[Qcwa] Old MARS surplus stories.

[N2RQ]

Jay's story reminded me of another generator.

One day I got a call at work from my wife who told me that I was getting a
delivery from MARS and asked what to do with it.  I said have it left on the
front steps.  While I waited, the driver told her the package weight 900
pounds and he did not have a power tail gate. He needed help in unloading.
This was a 5 KW 4 cycle, water cooled machine on a dual I-beam pallet. It
was eventually re-delivered with a different truck.

It served well in test and maintenance, but would not start during hurricane
Gloria.  We eventually got another MARS member to take it and bought a new
4KW unit that weights about 140 pounds.

73,

Lew
n2rq@arrl.net
former AAR2FV


>Anyhow as we were leaving she insisted we double check to see if the
> "Generator" was on our list.  I assured her it was not but said "Hey, if
you
> want to sell it I might be willing to buy it for my own use as long as
it's
> not ARMY / DOD property."  She swore it must be but that I could have it
for
> nothing.  We went outside to see this HUGE "thing" on a concreate pad.
> Imagine half a backyard full of "thing"  I can't discribe it as I've never
> seen anything like it before or sense but I was assured by the son that
> during a power outage it not only powered everything in the house but it
> also did all the neighbors as well.  How he got it there (Cargo
Chopper???),
> What paperwork shuffle he did to have it not show on our list I guess we
> will never know.  All I can saw is Sheesh!  *No I didn't buy it.  How
would
> you even move it?
>