Last year I hauled a trailer load of eight ST gen heads from Central Georgia Generator to Maine where I dropped them off for free. I am limited to about #5,000 on my tandem axel #8,000 rated 16 foot trailer. Well not actually totally for free: Sam at Gott’s Marine gave me a few listeroid trinkets (I.e. Head gaskets, bearings, Metro hats, etc.) about $50 to $75. I wasn’t really looking for anything, since I purchased a Metro 6/1 from him and was going to use the trailer I brought from Florida to haul it back anyway. The point is, I would be willing to it again, and perhaps there are others too. In my case last year, it gave me an excuse to meet Tom Osborne (real nice guy), check out his very cool operation, and do something to advance the good of the order (Listeroid ownership). If I do it again, my only conditions are the destination must lie on my travel path or be very close to it, no hassle off loading, be on time, and get me off loaded quickly, and back on the road in an hour or so.
I mention this because I may be driving from Florida to Colorado – Montana for vacation sometime between June 22 and July 17, 2012. I will probably do the first 2 ½ weeks in the rocky mountains then return to the Florida Keys for the last part. I haven’t firmed everything up yet, but it is looking very good. If I decide to go, I plan to drive my Silverado 4X4 pickup truck out west. It not a big deal for me to hitch my trailer up, make one stop in Georgia to pick up a load of ST gen heads and another along the way to drop them off.
This is directed to Dieselgman. If your business model includes buying STs from Tom Osborne, I would be willing to discuss transporting a load of STs, up to #5,000, from Georgia to your shop in Kansas in exchange for site tour of your business. Same offer goes for someone in the eastern part of Colorado. I would need a safe and secure place to store my trailer while I am hiking / camping in the mountains. I would pick it up on the way back. Come to think of it, I might even bring back a Listeroid or two if my wife isn’t looking.
Oh, I have a new in the wood box ST 10 Gen Head, never opened it, stored in an air-conditioned barn for the last year, I will sell it for cost, and want to buy an ST 5. I need to standardize my ST head inventory to 5 - 7.5 kW and 12 – 15 kW: Bearings, fan, electrical parts, belts, etc.