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Re: Auction Update 

By: De_Composed in GRITZ | Recommend this post (3)
Fri, 20 Jun 25 8:13 PM | 25 view(s)
Boardmark this board | Grits Breakfast of Champeens! 		Msg. 10036 of 10059
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We brought the plow truck home this afternoon. She's finally running well!

All totaled, we spent:

• Purchase Price: $2,402
• Auction House premium: 432.36

• Mechanic #1: 1,869.24
• Mechanic #2: 170.00

The grand total came to $4,873.60.

There's no tax in New Hampshire, but we did have to pay a $21 registration fee. I'm not counting that. We took out insurance and paid $8 extra for towing coverage... and it got used the very next day! That saved us $215. Next year, we'll drop the truck's insurance. We're keeping it until then to cover anything else that's not anticipated in this first year. But we don't intend to take it off our land again and shouldn't need it.

Our break-even is seven years. If the truck does our driveway until 2032, I figure we're money ahead.








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Re: Auction Update
By: De_Composed in GRITZ
Sun, 25 May 25 10:42 PM 		Msg. 08770 of 10059

A good day. We drove 35 miles to the plow truck location and took title. Because the previous owner is keeping the license plates, we can't drive it until we obtain temporary plates from the DMV. What to do? We drove it, of course. It HAS to leave the seller's property today.

But we only drove it 3.5 miles, to the auctioneer's place. He's got some land and had no problem letting us keep it there for a few days. Remember, this is Sunday and tomorrow is Memorial Day. We won't be able to get those temporary plates for a while.

Here's the lowdown on the truck. It starts like a dream and sounds great. When it's moving, though, it rumbles like a heavy truck. That might be a problem; I don't know. The keys stick, both in the ignition and the door. They work, but maybe not on the first attempt. I'll be adding graphite to the doors. The brakes are spongy but functional. When we return for it on Tuesday or Wednesday, we'll add some fluid since that was low. Maybe it's as simple as that.

I still haven't tested the 4WD... when I was on the road I was more concerned about it not having any plates. I wanted to get it off the road asap. Fortunately, these were rural roads and tiny towns. Not many people or cops.

The wipers and the windows don't work because of a blown fuse. The auctioneer even showed me where it goes. Hopefully that's really the only problem. The tires and plow blade look great. When I lowered the blade, it lifted the whole front the way a tractor bucket will.

There's not much more to say. The brakes need to be improved. Plowing on a flat driveway would be fine, but mine is steep. It'd be scary with spongy brakes.








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