Recent content by wreckerman893

I have an order for 100 HUMVEE's and a few larger cargo, tanker and wreckers. I've checked with the usual suspects (Memphis Equipment, GovPlanet, etc) and no joy. HUMVEE's can be bare bones but must run and drive. We can replace batteries and tires. I can purchase from several parties as long as...

Can someone tell me the weight and horsepower of the aluminum engine in the Goat? Also are there any crated ones for sale for less than the price of a kidney?

I'm about 30 miles north of I-20 as the crow flies. I don't have heavy lift capability anymore but I could help out otherwise/ twofivesixfivefivesevenoneonefoursix.

I remember buying them from Government Liquidation dirt cheap. They would sell two of the 3/4 ton trailers and one of the M105's as a package deal. I scrapped a bunch of them when scrap was high a few years ago because I couldn't sell them for scrap value. They are too big to be pulled by a...

What he said. They are not super rare but they are hard to come by. If it is in any kind of decent shape I'd preserve it and buy a cargo truck.

As my old redneck buddy use to say "it's your dog and you can whoop it if you want to." If you have the money to buy those tracks and to repair any damage incurred while using them go for it. I drove HUMVEE's in the Army. You could not run fast enough to give me one. They were designed by a team...

Looks good.

I have the one inch "Earthquake" from Harbor Fright. I bought it when I was taking the body off a firetruck I bought. It is a stud duck at ripping big stuck nuts and bolts loose. It will even do lug nuts that have been on a while. The down side is the battery charger and spare battery are sold...

In the military (or at least the Army) vehicles were started at least once a week (called Motor Stables) and each piece of equipment was given a Preventative Maintenance Checks and Services (PMCS) inspection. All fluid levels were checked and the engine was allowed to reach operation temp...

Could have been a prototype that some weapons monger was trying to peddle to the gooberment.

Let us say that the first guard that saw it had a low threshold for excitement. He had me empty my pockets and he started doing an extra through search of the cab while calling for a supervisor on his talkie. The sergeant that came out was an ex-military guy and knew it was a dummy. He...

One of my early deuces had an old dummy pineapple style grenade on the shifter. It's all fun and games until you try to enter a military instillation. Ask me how I know. o_O

I pulled an MKT with a 3/4 ton pickup a few hundred miles. For those not familiar that is a Mobile Kitchen Trailer that uses the M-105 frame. I used the offset hitch thingy with a pintle hitch to make it ride level Even without trailer brakes I had no trouble stopping but I always left plenty...

Looks like a diamond in the rough. I've lived in worse.

I used to go to Alma, Arkansas frequently when I was a truck driver. The Ozarks are a lot like the mountains here in Alabama. It is the only place I ever considered moving to from Bama. Hope you and yours have good fortune there.