Are they Katrina Trucks

[ARMYMAN30YearsPlus]

I am sure this won't be treading on any toes since the pictures flash in front of me everytime I click here so here goes:

Lots of trucks showing up in the South East being auctioned at a code H, dollar value $1,000 and showing lots of rust. I would seriously look at them if I was retired and looking to work on them but do you think these are KATRINA TRUCKS?

 

[papabear]

Sir - I seem to remember after the storm seeing some vehicles for auction that had a warning about mold and possible ecoli hazzards. I think they were GSA civilian type vehicles. At any rate i would not be overly concerned about the rust as our vehicles have the rust problem anyway here in the southeast.My partner in Mississippi had several of his civilian road tractors completely submerged and after changing all fluids, filters etc - they were just fine. (this was done within a week however)

 

[chuck500cc]

There are some at the GSA location near me. I asked the guy if they were flood trucks and he said yes. I have no problem with them. After seeing one up close there are a lot of useable parts. Just a short list would be, almost all the sheet metal, wheels, winch cables if not frayed, door handles, beds, ect. ect. They look like they would make great parts trucks. If you think you see one you can tell by the gauges, they don't like that much water. There were a couple on GL several months ago. GL did the right thing and listed them as flood damaged trucks.

Chuck XD Fan

 

[joec]

Good question David....I would say possible..!

 

[maddawg308]

If they are from the LA area, they would be rust candidates no matter if they were flooded in Katrina, or just served 30 years in the service.

 

[timntrucks]

yes the gauges will show if it flooded or not. emmado posted some pics of some and i dont think i want to even get any for a parts truck. there is only a small area that would have had flood trucks new orleans and miss gulf coast. so that could only be a few hundred i am thinking. Tim