The thrill of the hunt - Mon Sep 26 2005 09:59 AM
For those of you who dont know, I own my own trucking company. Our main focus in the business is Roll-off dumpster service.
On more than one occassion, the roll-off has been used to clean up an old farm. Armed with the knowledge that many petro goodies reside at, and are often discarded from old farms, I always ask to see what is going into the dumpster, and if there are any old gas pumps or signs.
This one was not quite understood by this particular customer. But it did provide me with a nice grease pump.
Recently, I had delivered a dumpster to an old farm. The woman had come out to meet me, and so I asked about any old pumps. She said "Well, there's two old pumps behind the old school house" (They have an old school house on their property, that was moved in from another site) So off we go through the tall grass, around the corner, and there they were.
Now I know how Dorothy felt, when she looked up the yellow brick road and saw The Land of Oz for the first time. Not one, but two Tokheim 36Bs, WITH TOPS!
I tried to keep my cool, and calmly said what ANY man would say when a woman showed him a pair of nice 36Bs, "Those are nice". My heart started to race. I asked if they were going, and and she said "I dont know what my husband has planned for them. They used to be his Father's pumps" So I asked if he might be interested in selling them. She replied "Well you will have to talk with my husband" So I told her that "I would like that opportunity to do so, please have him give me a call"
So now I had to wait for the call.
On more than one occassion, the roll-off has been used to clean up an old farm. Armed with the knowledge that many petro goodies reside at, and are often discarded from old farms, I always ask to see what is going into the dumpster, and if there are any old gas pumps or signs.
This one was not quite understood by this particular customer. But it did provide me with a nice grease pump.
Recently, I had delivered a dumpster to an old farm. The woman had come out to meet me, and so I asked about any old pumps. She said "Well, there's two old pumps behind the old school house" (They have an old school house on their property, that was moved in from another site) So off we go through the tall grass, around the corner, and there they were.
Now I know how Dorothy felt, when she looked up the yellow brick road and saw The Land of Oz for the first time. Not one, but two Tokheim 36Bs, WITH TOPS!
I tried to keep my cool, and calmly said what ANY man would say when a woman showed him a pair of nice 36Bs, "Those are nice". My heart started to race. I asked if they were going, and and she said "I dont know what my husband has planned for them. They used to be his Father's pumps" So I asked if he might be interested in selling them. She replied "Well you will have to talk with my husband" So I told her that "I would like that opportunity to do so, please have him give me a call"
So now I had to wait for the call.