has 10,000 miles and another, has 15,000 miles. But
both were salter trucks and are hopelessly rusted. The engine was
working on one of them.

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On 2013-05-02, Ignoramus9170 wrote:
I second what ATP said, it can be a blessing in disguise. Sell the
container and its contents to scrappers, you will probably get
$140/ton. Same applies to the dead forklift.

i


Oh, and I will be taking two dead GMC TopKick dump trucks to a scrap
yard tomorrow. One has 10,000 miles and another, has 15,000 miles. But
both were salter trucks and are hopelessly rusted. The engine was
working on one of them.

i


I was able to barter a lot of scrap metal for clean up labor and got a
pretty good price for two vehicles. Now I have some space in my yard.


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On 2013-05-02, Ignoramus9170 wrote:
I second what ATP said, it can be a blessing in disguise. Sell the
container and its contents to scrappers, you will probably get
$140/ton. Same applies to the dead forklift.

i


Oh, and I will be taking two dead GMC TopKick dump trucks to a scrap
yard tomorrow. One has 10,000 miles and another, has 15,000 miles. But
both were salter trucks and are hopelessly rusted. The engine was
working on one of them.

i


I was able to barter a lot of scrap metal for clean up labor and got a
pretty good price for two vehicles. Now I have some space in my yard.



A lot of scrappers, are equipped with machinery and experience to deal
with junk and scrap efficiently, and cleaning up your place is no big
deal to them.

I recently bought two junk forklifts for $100 (for both), and one was
not even junk.

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On 2013-05-02, ATP wrote:

"Ignoramus9170" wrote in message
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On 2013-05-02, Ignoramus9170 wrote:
I second what ATP said, it can be a blessing in disguise. Sell the
container and its contents to scrappers, you will probably get
$140/ton. Same applies to the dead forklift.

i

Oh, and I will be taking two dead GMC TopKick dump trucks to a scrap
yard tomorrow. One has 10,000 miles and another, has 15,000 miles. But
both were salter trucks and are hopelessly rusted. The engine was
working on one of them.

i


I was able to barter a lot of scrap metal for clean up labor and got a
pretty good price for two vehicles. Now I have some space in my yard.



A lot of scrappers, are equipped with machinery and experience to deal
with junk and scrap efficiently, and cleaning up your place is no big
deal to them.

I recently bought two junk forklifts for $100 (for both), and one was
not even junk.


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On 2013-05-02, Ignoramus9170 wrote:
I second what ATP said, it can be a blessing in disguise. Sell the
container and its contents to scrappers, you will probably get
$140/ton. Same applies to the dead forklift.

i


Oh, and I will be taking two dead GMC TopKick dump trucks to a scrap
yard tomorrow. One has 10,000 miles and another, has 15,000 miles. But
both were salter trucks and are hopelessly rusted. The engine was
working on one of them.

i


And you havent offered up the engines to a trucking company? Why the
hell not?

Gunner

"The ruling class doesn't care about public safety. Having made it
very difficult for States and localities to police themselves, having
left ordinary citizens with no choice but to protect themselves as
best they can, they now try to take our guns away. In fact they blame
us and our guns for crime. This is so wrong that it cannot be an
honest mistake."
Malcolm Wallop
former U.S. Sen. (R-WY)
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wrote:

On 2013-05-02, Ignoramus9170 wrote:
I second what ATP said, it can be a blessing in disguise. Sell the
container and its contents to scrappers, you will probably get
$140/ton. Same applies to the dead forklift.

i


Oh, and I will be taking two dead GMC TopKick dump trucks to a scrap
yard tomorrow. One has 10,000 miles and another, has 15,000 miles. But
both were salter trucks and are hopelessly rusted. The engine was
working on one of them.

i


And you havent offered up the engines to a trucking company? Why the
hell not?


I am selling the one good engine.
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On 2013-05-02, Gunner Asch wrote:
On Wed, 01 May 2013 20:06:01 -0500, Ignoramus9170
wrote:

On 2013-05-02, Ignoramus9170 wrote:
I second what ATP said, it can be a blessing in disguise. Sell the
container and its contents to scrappers, you will probably get
$140/ton. Same applies to the dead forklift.

i

Oh, and I will be taking two dead GMC TopKick dump trucks to a scrap
yard tomorrow. One has 10,000 miles and another, has 15,000 miles. But
both were salter trucks and are hopelessly rusted. The engine was
working on one of them.

i


And you havent offered up the engines to a trucking company? Why the
hell not?


