[SEL] WV engines

[Dave Rotigel]

Hi Spencer,
         There is a BIG difference between "engine sellers" and engine 
collectors! the former will screw you and the latter will try to help you. 
The right engine for you will show up--we just have to keep looking!
         Dave

At 09:43 PM 4/2/2006, you wrote:
>Hey folks
>
>Just a quick update.   Steve Sewell, his son John, the two sellers and I
>spent the day in the WV hills checking up on the three engines.  Steve will
>be operating the equipment and will be hauling Brice's engine for him so he
>wanted to the lay of the land and scope the situation out for the
>extraction at the end of the month.
>
>While a day spent in the WV mountains is always a good day, things didn't
>go too well.   It started with me getting my truck stuck and then got
>progressively worse from there.   Apparently a scrap cutter made off with
>my engine!   The owners of the engine, Vertis and Bob, lost a bed plate,
>flywheel and crankshaft too.  To make matters worse, loggers cut down trees
>around Luke's engine and piled the slash in front of it.  This slash pile
>and fallen trees will require renting the excavator with a "thumb" or a
>bulldozer instead.  The only good news was that Brice's engine is still
>there , unmolested and in good shape and now there is a road to it.
>
>Unfortunately, this project  beginning to look like a non-starter.  I
>certainly am abandoning the deal since my engine is gone, but I will still
>provide project management and coordination if Brice and Luke want to move
>forward.  Brice is disinclined but I haven't spoken with Luke yet.  I have
>to speak with Luke off-line and then all three can arrive at a decision.
>I'll keep everyone informed.
>
>You win some and lose some,
>
>Spencer
>
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