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Rocco, My best guess is that it is luck of the draw as to what you get unless you actually go and visually inspect them. While I was allowed to roam freely in the storage yards they would not allow me to give them a good going over since, at that time, they were still scheduled for rebuild. My...

Those trucks are still there on HWY 49. I was down there a few months ago. I could never catch anyone at that location to provide info about price etc. Most of them have bad rust issues from what I could see through the fence.

Commerical trucks charge by the mile and how big a PITA is is to load and haul. You can save money if you can find an independent trucker (with the right type of equipment) looking for a back haul. Figure 2-3 bucks per mile depending on who you get to haul it. There are web sites where you can...

Camp Shelby has a railhead. Maybe if the guy with the boxcar gets a flatcar you could ship them by rail. You could get three or four on a long flat car. Sell the extras for enough to pay for shipping and to recoup your investment. If I remember correctly the yard where the trucks are is very...

At the risk of beating this dead horse again I will explain about those 5-tons. There is a shop at Camp Shelby (Hattiesberg) that rebuilds 5-tons. They have stopped rebuilding the 800 series and have moved on to the 900 series. The vehicles that are coming up for sale are the 800's that had been...

Not to hijack the thread but the 5-ton wrecker for sale near me has the gasser in it and I was wondering what the CFM on the Zenith carb is? I was thinking of ways to improve fuel milage and I thought that builidng a custom intake and header for it might be possible. Are the intake and exhaust...

Two years ago I had a chance to buy a "guard car" from one of the cold war missile trains from GL. These trains carried nuke missiles and were moved from siding to siding to keep the Russians guessing as to their whereabouts. It was located in Lynn Haven, Florida and I happened to be in the area...

PS: I am the handsome looking dude on the left. :) If anyone else is interested there are seven trailers left but most of them are missing the shelter and/or inflatable door unit. They still have the 85 CI 4 banger, air cooled, gasser engine, AC unit, air pump, generator and the multi-fuel...

Littlebob kept me posted on his return trip. I was really pleased when I got the call yesterday that him and the kids made it home with the trailer. :D He is a great guy to work with and unfortunatly we didn't get to spend a lot of tiime jawing about MV's. :( The wife had decided I needed a...

When I was in the active army we used to make them out of used inner tubes. Cut the hole small so that the grooves on the cap will hold the seal in place. They worked great on the diesel cans, can't vouch for reg. gasoline. Another fix might be cutting them from heavy gasket paper or cork and...

Sounds like another meeting of the "Dixie MV Mafia". That's closer to me than Hotlanta. Let me know when you get the logistics worked out. How about a cookout with hot dogs etc.? We could all bring something to feed the "kitty". That's ADR's stomping ground also.

These speeds were imposed by local commands, usually after some moron rolled a tatical vehicle. Those were considered to be "safe" speeds for these type vehicles.

You used to be able to ship heavy stuff by bus for less than UPS or FEDEX. It takes longer and someone has to pick it up but if they still do it you could put everything in a footlocker and it would be there when you arrived. I did it seveal times years ago and never had a problem. They would...

I took the Better Half to Hawaii for our 20th anniversary (seems loooonger than that) last August. We rented a car and drive around the island just checking out the scenery (saw where they film "Lost") and shooting pics. Saw Pearl Harbor and the Arizona. Rust is an issue. I saw lots of civy...

I now have the worse case of "green iron envy" I have ever had in my life. :mrgreen: [thumbzup] You have two wreckers......man......I CAN"T HAVE NOTHIN!!!!! :cry:

If it is a 5 ton with the 250 Cummins in it I would try to stick with a Cummins, maybe moving up to a 350 or 400 with turbo. A Cat will eat your lunch as far as replacement parts and getting it worked on. Cummins are fairly cheap to keep if you can do your own labor. There also may be an issue...

I love that hat......is it possum fur. :lol: Who let you out of the house like that :shock: I thought my wife dressed me funny. :) All kidding aside that is a great yard. I hope all members freely share their "green iron" stashes. Since I will be at Fort Benning, GA for a while I intend to...

Emmado, Around here scrap alumninum is bringing .72 cents a pound. A MKT has a lot of it. They could probably scrap it out for almost a grand. That price doesn't seem too out of pocket to me. The way the sides drop down to make a floor that trailer would make a nice Command Post if you could...

Just out of idle curiosity why did they put a piece of wood between the frame and the bed? Was it just to keep from having metal to metal contact? Why not rubber, nylon or other synthetic? Inquiring minds want to know.