I am selling the one good engine.


You said above you are selling it to the scrapers

Whats up with dat?

Gunner

"The ruling class doesn't care about public safety. Having made it
very difficult for States and localities to police themselves, having
left ordinary citizens with no choice but to protect themselves as
best they can, they now try to take our guns away. In fact they blame
us and our guns for crime. This is so wrong that it cannot be an
honest mistake."
Malcolm Wallop
former U.S. Sen. (R-WY)
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I second what ATP said, it can be a blessing in disguise. Sell the
container and its contents to scrappers, you will probably get
$140/ton. Same applies to the dead forklift.

i


The container..with the belts in it...will get me at most ...$10 for
the container. Those belts are standard V belts..neopreme....you
know..that black rubber stuff? Like tires...there is no cost benefit
for recycling them.

The dead forklift is easily repairable..if one has money. And without
a forklift..Id be even more screwed than I am now.

What the hell are you thinking?

Gunner

"The ruling class doesn't care about public safety. Having made it
very difficult for States and localities to police themselves, having
left ordinary citizens with no choice but to protect themselves as
best they can, they now try to take our guns away. In fact they blame
us and our guns for crime. This is so wrong that it cannot be an
honest mistake."
Malcolm Wallop
former U.S. Sen. (R-WY)


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On 2013-05-02, Gunner Asch wrote:
On Wed, 01 May 2013 20:04:36 -0500, Ignoramus9170
wrote:

I second what ATP said, it can be a blessing in disguise. Sell the
container and its contents to scrappers, you will probably get
$140/ton. Same applies to the dead forklift.

i


The container..with the belts in it...will get me at most ...$10 for
the container. Those belts are standard V belts..neopreme....you
know..that black rubber stuff? Like tires...there is no cost benefit
for recycling them.

The dead forklift is easily repairable..if one has money. And without
a forklift..Id be even more screwed than I am now.


If it does not work, you do not have a working forklift. Sell it for
scrap and buy a working one later.

I would easily pay $200 for a not too rusted container.

i

What the hell are you thinking?

Gunner

"The ruling class doesn't care about public safety. Having made it
very difficult for States and localities to police themselves, having
left ordinary citizens with no choice but to protect themselves as
best they can, they now try to take our guns away. In fact they blame
us and our guns for crime. This is so wrong that it cannot be an
honest mistake."
Malcolm Wallop
former U.S. Sen. (R-WY)

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On Wed, 01 May 2013 22:49:25 -0500, Ignoramus9170
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On 2013-05-02, Gunner Asch wrote:
On Wed, 01 May 2013 20:04:36 -0500, Ignoramus9170
wrote:

I second what ATP said, it can be a blessing in disguise. Sell the
container and its contents to scrappers, you will probably get
$140/ton. Same applies to the dead forklift.

i


The container..with the belts in it...will get me at most ...$10 for
the container. Those belts are standard V belts..neopreme....you
know..that black rubber stuff? Like tires...there is no cost benefit
for recycling them.

The dead forklift is easily repairable..if one has money. And without
a forklift..Id be even more screwed than I am now.


If it does not work, you do not have a working forklift. Sell it for
scrap and buy a working one later.


It needs $200 in parts. A working one later will cost me a couple
thousand.

I would easily pay $200 for a not too rusted container.


48"x48"x5' tall? Really? How would you like it shipped. Do as you
wish with the belts.

How do you want it trucked?

Gunner


i

What the hell are you thinking?

Gunner

"The ruling class doesn't care about public safety. Having made it
very difficult for States and localities to police themselves, having
left ordinary citizens with no choice but to protect themselves as
best they can, they now try to take our guns away. In fact they blame
us and our guns for crime. This is so wrong that it cannot be an
honest mistake."
Malcolm Wallop
former U.S. Sen. (R-WY)


"The ruling class doesn't care about public safety. Having made it
very difficult for States and localities to police themselves, having
left ordinary citizens with no choice but to protect themselves as
best they can, they now try to take our guns away. In fact they blame
us and our guns for crime. This is so wrong that it cannot be an
honest mistake."
Malcolm Wallop
former U.S. Sen. (R-WY)
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On 2013-05-02, Gunner Asch wrote:
On Wed, 01 May 2013 22:49:25 -0500, Ignoramus9170
wrote:

On 2013-05-02, Gunner Asch wrote:
On Wed, 01 May 2013 20:04:36 -0500, Ignoramus9170
wrote:

I second what ATP said, it can be a blessing in disguise. Sell the
container and its contents to scrappers, you will probably get
$140/ton. Same applies to the dead forklift.

i

The container..with the belts in it...will get me at most ...$10 for
the container. Those belts are standard V belts..neopreme....you
know..that black rubber stuff? Like tires...there is no cost benefit
for recycling them.

