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cn <br />-VIr- 7 <br />mcmu 'fus Clark-Adminl:;u atur and City +'ounrtl <br />i"%l FROMt Director of public Works/Community Developmen <br />DATEI December 10, 1985 <br />SUNJECTt L4DADER/FACKNOE <br />The 1986 budget includes funds for the purchase of a loader/ <br />backhoe. A loader/backhoe is needed because the existing loader/ <br />Itackh.a• is 20 yuarri old .ind iti w'•.u-i'W .^il. <br />Attached please find the specificati"ns for a new or slightly <br />used loader/backhoe. Staff has spent many hours this summer <br />using demonstration baolihoes to detormine which ones moot our <br />needs. This specification is tight enough so that the City can <br />receive a loader/backhoe that meets our needs. However, the <br />specification is generic enough so that the following suppliers <br />can bid the equipment: <br />1. Case Model t680K <br />2. Ford Model t755 <br />3. John Deere Model t610 <br />1. J.C.R. Model #15506 <br />5. Massey Ferguson <br />Each of these vendors has indicated that they will hid. <br />Staff has also analyzed the possibility of bidding the sale of <br />the existing loader/backhoe at the same time. We reviewed the <br />vondition of the existing loader/backhoe. The existing loader/ <br />backhoe meets some of our needs as a loader, but dogs not <br />function satisfactorily or meet our needs as a backhoe". The 5 <br />manufactirers listed above indicated that if they hid the <br />purchase of our old loader/ backhoe, the price would he approxi- <br />mately $2,000 to $5,000. The $5,000 verbal quote was from Case <br />Power and Equipment Company because our existing loader/backhoe <br />is a Case. Staff's impression is that the existing loader/ <br />backhoe is worth much more than $5,000 to us as a loader only. <br />We could utlize this existing equipmnn+ a-. a ^r ^•1'l mn" <br />squeeze a few more years of service out of the loader. When the <br />loader wears out, we can sell the loader/backhoe at that time. A <br />second reason for not bidding the sale of our exisiting loader/ <br />backhoe at the present time is that Case power and Equipment <br />Company would have an advantage in the bidding because they can <br />offer a higher price for the used loader/backhoe. Also, bids <br />seem to come in lower when the manuta•turer does not need to buy <br />and sell a used piere of equipment. A third reason for keeping <br />the exis ccn, loader is that this loader with the fro t hammer can <br />be utilized to break tr,+st during winter water/sewer repairs. <br />This will reduce wear )n the new equipment <br />RECOMMENDATION: i rev,,mmond that wr t,)r hills for a <br />loader/backhoe per the attached specifiemtl''ns. <br />SWT/hac <br />