[TheForge] Miller trailblazer

[terry l. ridder]

hello Ries;

How goes it?

The unit was part of a lot of equipment at an estate sale.
The person who won the bidding did not realize he was bidding on
everything instead of just the tow-behind cement mixer. he has no way to
even move the unit. he has offered it to me for $200.00 USD. he is also
trying to get rid of a truck mounted cherry picker with hydraulic
levelers for the truck, an ingersol-rand tow-behind air compressor with
air-operated jack hammers.

I told him I would take the Miller Trailblazer if the feedback on it was
positive.

The estate wants these items gone by close of business Friday.

I figure I would have Miller send a tech out to do an inspection on the
unit. do need to put it on a tow behind trailer of some type.
various cables and new spool guns may run me some unknown amount of USD.


On Wed, 1 Jan 2014, Ries Niemi wrote:

> Terry, thats a screaming deal. I would be suspicious of ownership- ie, is it 
> stolen?
>
> I have rented these machines a lot, and had a former employee who owned one 
> who left it at my shop for about 4 years, so essentially had custody of one.
> I like em a lot. Its very flexible, especially with the air compressor 
> option, which allows you to run a small plasma cutter, or small air tools. 
> Its not much of a compressor, and air tools suck up the air, so in any 
> industrial situation it wont replace a dedicated compressor.
> Normal price for a machine like that around here, used, is more like north of 
> $2000.
> Cables are not a huge deal- they are, essentially consumables- leads wear 
> out, connectors as well. Figure a few hundred bucks though, for just a pair 
> of fify foot leads, connectors, a ground clamp and a stinger, for stick 
> welding.
> when you say no remote control box, do you mean there is no main panel outlet 
> for plugging in a remote?
> Or do you mean no foot pedal or tig torch control?
> Foot pedals are not standard with these, they were always optional at extra 
> cost. However, depending on age, this machine should have scratch start or 
> lift arc, enabling you to tig weld with no remote of any kind, just an air 
> cooled torch.
>
> I would have bought it yesterday at that price, or frankly, at five times 
> that price.
>
> ries
>
>

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terry l. ridder ><>