The dead forklift is easily repairable..if one has money. And without
a forklift..Id be even more screwed than I am now.


If it does not work, you do not have a working forklift. Sell it for
scrap and buy a working one later.


It needs $200 in parts. A working one later will cost me a couple
thousand.


Gunner, come on, with your scrounging ABILITIES YOU CAN FIND ONE FOR A
LOT LESS.

I would easily pay $200 for a not too rusted container.


48"x48"x5' tall? Really? How would you like it shipped. Do as you
wish with the belts.

How do you want it trucked?


I meant locally. I could just pick one up.

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Gunner Asch wrote:
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wrote:

On 2013-05-02, Gunner Asch wrote:
On Wed, 01 May 2013 20:04:36 -0500, Ignoramus9170
wrote:

I second what ATP said, it can be a blessing in disguise. Sell the
container and its contents to scrappers, you will probably get
$140/ton. Same applies to the dead forklift.

i
The container..with the belts in it...will get me at most ...$10 for
the container. Those belts are standard V belts..neopreme....you
know..that black rubber stuff? Like tires...there is no cost benefit
for recycling them.

The dead forklift is easily repairable..if one has money. And without
a forklift..Id be even more screwed than I am now.

If it does not work, you do not have a working forklift. Sell it for
scrap and buy a working one later.


It needs $200 in parts. A working one later will cost me a couple
thousand.


What does it need. Maybe one of this bunch of miscreants has parts
laying around for cheap?


I would easily pay $200 for a not too rusted container.


48"x48"x5' tall? Really? How would you like it shipped. Do as you
wish with the belts.


I just picked up a plastic one for $150. It will be used at the fire
station to keep the trash in after we hold events. (Trash company picks
up for free so the least we can do is keep it all in one place)
Would have liked a steel one but the plastic I can carry. My days of
tossing a steel 4X4 basket over my head to carry it are over.

I have been looking at the prices on shipping containers again, they
went way up in my area.

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"Gunner Asch" wrote in message
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I have a steel "pallet box" filled with new old stock v-belts that
needs to go away. Long ones, short ones, A/B/C v-belts of all types
and styles

Got machinery that needs V-belts? Come and get this box for free and
you deal with sorting them out. Take what you dont need to the swap
meet, stockpile em, etc etc. Get em off my hands. The box is 4'x4' x
5' tall and is about 2/3rds full. Probably 2000 lbs of v-belts of all
types. They are about 10 yrs old..but have never been used. Got a
factory/facility that uses belts? Come and get em. Free-Free-Free. You
simply have to take them all.


*****

County is on my ass because of a complaint in 2011...2 yrs
ago..between me and an ex neighbor who thought one of my dogs killed
one of his (it wasnt). He couldnt find anything else to "get me "...so
he complained about that cargo container..which has been there since
2008ish.

Ive got an empty lot beside me that I have permission from the owner
to "if you keep it neat and mowed..you can use the back of it behind
the row of trees in the alley" So I put a 25' cargo container back
there, a small sailboat, a utility trailer and that box of v-belts.
Cannot be seen from the street. Now the county finally got around to
addressing the complaint from 2 yrs ago.

The neighbor has moved away..but the county wants me to remove the
"illegal dumping" and gave me 7 days to do it.

I can probably get them to give me extra time, but Im trying to find
the property owner so I can rent the lot, then put up a fence "to
enclose the property items".

My forklift of course is still broken, sigh.

The cargo container...is going to be a problem. Despite the fact
that there are many others in my neighborhood...and Im in an
unincorporated part of the county....they want it moved. And its full
of machinery that is going to need a forklift to move.

