I bought a 5-ton!!! Yay for me. The fees sucked and the taxes bent me over both ways, but I have it paid for and am going to get it next week. Thursday between 10am-3pm central time to be exact because there's no other time frame. Wish they had that somewhere listed before you win and end up calling them to find out, but you know what, it has worked out beautifully so far. The stars aligned somewhat perfectly and I have a friend of mine, joeM62 (who actually ended up convincing me to get into this) helping to recover it just in case Murphy's Law takes full effect.
Link below is only viewable if you have a Ironplanet account, but it's free to make one and you can actually use it for looking up past auctions to do research, so why not?
http://www.ironplanet.com/jsp/s/item/547553?h=4-1/6-1
Supposedly it's driveable. Anyone have any helpful hints or suggestions as to what to expect?
I know that the whole Ironplanet thing is relatively new, but obviously people are buying all of these trucks up so people are having experiences with them. Outside of the ridiculous recovery window, I have no complaints with the company. The employee I have been corresponding with seems knowledgeable enough to be able to help me get in and get out as quickly as possible, even though it didn't work out so i could get it today, and getting a hold of them over the phone to begin with it suuuuuuper easy and really quick if you ask me. You hit 1 for english and then they connect you with an actual person immediately or give you the option to enter an extension if you need a particular person. I had to wait this morning and it only took like 5 minutes and the computerized thing will tell you where you are in the queue. Wish I had that with credit card companies!
I got the wire transfer done and the release form printed and ready to go, so at this point it's just...kind of...waiting for a week.
Oh, I also have a Class B CDL with all the goodies like Air Brake, School Bus, and Passenger endorsements. Yes, I am available to drive your short bus if needed.
Link below is only viewable if you have a Ironplanet account, but it's free to make one and you can actually use it for looking up past auctions to do research, so why not?
http://www.ironplanet.com/jsp/s/item/547553?h=4-1/6-1
Supposedly it's driveable. Anyone have any helpful hints or suggestions as to what to expect?
I know that the whole Ironplanet thing is relatively new, but obviously people are buying all of these trucks up so people are having experiences with them. Outside of the ridiculous recovery window, I have no complaints with the company. The employee I have been corresponding with seems knowledgeable enough to be able to help me get in and get out as quickly as possible, even though it didn't work out so i could get it today, and getting a hold of them over the phone to begin with it suuuuuuper easy and really quick if you ask me. You hit 1 for english and then they connect you with an actual person immediately or give you the option to enter an extension if you need a particular person. I had to wait this morning and it only took like 5 minutes and the computerized thing will tell you where you are in the queue. Wish I had that with credit card companies!
I got the wire transfer done and the release form printed and ready to go, so at this point it's just...kind of...waiting for a week.
Oh, I also have a Class B CDL with all the goodies like Air Brake, School Bus, and Passenger endorsements. Yes, I am available to drive your short bus if needed.
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