does anyone know where to get used machinery?

[jamoor]

does anyone here know where I can buy used machinery such as generators
also after used hardware and specialist equipment like bright torches, heat sensing cameras and sound meters,

anyone know where I can get that stuff second hand and not on ebay?

 

[JohnnyG]

Exchange & Mart

 

[The_TailGunner]

if you are building a time machine, can i come with you?

hmm- try builders merchats and the like i suppose

 

[Glaucus]

hire shops such as HSS? surley they must sell there old stuff..

 

[Stringy]

heat sensing cameras and sound meters,

Heh, sounds to me like you're trying to become Sam Fisher

 

[Stan_Lite]

Exchange & Mart

Stan

 

[lordedmond]

I have used these before good company www.gandmtools.com

 

[Angel]

HSS and other small hire shops normally sell off their equipment after a certan amount of time. Unless your looking at a big commerical genny on a road legal chassy you might as well buy one. We got a 9hp Honda genny with 240/110 output for about 500 quid. Just be careful when getting one they don't always put out enough current to use all the tools under the sun.

 

[jamoor]

what about ex government stuff, surely they must flog their stuff off cheap?

 

[i know nothing]

what about ex government stuff, surely they must flog their stuff off cheap?

There's a company in Yorkshire that do this, they have contracts with the NHS, MOD etc. They are not cheap. I was looking to buy a 300Kva but I could get one new overseas cheaper than they could sell it second hand! I can't for the life of me remember their name, I recall they sold ex mod landrovers etc as well.

Generators in the UK are not cheap, you can try Jubilee if you want one new, occasionally they have the odd second hand unit (selling for an old customer who has upgraded etc).

What sort of size are you after? And is it for use in the UK?

 

[MNuTz]

Car boot sales.

You can quite often get nice quality tools etc for cheap prices