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eldgenb

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M1075 said:
I believe the $1300 is the amount GL paid the Gvt for your truck and they made $4000 off your purchase.
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Its funny that you say that because after re looking at the form 97 that is exactly the case. I just told the DMV that I paid what they paid and they could not prove any different. I cannot believe the profit GL is making, what a racket.
 
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eldgenb said:
Its funny that you say that because after re looking at the form 97 that is exactly the case. I just told the DMV that I paid what they paid and they could not prove any different. I cannot believe the profit GL is making, what a racket.
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What is really funny is when you turn stuff into DRMO. (first step in the GL chain or aquisition) They don't pay you a dime.

Now I'm not sure how the money works out on the LRS/DLA side.

I'd be interested to see where their money actual goes...

I can't imagine their operating costs are very high.
 
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Bighurt said:
What is really funny is when you turn stuff into DRMO. (first step in the GL chain or aquisition) They don't pay you a dime.

Now I'm not sure how the money works out on the LRS/DLA side.

I'd be interested to see where their money actual goes...

I can't imagine their operating costs are very high.
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It goes into that mysterious slush fund along with the rest of our tax dollars:jumpin:
 
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eldgenb said:
It goes into that mysterious slush fund along with the rest of our tax dollars:jumpin:
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It's called the black budget, and the titles of the fund and the fund amounts are public information. There are some pretty interesting spending for crazy titled projects...:mrgreen:
 
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So I have an opportunity to buy an m817 dump bed and assembly for almost nothing and I was wanting a little input from the rest as to whether or not I should remove the deuce bed and run with the shorter (by1.5 ft I think) dump bed with the cab cover cut off or not. The plus's: taller bedsides, much tuffer setup no need to worry about breaking anything, no need to fabricate my own dump bed subframe, gives me about 18" to mount a tool box between it and the crane. The cons. smaller bed (not sure it will make a difference, already built hinges for the deuce(not a big waste, may be able to sell it that way, tarp and bows might be impossible once I cut off the cab cover, no more troop seats for parades etc. I could put park benches in the back for parades etc. What do you guys think?
 
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personally, i think the deuce bed would look more like an OE design than the dumper. i just envision the dumper in my head and i think it starts to look like a franken-job.

that said, its still hard to envision. can you do a photo-chop for visual comparo?

i couldn't offer an opinion outside of visual appeal...
 
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mudguppy said:
personally, i think the deuce bed would look more like an OE design than the dumper. i just envision the dumper in my head and i think it starts to look like a franken-job.

that said, its still hard to envision. can you do a photo-chop for visual comparo?

i couldn't offer an opinion outside of visual appeal...
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Yeah I think you are right, I will photoshop it tonight and post it, I don't want to take a step back, thats for sure.
 
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If youi found a dump box like CCE uses I think it would look better than the 817 dump bed.

Just my opinion, maybe it'll look better in teh picture.
 
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well the more and more I look at it, I LIKE IT! As hard as it is to believe it makes the truck look way tougher and it would be more useful!
 
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Why can't you use troop seats still if you put the dump bed on it? i thought i seen that you can still use troop seats on a dump bed, just a special set just for the dump bed
 
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eldgenb said:
well the more and more I look at it, I LIKE IT! As hard as it is to believe it makes the truck look way tougher and it would be more useful!
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yep, photo-chop really does wonders for helping spatial thinkers like me.

i agree, the dump bed looks much better than the deuce bed. i wonder about the length, though. i'd be tempted to chop the frame and bring the bed up to the crane.

but this is from the arm chair - being there in person and faced with the amount of work that shortening that frame would require would likely squish any temptation that i had.

photo-chop the dump bed up to the crane and i think you'll see what i think i'll see. (?)

whatever - that's a rediculously sweet truck regardless!!!!!!! one day i'd like to have you build one for me...
 
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