Tugger2
Senior Member
I have a 75 ton American i have been slowly resurrecting . I needed some boom for it which i finally found sitting in the local scrap yard ive been dealing with for years .It had the heel section I needed as well as a good engine , torque converter and hydrostatic swing system.The former owners had already agreed to sell me the rest of the boom, for almost as much as they got for the whole crane I might ad.
When i talked to the yard manager i was told they had a destroy order on it,but was told to contact a regional manager which i did and explained that the former owners were selling me the rest of the boom .This was Monday of this week when i talked to him ,he was out of town and invited me to meet him at the end of the week to go over what i wanted and plan to to remove it. I didnt ask or haggle with him on price and he assured me that would not touch it until id viewed it and commited to the parts . I also explained that i have about 20 tons of other crane parts ready to ship in my yard ,most of it prepared to size ,oil drained ,cable cut and tin in a separate bin which i would deliver right away after we met and then square up on the parts.Also have a couple of 100 lbs of the brass in pails ready to ship. The heel section weights about 2400 lbs,engine and torque similar . Hopefully coming away with the parts i need and some cash for the rest of the boom from the previous owners. The manager had gone as far as to suggest they would just trade pound for pound.
End of the story is i go in there yesterday morning,hes not around to meet me.The office directs me to go in and see what i need and meet with one of the yard guys. I drive up to it ,its ripped to rat sh&t ,boom buckled and twisted engine smashed. Shear operator sitting his machine beside it saying nothing .Yard guy comes over and says oh we did this last week,which was BS as i saw intact at the end of last week thru the fence and got on the phone about it.
Sections of that 47H American boom are advertisted in the southern US on Crane Network for almost as much as they gave for the whole machine .
Im pretty frustrated as these parts were enough to make it worth while fixing this machine.I just wonder are these particular scrap people totally disorganized, mean spirited or just hired from the neck down and stupid. I know the scrap business pretty well and deals like this just add value to the scrap when done right.
My rant over!
When i talked to the yard manager i was told they had a destroy order on it,but was told to contact a regional manager which i did and explained that the former owners were selling me the rest of the boom .This was Monday of this week when i talked to him ,he was out of town and invited me to meet him at the end of the week to go over what i wanted and plan to to remove it. I didnt ask or haggle with him on price and he assured me that would not touch it until id viewed it and commited to the parts . I also explained that i have about 20 tons of other crane parts ready to ship in my yard ,most of it prepared to size ,oil drained ,cable cut and tin in a separate bin which i would deliver right away after we met and then square up on the parts.Also have a couple of 100 lbs of the brass in pails ready to ship. The heel section weights about 2400 lbs,engine and torque similar . Hopefully coming away with the parts i need and some cash for the rest of the boom from the previous owners. The manager had gone as far as to suggest they would just trade pound for pound.
End of the story is i go in there yesterday morning,hes not around to meet me.The office directs me to go in and see what i need and meet with one of the yard guys. I drive up to it ,its ripped to rat sh&t ,boom buckled and twisted engine smashed. Shear operator sitting his machine beside it saying nothing .Yard guy comes over and says oh we did this last week,which was BS as i saw intact at the end of last week thru the fence and got on the phone about it.
Sections of that 47H American boom are advertisted in the southern US on Crane Network for almost as much as they gave for the whole machine .
Im pretty frustrated as these parts were enough to make it worth while fixing this machine.I just wonder are these particular scrap people totally disorganized, mean spirited or just hired from the neck down and stupid. I know the scrap business pretty well and deals like this just add value to the scrap when done right.
My rant over!