Anybody want a nice heavy duty steel utility trailer with a pickup
cargo body mounted on it? Best offer and come and get it.
The cargo body needs the locks replaced/repaired. and probably a coat
of paint. The original utility trailer was used by NASA to move
batteries of some sort around....I was told.

I need to get that forklift up and running ASAP. Or another
one..damnit

I just got off the phone with the enforcement lady..and she gave me a
little time..but not a hell of a lot. So come and get your belts, buy
the trailer..and get yourself some Good Stuff.





Gunner


It sucks when you're under pressure but it can be a blessing in disguise. I
got rid of a lot of stuff recently and I don't miss any of it. In fact I
should get back to ridding myself of "material surplus to current needs".


I buy and sell machinery, and fix it for a living. Im not retired, nor
am I in any position to retire and will likely die on the job in the
far distant future,

So, such Stuff is part and parcel of what I do, and how I generate
income. Particularly in this economy. And Im feeding 6 adults and 3
grandkids, as well as a ****load of dogs and cats.

One simply doesnt run them all off or kill them. Its not polite.

Gunner

"The ruling class doesn't care about public safety. Having made it
very difficult for States and localities to police themselves, having
left ordinary citizens with no choice but to protect themselves as
best they can, they now try to take our guns away. In fact they blame
us and our guns for crime. This is so wrong that it cannot be an
honest mistake."
Malcolm Wallop
former U.S. Sen. (R-WY)


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"Gunner Asch" wrote in message
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I have a steel "pallet box" filled with new old stock v-belts that
needs to go away. Long ones, short ones, A/B/C v-belts of all types
and styles

Got machinery that needs V-belts? Come and get this box for free and
you deal with sorting them out. Take what you dont need to the swap
meet, stockpile em, etc etc. Get em off my hands. The box is 4'x4' x
5' tall and is about 2/3rds full. Probably 2000 lbs of v-belts of all
types. They are about 10 yrs old..but have never been used. Got a
factory/facility that uses belts? Come and get em. Free-Free-Free. You
simply have to take them all.


*****

County is on my ass because of a complaint in 2011...2 yrs
ago..between me and an ex neighbor who thought one of my dogs killed
one of his (it wasnt). He couldnt find anything else to "get me "...so
he complained about that cargo container..which has been there since
2008ish.

Ive got an empty lot beside me that I have permission from the owner
to "if you keep it neat and mowed..you can use the back of it behind
the row of trees in the alley" So I put a 25' cargo container back
there, a small sailboat, a utility trailer and that box of v-belts.
Cannot be seen from the street. Now the county finally got around to
addressing the complaint from 2 yrs ago.

The neighbor has moved away..but the county wants me to remove the
"illegal dumping" and gave me 7 days to do it.

I can probably get them to give me extra time, but Im trying to find
the property owner so I can rent the lot, then put up a fence "to
enclose the property items".

My forklift of course is still broken, sigh.

The cargo container...is going to be a problem. Despite the fact
that there are many others in my neighborhood...and Im in an
unincorporated part of the county....they want it moved. And its full
of machinery that is going to need a forklift to move.

Anybody want a nice heavy duty steel utility trailer with a pickup
cargo body mounted on it? Best offer and come and get it.
The cargo body needs the locks replaced/repaired. and probably a coat
of paint. The original utility trailer was used by NASA to move
batteries of some sort around....I was told.

I need to get that forklift up and running ASAP. Or another
one..damnit

I just got off the phone with the enforcement lady..and she gave me a
little time..but not a hell of a lot. So come and get your belts, buy
the trailer..and get yourself some Good Stuff.





Gunner


It sucks when you're under pressure but it can be a blessing in disguise.
I
got rid of a lot of stuff recently and I don't miss any of it. In fact I
should get back to ridding myself of "material surplus to current needs".


I buy and sell machinery, and fix it for a living. Im not retired, nor
am I in any position to retire and will likely die on the job in the
far distant future,

So, such Stuff is part and parcel of what I do, and how I generate
income. Particularly in this economy. And Im feeding 6 adults and 3
grandkids, as well as a ****load of dogs and cats.

One simply doesnt run them all off or kill them. Its not polite.

Gunner

You're like a combination of Fred Sanford and Walter Mitty. What were you
going to do with those belts? How were they going to generate any income?
You need to take some advice from Comrade Iggy on how to run a business.


