More cheap goodies.

[greatdane2]

Went down to Victoria on Moday. Last week I bid on 5 Midmark hospital cribs on the government action website. I got 3 of them, total was $27.50. all I wanted was the base and castors. These cribs were $4,800 each new so the base and wheels are good ones. Anyway I had to take them apart to fit in the truck and as I laid one over the catch that holds the spring loaded sides let go. So now my nose is floping around like a fish, so I think it is sort of broken.
While I was at the auction they have stuff on the floor that they just sell. I bought a table top for $10. and a computer desk for $20. This desk has a huge coil spring in that is adjustable depending on what weight is on it. And a hydraulic gizzmo for the keyboard shelf. so I put the bigger table top on the stand and used the original top as the front shelf. Even with the much bigger top and shelf it still work great. I will post a few pics.
Folks it really is worth going to government auctions. It is just amazing what they sell. And most of it is very expencive stuff.

[Forester21]

neat stuff!

I went to a DNR (dept. of natural resources) auction a year or 5 ago... wanted one of the old wooden desks that I knew would be there. They quickly were bid out of my range - even the ones that were in horrible shape.

Theresa

[Toolman56]

Goodmorning' Hi, i know what you mean, my ex wife us'ed to work for state Iowa for 22 year's, last job they transfer before they let her go was the state surplus, she would sneek me box's and box's big box's of pockect knives en tool's from the airport, when she go to work to next morning they were to go to the state sale's floor but she made a slight detour past our house ,since we live a few a house's from the airport, i ask'ed what she doing, she'ed say'ed she bought these for me, to sale at my swap meet for $20 a box , i said ok, after all your suppse to trust your wife , right , wrong, but i found out latter after she started to bring home lap tops, and after we got the d-word i ask em about em down there and i return'ed all the stuff, i did'nt want no part that ring,but while down there , and the Iowa surpuls store is opan to the public and my ex was the sec there, i had a look around, you can buy coumpters for $459 and these are $5 thousand dollers desk tops, you can even buy the chandeler from the state captiol, office chairs for 5 bucks, desk heavy wood desk made out of oak , outa the libery for $30 buck's, so if i had a big outa town, with about 10 acers, with a big pole type barn, you bet i have me a nice woodshop, made outa state surpulus, and most metal desk they have get tossed en a big dumpster outback along with metal hat racks ort anything metal, you can get office-type workbench's cheap,

[sawdustus]

Salvage is great. 39 years ago, while working for the summer job in the school district where I taught they were renovating some classrooms and were going to trash a solid oak frame 3' x 5' teacher's desk having 6 drawers and a composite inlaid top and replace it with a 2' x 3' desk having 3 drawers with an Al frame and formica pressboard top. I had to borrow a truck to bring it home. It took two of us to lift it onto and off the truck since it weighs about 100lbs.
Having served as a place to mark papers for 30+ years, it is now my computer station and big enough to hold a monitor, keyboard, scanner, modem, speakers, phone and lamp with room left over to act as my regular desk.

sawdustus