chrispyny
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Hello all,
If you notice my post count, it is very low. Rest assured i have been a GJ lurker for a LONG time. I frequent other websites like subguns.com and ar15.com daily.
I'm one of you.
I come to you seeking guidance and to boast a lil bit because we all love to see and boast about each others awesome catches.
My father retired from the Watervliet Arsenal in the 90's as a machinist making the big cannons, from M1 stuff to the biggun's on the big boats and such. I learned a lot about tools and what American made quality means from him. Now I'll get to the meat and potatoes.
I won an auction and I need help. I know I am owned nothing as i am technically a newb but anything would help. I posted this on one other forum and got mixed results. From what i read in other threads, i think i came to the right place. Here's my story.
The short version is i won a couple quincy compressors and stuffs with them on govliquidation.com and i need help. Here is the long story.
I purchased my first house in the spring of 2012. I have since been in the process of 'building out' my garage to my specs. That really just means getting a bunch of cool tools i like to use all the time together and setting up the garage the way i like. I like metal working which i assume i get from my father.
I previously won an auction for a MEP002a military diesel onan based generator on govliquidation in march of this year, and drove to Delaware to get it. That worked out great. It works like a champ after the fuel system overhaul that all of those need.
I happened to come across an auction on govliq for a Quincy compressor. It stated in the description that it was a 60 gallon tank. This is what i was looking for. Most importantly, IT WAS LOCAL!
I scheduled a preview a couple weeks ago and met the manager of a warehouse these were located in a couple days later. He showed me TWO compressors, and a third pallet of goodies. But in the govliq auction, the 2 poor pictures showed a zoomed in sticker on the tank which read QT-7.5, and a zoomed in pic of the model and serial number plate. THATS IT. He said that whom ever wins this auction gets everything. Naturally i almost passed out right there. The only thing i could hope for was no one else came to preview this auction lot as the actual auction description was vague at best. The problem was that both compressors were 3 phase.
I won the auction for $502. After auction fee's and taxes, my grand total came to $628. Yes, you read that right.
The compressors were installed about 5 years ago. They were meant to be installed to share a load while providing compressed air to a pneumatic conveyor belt in the warehouse. Something went wrong and only one compressor took the load. It was ridden hard and put up wet. Eventually the pump on the first compressor failed. The warehouse decided rather than investing the $ to fix the one compressor and correct the installation so the compressors shared the load properly, they would tear out the whole thing and go with one, new, dedicated, massive compressor that would easily handle all their needs.
Before i bid on the auction, i had questions so i contacted my local Quincy 'authorized wholesale/retail/installation/warranty work' company. They were only 15 minutes from me so i ran up and spoke to them in person. The service technician i spoke to knew those compressors well. He said their company sold those compressors to the warehouse. They also serviced them a few times and quoted the warehouse the costs involved to repair the one compressor and correct the installation. Thats when the warehouse bailed and went bigger. So their history has been verified. I asked what the cost of each compressor is and he pulled up 'their' price on the computer as i looked over his shoulder. $3,950 a piece plus extras. I couldnt believe it.
So i won the auction a week later and brought my stash home wednesday. At this point i'll post pics of what i got and see how much room is left in my first post, maybe i'll reply and start a second post with my questions.
He's what i got for $628.
If you notice my post count, it is very low. Rest assured i have been a GJ lurker for a LONG time. I frequent other websites like subguns.com and ar15.com daily.
I'm one of you.
I come to you seeking guidance and to boast a lil bit because we all love to see and boast about each others awesome catches.
My father retired from the Watervliet Arsenal in the 90's as a machinist making the big cannons, from M1 stuff to the biggun's on the big boats and such. I learned a lot about tools and what American made quality means from him. Now I'll get to the meat and potatoes.
I won an auction and I need help. I know I am owned nothing as i am technically a newb but anything would help. I posted this on one other forum and got mixed results. From what i read in other threads, i think i came to the right place. Here's my story.
The short version is i won a couple quincy compressors and stuffs with them on govliquidation.com and i need help. Here is the long story.
I purchased my first house in the spring of 2012. I have since been in the process of 'building out' my garage to my specs. That really just means getting a bunch of cool tools i like to use all the time together and setting up the garage the way i like. I like metal working which i assume i get from my father.
I previously won an auction for a MEP002a military diesel onan based generator on govliquidation in march of this year, and drove to Delaware to get it. That worked out great. It works like a champ after the fuel system overhaul that all of those need.
I happened to come across an auction on govliq for a Quincy compressor. It stated in the description that it was a 60 gallon tank. This is what i was looking for. Most importantly, IT WAS LOCAL!
I scheduled a preview a couple weeks ago and met the manager of a warehouse these were located in a couple days later. He showed me TWO compressors, and a third pallet of goodies. But in the govliq auction, the 2 poor pictures showed a zoomed in sticker on the tank which read QT-7.5, and a zoomed in pic of the model and serial number plate. THATS IT. He said that whom ever wins this auction gets everything. Naturally i almost passed out right there. The only thing i could hope for was no one else came to preview this auction lot as the actual auction description was vague at best. The problem was that both compressors were 3 phase.
I won the auction for $502. After auction fee's and taxes, my grand total came to $628. Yes, you read that right.
The compressors were installed about 5 years ago. They were meant to be installed to share a load while providing compressed air to a pneumatic conveyor belt in the warehouse. Something went wrong and only one compressor took the load. It was ridden hard and put up wet. Eventually the pump on the first compressor failed. The warehouse decided rather than investing the $ to fix the one compressor and correct the installation so the compressors shared the load properly, they would tear out the whole thing and go with one, new, dedicated, massive compressor that would easily handle all their needs.
Before i bid on the auction, i had questions so i contacted my local Quincy 'authorized wholesale/retail/installation/warranty work' company. They were only 15 minutes from me so i ran up and spoke to them in person. The service technician i spoke to knew those compressors well. He said their company sold those compressors to the warehouse. They also serviced them a few times and quoted the warehouse the costs involved to repair the one compressor and correct the installation. Thats when the warehouse bailed and went bigger. So their history has been verified. I asked what the cost of each compressor is and he pulled up 'their' price on the computer as i looked over his shoulder. $3,950 a piece plus extras. I couldnt believe it.
So i won the auction a week later and brought my stash home wednesday. At this point i'll post pics of what i got and see how much room is left in my first post, maybe i'll reply and start a second post with my questions.
He's what i got for $628.
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