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On Wed, 1 May 2013 20:11:28 -0400, "ATP"
wrote:


"Gunner Asch" wrote in message
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I have a steel "pallet box" filled with new old stock v-belts that
needs to go away. Long ones, short ones, A/B/C v-belts of all types
and styles

Got machinery that needs V-belts? Come and get this box for free and
you deal with sorting them out. Take what you dont need to the swap
meet, stockpile em, etc etc. Get em off my hands. The box is 4'x4' x
5' tall and is about 2/3rds full. Probably 2000 lbs of v-belts of all
types. They are about 10 yrs old..but have never been used. Got a
factory/facility that uses belts? Come and get em. Free-Free-Free. You
simply have to take them all.



County is on my ass because of a complaint in 2011...2 yrs
ago..between me and an ex neighbor who thought one of my dogs killed
one of his (it wasnt). He couldnt find anything else to "get me "...so
he complained about that cargo container..which has been there since
2008ish.



My forklift of course is still broken, sigh.

The cargo container...is going to be a problem. Despite the fact
that there are many others in my neighborhood...and Im in an
unincorporated part of the county....they want it moved. And its full
of machinery that is going to need a forklift to move.


You're like a combination of Fred Sanford and Walter Mitty. What were you
going to do with those belts? How were they going to generate any income?
You need to take some advice from Comrade Iggy on how to run a business.


..... and get an intervention about the hoarding. All his talk about
making $75 an hour and he can't afford $200 to fix a forklift. You'd
think that his "world class economist" friend, or one of his "black
tie dinner" chums would chip in.
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...
I have a steel "pallet box" filled with new old stock v-belts that
needs to go away. Long ones, short ones, A/B/C v-belts of all types
and styles

Got machinery that needs V-belts? Come and get this box for free and
you deal with sorting them out. Take what you dont need to the swap
meet, stockpile em, etc etc. Get em off my hands. The box is 4'x4' x
5' tall and is about 2/3rds full. Probably 2000 lbs of v-belts of all
types. They are about 10 yrs old..but have never been used. Got a
factory/facility that uses belts? Come and get em. Free-Free-Free. You
simply have to take them all.


*****

County is on my ass because of a complaint in 2011...2 yrs
ago..between me and an ex neighbor who thought one of my dogs killed
one of his (it wasnt). He couldnt find anything else to "get me "...so
he complained about that cargo container..which has been there since
2008ish.

Ive got an empty lot beside me that I have permission from the owner
to "if you keep it neat and mowed..you can use the back of it behind
the row of trees in the alley" So I put a 25' cargo container back
there, a small sailboat, a utility trailer and that box of v-belts.
Cannot be seen from the street. Now the county finally got around to
addressing the complaint from 2 yrs ago.

The neighbor has moved away..but the county wants me to remove the
"illegal dumping" and gave me 7 days to do it.

I can probably get them to give me extra time, but Im trying to find
the property owner so I can rent the lot, then put up a fence "to
enclose the property items".

My forklift of course is still broken, sigh.

The cargo container...is going to be a problem. Despite the fact
that there are many others in my neighborhood...and Im in an
unincorporated part of the county....they want it moved. And its full
of machinery that is going to need a forklift to move.

Anybody want a nice heavy duty steel utility trailer with a pickup
cargo body mounted on it? Best offer and come and get it.
The cargo body needs the locks replaced/repaired. and probably a coat
of paint. The original utility trailer was used by NASA to move
batteries of some sort around....I was told.

I need to get that forklift up and running ASAP. Or another
one..damnit

I just got off the phone with the enforcement lady..and she gave me a
little time..but not a hell of a lot. So come and get your belts, buy
the trailer..and get yourself some Good Stuff.





Gunner


It sucks when you're under pressure but it can be a blessing in disguise.
I
got rid of a lot of stuff recently and I don't miss any of it. In fact I
should get back to ridding myself of "material surplus to current needs".


I buy and sell machinery, and fix it for a living. Im not retired, nor
am I in any position to retire and will likely die on the job in the
far distant future,

So, such Stuff is part and parcel of what I do, and how I generate
income. Particularly in this economy. And Im feeding 6 adults and 3
grandkids, as well as a ****load of dogs and cats.

One simply doesnt run them all off or kill them. Its not polite.

Gunner

You're like a combination of Fred Sanford and Walter Mitty. What were you
going to do with those belts? How were they going to generate any income?
You need to take some advice from Comrade Iggy on how to run a business.


