Every piece of equipment which you now operate in your mill or plant is used equipment. In an expansion, replacement, or new plant construction why not add more?

Some surplus items have never been installed, or may have only operated for a short time. Surplus does not necessarily mean used.

Surplus mill equipment is typically available not because the components are obsolete or no longer operable, but because they were phased out due to changing markets, technology, and economics. They were built, owned and operated by a company like yours and still were operating at the time of plant shutdown. They are offered back to the industry without misrepresentation.

Surplus machinery which is of standard manufacture usually has the same basic quality it always had. Reconditioning can make it the equivalent of like new. Modifications can often make the item capable to meet your strict requirements. Modifying existing equipment is mechanical work, just as making new equipment is, however, most of the work has been done for you.

Delivery can be a major factor in selecting surplus equipment. It is obvious that the use of existing equipment eliminates or minimizes delivery time and its' attendant costs.

With surplus equipment the return on investments can be substantially higher than with new. If expansions are not feasible because of high and rising costs of new equipment, consider the world of surplus machinery to keep down spending, with quicker installations time and greatly reduced payback time!

The original manufacturers of most available surplus machinery are still producing spare parts and offer mechanical and technical service. They also have competitors for that business. In addition, original spare parts stocks are often included with used equipment. For example: you can buy a used Bird screen with spare baskets for less than the cost of a new basket.

We think that these common-sense points merit the serious consideration of chief officers of operating companies, their management  teams and their contractors. These factors, if combined with a willingness and competence to select components from the large inventories which exist could make good surplus machinery a reasonable first choice rather tan the last.