the bottom of the barrel

[duffman1993]

I have seen lately that GL has started to push out low quality deuces. they have been pushing the ones with parts missing and rust every ware. Like, the last 4 deuces I looked at all had missing gauge panels. Is GL scraping the bottom of the barrel? I can guarantee that i won't have enough money to buy a deuce for a while but I don't want to see them go away. Does anybody feel the same way??

 

[combat32]

There are still good ones out there, there are about 20 at Ft. Chaffee half cargo and half 109's waiting to ship to Oklahoma City to go up for auction, been sitting there for at least a year.They all look good and complete, most are dead(batteries) but I have cranked up 5 or 6 of them just to check them out.

 

[deuceman51]

They sell what DRMO gives them. A lot of NG shops are cleaning out their cannibalization points, so beware. If a deuce has a red tag on the steering wheel, that means there is a major component missing or broken where we have to red tag it. That means it's deadlined and has issues that usually keep it from being driven.

 

[combat32]

Also, I bought one out of Ft. Sill recentley, it was missing a lot of parts but overall in good shape.(should be a runner)If you can buy these cheap I don't think you can go wrong, heck the axles are worth a grand at least and then you have a lot of spare parts for the next one.

 

[ABN173]

I have seen lately that GL has started to push out low quality deuces. they have been pushing the ones with parts missing and rust every ware. Like, the last 4 deuces I looked at all had missing gauge panels. Is GL scraping the bottom of the barrel? I can guarantee that i won't have enough money to buy a deuce for a while but I don't want to see them go away. Does anybody feel the same way??

Yes I do, but it does not change the fact that the well will run dry at somepoint in the not to distant future.

I want one too and also have a funding issue since I support my mother as well as my own family, due to this there is no such thing as savings for me. As a result I have to wait until "windfalls" to make purchases such as tax return time or deployment where I have extra pay benifits.

 

[Heavysteven]

I think the days of 200 duece going up for auction on the same day in Redstone and Kentucy are gone. Add to that there pulling guages for radiation.

How knows how many are left, i have seen 20 sitting since 2009 in Kennesaw.

 

[Warthog]

There will be an end to the Deuces at some point. When that is will be anybodies guess.

I have been seeing some '70s M880 come up lately. I would have thought all of them would be gone by now.

 

[OldGoat]

I've seen many that were complete turds, several years ago. Some of the one's left might be pretty decent, used till the end. Plenty to go around though, if you want one. I still can't get over the trucks sold on ebay in Ca. The last one, painted up of course, sold for $10,200. WTF?

 

[littlebob]

I think we be able to buy them for a while, It will be from dealers at twice the price!

 

[Unforgiven]

I still can't get over the trucks sold on ebay in Ca. The last one, painted up of course, sold for $10,200. WTF?

You've just answered your own question. If you've ever lived in California you would know that basically everything is 2-3x the price of anywhere else in the country (lower 48 ) ... rent, restaurants, parking fees, utilities, tickets for any social event, real estate, automobiles, name it & it's going to cost you.

There just aren't many surplus dealers out west. And those that are here know they have little to no competition. The prices reflect this.