tarm 2000 for sale on ebay

[carbon neutral]

I am posting this just for the collective interest of this group, I am not the seller or associated to this seller in anyway.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=280172127061

 

[Eric Johnson]

Thanks. That's interesting. Looks like it's been used hard and stored outside under a tarp. You'd think somebody trying to get top dollar for a fine boiler would invest a little elbow grease and paint to spiff things up for the camera. $10,000 indeed!

 

[Eric Johnson]

It went for $3,100. Installed in 1987 and supposedly used for one year. Then left connected to the heating system for the next 29 years. Removed this past summer and stored outside under a tarp.

I'd like to hear Craig's take on this boiler. He probably sold it to the guy. I doubt the controller is very sophisticated by today's standards. I wonder how the gasification stacks up to today's boilers. That's a long time to sit idle, but probably not a bad way to store it if the rest of the system is in good shape.

 

[BrotherBart]

The guy probably bought it at an FBI surplus auction after they hauled it out of the county official's basement.