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Weird things tend to happen to me involving MVs...go figure...

Hey Pontiac, it would possibly involve working on some M939s! Interestingly, on a whim I posted on one of the local Facebook gossip groups asking about the truck and "ran into" none other than the guy who later installed the lockers. Small world...

Hard to believe it, but this later led to a job offer. I kid you not.

I've bid on numerous XLWB models, back when I actually had money to blow, alas never won. Ask 98G, he could tell you some stories about schooling me on bidding on M939s at auction. I learned five tons of info on what to look for from him.

I can't believe I never did relate the end of this story! (I know I told 98G about it elsewhere, but I guess I never posted it here). Went and looked it a couple days after my last post. Get to the place and get to really look at it and this thing is plated with current tags. Buried in the...

And it will likely end up stored in North Pole, Alaska, as in the suburb of Fairbanks , not the geographic North Pole, as in across the street from Fort Wainwright, just off-base. rofl The suspense on this thing is killing me. Went to Walmart and bought $60 worth of cheap Chinese tool sets so...

Did some calling around today and found an outfit that will tow this thing for not cheap but not an arm and a leg either. Going to try to go look at it tomorrow, or Monday.

Might be able to piece together one good one out of several... We'll see how this one of mine goes...

They're cutting up good trucks? What a shame. Will they sell them whole? Ran into a former classmate today who had some (optimistic) insight. Of course this was a quick conversation in passing in the cafeteria but he said they're decent people to deal with, and also that it definitely wasn't...

Rockwell-C60, are they still parting out a bunch of 939's at that Flitz Tire place? Any still intact?

Frankly, it could be awhile! That said I may try to also somehow store some of my other junk in the truck, thereby eliminating the other $50/month mini storage unit I have.

One piece of good news (maybe the cards are in my favor?): Had some downtime this afternoon between homework assignments I can't complete yet (assignments not open, technical issues) so I at least got to call just about every storage yard in the Fairbanks-North Pole area. Found one I can...

I'd do my homework on current scrap value that day before going...but like I said it's not as relevant in my local area...

Someone mentioned 20,000 lbs at the shredder. One interesting environmental factor in my area is that there is no place around here that cashes out for steel (stainless, copper, etc yes, but not steel). Hence the back roads are littered with project cars and the...

Yeah, and before I even think of any kind of price haggling I need to go look at it again for sure!

Latest funny twist of fate: I was on the way to the doctor this morning (a referral, so a part of town I don't usually go). Spotted a M939 series cargo of some type at what I later figured out was the local franchise of a particular popular chain "pull-your-parts-off" junkyard; visible from...