Hooks, TX preview report 9/1/09

[cyruscat]

Went to Red River depot at Hooks, TX yesterday to preview the M35A2's they have on current auction. 100 mile drive for me.

Lady on phone and in office was short and to the point. Not rude, just not fun to talk to.

Yardman/Escort named Josh was real nice and let me take lot longer than the 30 minutes they said I could have. To look at 12-15 trucks, 30 minutes is not long enough!

Good thing I went and did an inspection because trucks I picked as good choices from GL website were all pieces of junk!

Two M35A2C Air Force trucks looked good but one had main drive shaft off and loose in bed of truck. Other one had all the electrical switches pulled out.

All trucks with winches were worn out real bad with none having battery power.

Approx. half of trucks had brake pedals that fell to floor when touched.

Only three trucks had power and started right up at push of button!

Overall, no trucks were wrecked or had bad rust or damage. All had some kind of top, few had no troop seats.

Only one truck had really bad tires, others ranged from new to 1/4 tread left.

I picked two trucks and a M105 trailer to bid on.

If you want info on truck send me the Lot no. and I will reply back. I wrote down condition of every M35A2 truck there.

Wish me luck!

Cyruscat

 

[Isaac-1]

I don't know which side of Hooks your on, but GL just listed a handful of kitchenaid mixer's in Pineville, LA on a short auction ending next week.

Ike

 

[bryan70546]

I don't know which side of Hooks your on, but GL just listed a handful of kitchenaid mixer's in Pineville, LA on a short auction ending next week.

Ike

oww man you were supposed to keep that quiet

 

[Isaac-1]

Hey, at least by mentioning it may drive the price up and keep me from buying one, which might be good for my marriage.

Ike

 

[Pawnshop]

Did all 27 of the M105 trailers they listed look as good as the three they chose to photograph? I noticed they are playing the "representative photo" game again...

 

[clinto]

Hey Ike,

I slightly edited your post regarding upcoming auctions. There is a rule here about not posting information about upcoming auctions.

Thanks!

C

 

[cyruscat]

OOPS !!

Hope I didn't goof up talking about stuff at Hooks. Just wanted to help the "Green Team".

Pawnshop, the trailers most all looked like new! No tarps though. Couple dented ones on top edge of tub, but would be easy to straighten out. They had some smaller 3/4 ton trailers also that were pretty well used but still servicable.

 

[Pawnshop]

OOPS !!

Hope I didn't goof up talking about stuff at Hooks. Just wanted to help the "Green Team".

Pawnshop, the trailers most all looked like new! No tarps though. Couple dented ones on top edge of tub, but would be easy to straighten out. They had some smaller 3/4 ton trailers also that were pretty well used but still servicable.

They have tarps in the photos, nice...

 

[velociT]

They have tarps in the photos, nice...

Yeah, apparently some of the deuces that "run" don't "run", too.

 

[TexAndy]

They gave you a time limit to look at the trucks? Seriously?

 

[cyruscat]

Won a M35A2 w/winch and M105

Won my first Duece and a 1.5 ton trailer to go with it.

I checked these out as mentioned before and truck won is the one I wanted.

Pics to follow. Now the paper chase starts!

Yeah, GL lady in Hooks said I had a time limit of 30 minutes on the phone and then again in person. But the yard guy that escotred me wasn't in a hurry so we took longer.

 

[velociT]

which one did you end up getting cyrus? The one with super low hours?