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This is a great thread. Few semi-trailers that come out the military surplus get any attention at all, most are slaved to do work until they fall apart and are scrapped. Glad to see even the big, less-celebrated pieces of military rolling stock have some dedicated owners as well.
Interesting, you can't buy them surplus from Uncle Sam, but you can buy a kit car, without engine, for $59K new from AMG. Well, I guess you CAN buy them now, but the old ones gotta get crushed to prevent you from getting a deal.
Okay, thanks for all the good info, guys. I'll re-recommend to him that he shouldn't buy a military vehicle for his work, but should instead spend the extra $$$ on a pickup and gooseneck trailer. He will only need it for street use (no offroad) so straight axles are all that are needed.
If you plan to offroad that Corvette in your avatar, I'm sorry to say you are going to get stuck.
Sure, civvy 4x4s can come, we've had guys bring POV's before and they did fine!
May have the opportunity to help out a small business with getting a vehicle(s) for hauling small loads locally. Most, if not all of their stuff gets moved on pallets, so loading/unloading would primarily be by forklift. The owner wants to move as much as possible, without getting a semi-truck...
Have a CUCV M1009 that I want to buy, that lancerobson has me interested in. Just need to shake the dollar tree and see how much falls out before I make the rally with a new toy.
I'll be there, might have green iron with me this time, but that's dependent on a couple paychecks I haven't received yet. Either way, I'll be there Friday around noon to Saturday night or Sunday morning.
There are a few trailers I'd look into:
M345 10-ton trailer
M989A1 HEMAT 11-ton trailer
They are NOT going to have a 15-ton rating you are looking for, but they are heavy enough to handle heavy stuff. For recovering 5-ton trucks, I'd recommend flat towing behind another 5-ton truck, or have a...
Check your state laws, some states require a door there, or at least something that latches. Some states require a door if it came from the factory with a permanently attached door (like most trucks and cars do, but Jeeps don't if yours had a soft top), and some states don't care one way or...
Not a M105, but I recently got a junker M101, the bed was scrap metal, and gimpy bought most of what's left to be a portable dolly to mount his genset to, so he can move it around his yard more easily.
God that's beautiful. Too nice to bring to any rally I attend, that rig would get all muddy and dirty inside from mud and dirt on the boots. But still, I gotta hand it to ya, best looking MV RV I have ever seen!
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