determining age of equipment

[jeffscarstrucks]

Thanks, I knew it some sort of rocket science! It will be handy to know what I,m looking at on the spot. JEFF

[timw]

Went to an action today, I appeared to be pretty smart when I could tell people the years of the miller equipment that was up for bid. Andy and this forum rules!

[aametalmaster]

I guess there are two great Blue's..Bob {the other Ford guy} DOVE

[Paul Seaman]

Andy:
Great info and thanks, by and by that number system is almost the same as FORD's.

Thanks again
{the ford guy}

[ASKANDY]

Jeff,

Here's the top secret way. For the most part, this works and will get you within a year or so.

The first two letters indicate the year.

Example.

A=0
B=1
C=2
D=3
E=4
F=5
G=6
H=7
J=8
K=9
L=2000

A serial number starting with KG123456 was made sometime in 1996. Today we are using "LE" serial numbers. We don't use the letter I 'cause it looks too much like a 1.

Hope this helps.

Andy

[jeffscarstrucks]

How do you determine the age of a piece of Miller equipment by the serial number? It would be helpful to know when looking at a piece that is at a sale. Thanks, JEFF