Iggy understands cash flow, Gunner does not.


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"Gunner Asch" wrote in message
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On Wed, 1 May 2013 20:11:28 -0400, "ATP"
wrote:


"Gunner Asch" wrote in message
...
I have a steel "pallet box" filled with new old stock v-belts that
needs to go away. Long ones, short ones, A/B/C v-belts of all types
and styles

Got machinery that needs V-belts? Come and get this box for free and
you deal with sorting them out. Take what you dont need to the swap
meet, stockpile em, etc etc. Get em off my hands. The box is 4'x4' x
5' tall and is about 2/3rds full. Probably 2000 lbs of v-belts of all
types. They are about 10 yrs old..but have never been used. Got a
factory/facility that uses belts? Come and get em. Free-Free-Free. You
simply have to take them all.


*****

County is on my ass because of a complaint in 2011...2 yrs
ago..between me and an ex neighbor who thought one of my dogs killed
one of his (it wasnt). He couldnt find anything else to "get me "...so
he complained about that cargo container..which has been there since
2008ish.

Ive got an empty lot beside me that I have permission from the owner
to "if you keep it neat and mowed..you can use the back of it behind
the row of trees in the alley" So I put a 25' cargo container back
there, a small sailboat, a utility trailer and that box of v-belts.
Cannot be seen from the street. Now the county finally got around to
addressing the complaint from 2 yrs ago.

The neighbor has moved away..but the county wants me to remove the
"illegal dumping" and gave me 7 days to do it.

I can probably get them to give me extra time, but Im trying to find
the property owner so I can rent the lot, then put up a fence "to
enclose the property items".

My forklift of course is still broken, sigh.

The cargo container...is going to be a problem. Despite the fact
that there are many others in my neighborhood...and Im in an
unincorporated part of the county....they want it moved. And its full
of machinery that is going to need a forklift to move.

Anybody want a nice heavy duty steel utility trailer with a pickup
cargo body mounted on it? Best offer and come and get it.
The cargo body needs the locks replaced/repaired. and probably a coat
of paint. The original utility trailer was used by NASA to move
batteries of some sort around....I was told.

I need to get that forklift up and running ASAP. Or another
one..damnit

I just got off the phone with the enforcement lady..and she gave me a
little time..but not a hell of a lot. So come and get your belts, buy
the trailer..and get yourself some Good Stuff.





Gunner


It sucks when you're under pressure but it can be a blessing in disguise.
I
got rid of a lot of stuff recently and I don't miss any of it. In fact I
should get back to ridding myself of "material surplus to current needs".


I buy and sell machinery, and fix it for a living. Im not retired, nor
am I in any position to retire and will likely die on the job in the
far distant future,

So, such Stuff is part and parcel of what I do, and how I generate
income. Particularly in this economy. And Im feeding 6 adults and 3
grandkids, as well as a ****load of dogs and cats.

One simply doesnt run them all off or kill them. Its not polite.

Gunner

You're like a combination of Fred Sanford and Walter Mitty. What were you
going to do with those belts? How were they going to generate any income?
You need to take some advice from Comrade Iggy on how to run a business.

I wound up with them...along with an entire back yard of Stuff, when a
friend bought a factory up in Fresno. Google that story on Usenet.
Ive told it enough times.

I paid nothing for that Stuff..and it cost me an arm and a leg to get
rid of most of it. This is about the last remaining bit of Stuff that
was left.

Ive given away at least 20+ long flat belts with "cogs" on each side
to a group of kids from University So. Cal..to be used as treads on
their battle bots. Ive equiped half the wetbacks in town with belts on
their beater pickup trucks when they didnt have any money. Ive given
belts to guys who needed to replace belts on oil pumping units on a
Sunday afternoon.

The reason I still have them..is that I didnt throw them away..because
someone always needed one. They are brand new Gates etc etc..just
12-15 yrs old and have been stored in a covered container out of the
sun. Shrug

Im talking to the owner of the property ..the empty lot..and he has
offered to sell me the lot for between $5k and $8k. So..we shall see
what we shall see.



