THE CORPORATION OF THE CITY OF PORT COQUITLAM

MEMORANDUM

TO: Mayor and Council June 14th, 1978

FROM: F.E. Peters, P. Eng.,
City Engineer :

Re: Purchase of Riding Mower for
Parks Department

‘The City has in it's budget the sum of $12,000.00
for the purchase of a riding mower. Four tenders were received
as summarized on the attached recap.

It is unfortunate that only one of the tenders meets’
our requirements. The lowest tender from B.M.E. Supply is for
a garden type tractor which cannot meet our requirements for
turning and which has a trailer mounted attachment which is
unacceptable for our type of operation which requires a consid-
erable amount of backing up and tight turns. Fallis Turf pro-
vides a tractor which is close to our specifications but which
has a very poor arrangement for the grass catcher compactor
which is mounted in such a way that all the weight of the grass
which is picked up is carried on a single rear wheel. which is
also the steering wheel. This, coupled with a wheel base which
is narrower than our specifications call for, could result in
unstability and poor traction on the drive-wheels whenever the
grass catcher is loaded. The tractor from Taylor, Pearson is
unacceptable because it does not have a vacuum catcher or com-
pactor. . : .

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We therefore recommend the purchase cf the Hustler
Tractor from Multi-Turf complete with compactor catcher and
dozer. blade and with rollover protection canopy for the total
price including tax of $11,707.50.

F.E. Peters, P. Eng.,
FEP/vw City Engineer.
Att'd.
cec. T.I. Day,
Purchasing Agent.

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