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Auction rate locally (on trailer) has been $1800 (cranks, no run, 70 hrs) to $3700 (Runs, 48hrs) with some stuff in the middle to make you scratch you head.
Interesting. I'd heard from a scrapper how he was burned by bidding based on the pictures to show up and find out that the vehicles had had more parts removed post auction, and since title passed as the "scrap" crossed the scales, no foul. But it sounds like parts removed by a unit, not a dude...
When there's gonna be kids in the cab and not me, wheels get chocked and the tanks get drained.
I'd close the valves when the tanks are empty though. Keep ambient air out.
Went pretty well. Lots of good appreciation and feedback. Only one raving nutcase, which is pretty good for the Seattle area.
They were a bit unhappy I didn't pre-register and tell them something that size was coming. So oops, my fault. Took some work to get it parked, and wound up a bit out of...
Anyone going to the Kirkland Classic Car show this weekend, or have been?
Thinking about taking the 5 ton, but wanted to see if anyone had any experience to share.
Went searching, and came up empty...
Anyone have a knuckle boom crane mounted to a M923/925? Specifically behind the cab. Looking for how the exhaust got moved, and what you did w/ the downriggers.
While I don't doubt it's true the truck could take it, I've never see a M939 truck w/ separate cross country / highway load ratings. M35 and M813, sure... (And the 813's used the same axles IIRC, so why the labeling changed I don't understand.)
That RCW leaves the com headsets as fine, as long as they're not hooked to a radio.
And they enforce the mudflap law on jeeps more than trucks. People at work complain about the ticket all the time just after lifting their jeep.
I'd send them this: http://apps.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=82.08.0273 and a copy of my driver's license.
But, you should also read 4(a)
So it's an optional perk. GP may choose to not give a *** and not honor the perk. Ironically, the state of WA does honor it for their own surplus auctions.
C++ is the programming language.
C+ is likely the standard of the F/A-18C with some added improvements. Not enough to be an F/A-18E/F Super Hornet, but better than a stock C model.