Gunner

"The ruling class doesn't care about public safety. Having made it
very difficult for States and localities to police themselves, having
left ordinary citizens with no choice but to protect themselves as
best they can, they now try to take our guns away. In fact they blame
us and our guns for crime. This is so wrong that it cannot be an
honest mistake."
Malcolm Wallop
former U.S. Sen. (R-WY)
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Im talking to the owner of the property ..the empty lot..and he has
offered to sell me the lot for between $5k and $8k. So..we shall see
what we shall see.


Here's what I see. That you don't have $200 to fix a forklift, but are
yapping about paying several thousands for a lot that you've claimed,
multiple times, to already own!

"the empty lot I own to the left. I also own the lot on the
other side of the alley." "Im going to put up a
30x50 steel building on the empty lot to the left of the house."
http://groups.google.com/group/alt.h...5fd34b5e5a19a9

"the other two lots that I own..right next to mine..and behind mine."
http://groups.google.com/group/sci.e...785581c332e034

If only you had a penny each for half of the horse**** stories you've
told.


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Ive given away at least 20+ long flat belts with "cogs" on each side
to a group of kids from University So. Cal..to be used as treads on
their battle bots.



Ooh, got any 3/8" id 1-2" diameter 3/4" thick (or less) timing pulleys
and long (8+') lengths of 0.2 cog belts? Stick 'em in my box! I'll
use 'em on the Green Monster. Like this: http://tinyurl.com/cwclc33

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Your requests for those hand tools still being ignored by your close friend
gummer? What a ****in shame that you didn't know he can't be trusted at his
word.

Not before the heart drama, and definitely not now that he has the perfect
excuse to not do anything for anyone else.

Who's a twit? I know you are..

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"Larry Jaques" wrote in message
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Ooh, got any 3/8" id 1-2" diameter 3/4" thick (or less) timing pulleys
and long (8+') lengths of 0.2 cog belts? Stick 'em in my box! I'll
use 'em on the Green Monster. Like this: http://tinyurl.com/cwclc33

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However beautiful the strategy, you should occasionally look at the
results.
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On Wed, 1 May 2013 20:11:28 -0400, "ATP"
wrote:


"Gunner Asch" wrote in message
. ..
I have a steel "pallet box" filled with new old stock v-belts that
needs to go away. Long ones, short ones, A/B/C v-belts of all types
and styles

Got machinery that needs V-belts? Come and get this box for free and
you deal with sorting them out. Take what you dont need to the swap
meet, stockpile em, etc etc. Get em off my hands. The box is 4'x4' x
5' tall and is about 2/3rds full. Probably 2000 lbs of v-belts of all
types. They are about 10 yrs old..but have never been used. Got a
factory/facility that uses belts? Come and get em. Free-Free-Free. You
simply have to take them all.


*****

County is on my ass because of a complaint in 2011...2 yrs
ago..between me and an ex neighbor who thought one of my dogs killed
one of his (it wasnt). He couldnt find anything else to "get me "...so
he complained about that cargo container..which has been there since
2008ish.

Ive got an empty lot beside me that I have permission from the owner
to "if you keep it neat and mowed..you can use the back of it behind
the row of trees in the alley" So I put a 25' cargo container back
there, a small sailboat, a utility trailer and that box of v-belts.
Cannot be seen from the street. Now the county finally got around to
addressing the complaint from 2 yrs ago.

The neighbor has moved away..but the county wants me to remove the
"illegal dumping" and gave me 7 days to do it.


Horse****, ain't it?


It sucks when you're under pressure but it can be a blessing in disguise. I
got rid of a lot of stuff recently and I don't miss any of it. In fact I
should get back to ridding myself of "material surplus to current needs".


I brought in a couple grand last year offloading my accumulated goods
for projects I never started or never finished. Craigslist and eBay
both work fine. AAMOF, I finally bought the idler bearing (for the DP
you gave me/we restored) over 2 years ago and have never installed it,
even after selling the 8" HF DP 6 months ago. blush


I buy and sell machinery, and fix it for a living. Im not retired, nor
am I in any position to retire and will likely die on the job in the
far distant future,

So, such Stuff is part and parcel of what I do, and how I generate
income. Particularly in this economy.


Ditto, dude.


And Im feeding 6 adults and 3
grandkids, as well as a ****load of dogs and cats.

One simply doesnt run them all off or kill them. Its not polite.


Yabbut, one has to practice their shooting skills...
Or are you thinking "It's all food in a WROL/TEOTWAKI situ..."

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