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GL is more like an auction house. Items are more or less on consignment from the DRMO. When the electronic gavel falls, it is yours "where is as is with all faults described correctly or not". Not much different than a Richie Bros auction, boy you can buy some lemons there as well, with no...

Click on Forum, scroll all the way to the bottom of the list of forums, it is almost at the end. Click on the WIKI button, then select the Salvage Yard subject line. The list will only work if we populate it with info, I do not know every yard in the US, and many I used to go to are gone...

Make sure you have the volute spring compressor, which is basically a threaded rod that goes into holes under the top return roller. Install the two compressors when the ht is sitting on the ground, so the spring is somewhat compressed. Next use a chain to tie each side of the bogie cluster...

The slick has the Cat, the A1 has the non-overdrive? Allison. armyman30years (RIP) wrote in several threads here that the Cat trans trucks could do 100 mph with the governor turned up. That's a little fast for me . . .

Yup it is a Hooks trailer. A bit of a disappointment, but you get what you get when you do not preview. Trailer looked like a sand painted version of the rebuilt M871's at Ft Polk, one like Trailboss got. NOT. It is a quicky repaint over rust and flaky paint with new tires, new sideboards...

Lots of you are getting interested in these trucks so I figured I would post on my recent trip to Red River Depot to pick up a M871 trailer from GL. The good: The truck, one from the Illinois National Guard, ran flawlessly the entire trip. She runs best at 55 mph, that equates to 2000 RPMs on...

reb87 did this with his mixer chassis he put a grain bed on. Looks incredible. I would not put the big tires on a 915A1 with the Allison. The 1st ratio is not low enough as it is.

Yes, Dodge guys help out here, the distributor only goes in one way, but if I remember right the oil pump can be installed without indexing the slot for the distributor properly and the timing could be anywhere. Put your thumb over the #1 plug hole and crank it, the spark should happen when the...

1. Yes it was a MWO (modification work order) to do so. 2. No, it was because soldiers were using the pump in non-arctic climates and flooding the engine 3. No 4. It will help your truck start when it is -32F.

Well I'm no expert at these types of web sites but it seems to me the salvage yard forum has no place to make a list of something. Would I start a huge thread and then have others edit in the information? I know the WIKI is a seldom visited place on the site but I think it is where this kind...

Cap insert is cracked.

The 916 is a bit expensive as the 920's were bringing about $6000 yesterday. Thanks for posting all the pictures! Halftrack is a bit rusty but is still a good value at $3K.

Think back to 1984. Ford's naturally aspirated 6.9 diesel was a gutless wonder too. The 6.2 was as good as it got back then. Our military just happend to keep the trucks while the rest of us sent most of the 1980's trucks to the scrapper long ago.

OK, take a look in the WIKI. I know I have left off a few states. Working on that. Andrew, there is no way to put part numbers on the WIKI that people have in inventory. You will have to call the vendor. Inventories change minute by minute. One day I will do a list of yards that no...

This is a list of "surplus yards", i.e. businesses that have as part of their operations quantities of military vehicular surplus for dismantling or parts. Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Antelope Valley Equipment & Truck Parts 44532 Trevor, Lancaster, CA...

OK, I will give it a shot. The WIKI is a forum in itself down at the bottom of the list. It will be titled "Active Surplus Yards". I will list all 50 states, and then add a few yards myself. The format will be: State Joe Blow's Surplus, 123 Anywhere Rd, Anycity, State, Phone 555-1212, web...

Lonesome, you have a GREAT IDEA!!! I have been thinking of that for a while. It would make a great addtion to the site. Kind of like the advertiser's index in Military Vehicles Magazine and Supply Line Magazine. Why can't we do this in the WIKI section. Just start a thread called "surplus...

It was in the high $5000's in overtime. What confused me was the 920 in Hawaii with 900,000 miles. How do you get that many miles driving around in Hawaii???

Been there. That's why I HATE selling vehicles to someone. Seems like there is an implied extended warranty/return period.

These are Dexter axle parts available from trailer supply houses. Place here had the bearings in a bushel basket.