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Yhottys · 10-22-2009, 12:30 AM

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Originally Posted by dwightdi

Three weeks ago at a moving/garage sale I came upon a Taylor 142 commercial soft serve machine. I asked how much? and he said It's yours if you take it. It weighed 130 pounds, but I took it. I ran two small trial batches and it works perfectly. We are taking this weekend to our Thanksgiving rally. Lots of our people like Dairy Queen and we can customize the flavors to make it even better. I made a board, so I can get it in my truck by myself and I can serve dessert right from my tailgate at the rallies next summer. E-bay has the exact same machine listed for $1,999 plus shipping.

Murray would like to trade our Philippe Starck Bubble Club sofa for your soft serve gizmo. Gemma would consider it if the soft serve machine came equipped with a pair of Manolo's!

Um, which rallies will you be attending?

richie rich · 10-23-2009, 11:53 PM

Lost track of all the free shows I've happened upon,but I digress !

scf31 · 10-24-2009, 06:16 AM

I found a John Deere Pedal tractor made in the 50's at the dump , sold on Ebay for $450.00 . that was good !!! Also did a dumpster dive for a video camera , 200.00 on Ebay, I would do it all day !!!!!!!!

dwightdi · 10-26-2009, 04:42 AM

We took our "Soft Serve" machine to our rally this weekend. It was a great hit with the younger members for the giant cones they made. Other members used it to make their dessert pies a la mode. It was pretty heavy moving out of the truck and into the building but well worth the effort.

flyrc · 11-17-2009, 09:29 AM

This last week while on a parts hunt I came across a 67 Overlander that was in terrible shape. The owner was going to hire someone to haul it to the local wrecking yard. I asked if I could have it and she handed me the title and thanked me for taking it .
I didn't need it, but I had to save it.
P.S. ...There isn't one window on the Overlander

nomader · 02-16-2010, 01:29 AM

I friend asked me to help clean out a house he was renting. The renter just up and left. There was no cleaning involved just moving great stuff into my truck. I got about $1500 worth of pvc plumbing fittings, (which I've used and charged full price for), a 5000 watt generator, power plumbing snake, tiller I sold for 250, the list goes on and on. I'm just now getting around to fixing the generator, It should just need gas and All of that. I heard you can do a propane/lp? conversion. Does anyone know if that will quite the engine? I'm not really sure of the difference between LP and propane either.

I once also got a bunch of free granite counter tops from a company that was moving. $$$$ were made from that. I also bought a scooter for $50, the guy thought it needed alot of work, I got home, found a tube that had came detached, pushed it back on, and it was good as new. I've lucked out over the years. I just found a bmx bike that was $500 new 5 years ago, and it still looks new. Of course styles have changed and kids riding bmx today think it's crap. I'll just wait till their new aged bikes fall apart.

I feel like there was a lot more.
I've passed on a lot of deals/freebees as well.
easy come, easy go

nomader · 02-16-2010, 01:31 AM

wow, when I posted that^ the AS photos came up.
Good deal!!

Any idea how the front end came to have those dents? I guess it was dropped? My 74 has that on something on the back driver side that kind of looks like that.

I wonder what an AS is worth in scrap? I had mine insured while I was waiting to pick it up, They laughed when I said I wanted a $1000 deductible, they didn't think it was worth that. I laughed back, and dropped them when I got it home. Anyone found a place that does stated value insurance? I doubt I will cover it, except for health mishaps.

nomader · 02-16-2010, 01:42 AM

What's your plans for it?

mistermike · 02-16-2010, 02:04 AM

My friend Tom was cruising the streets on pick-up night as was his habit when he spotted a pair of loudspeakers at the curb. As he went to load them into the back of his Volvo station wagon he noticed the garage door open and the homeowner inside. Not wanting to just load the speakers without asking permission he approached the gentleman and inquired if he could have them. After he was told he could take them he asked if there was anything else that the homwowner wanted to dispose of and was told that he could also have the hi-fi set that went with the speakers. You guessed it - he was given a pair of tube-type MacIntosh amplifiers and the preamps. They were easily worth $1,500.00 apiece.

toastie · 02-16-2010, 06:07 AM

Driving by the neighbor's house I notice that they where throwing out a bike and decided to take it off there hands. Knowing nothing at all about the bike decided to do some reseach. It a 1955 Evans 700 made in Plymouth, Michigan worth approx. $800.00.

Dspchef · 07-28-2020, 07:12 AM

As my title states, I know it's an older post, but it was fun to read all of the cool stuff that people have found, acquired and been given. Here is mine.....a neighbor moved from Va. to Fl. and decided that they had too much stuff and wanted to minimize their belonging into what they could fit inside of their TV and camper......this is what was left behind and they just wanted it to go to a new home. 2001 BMW 740i Sport.