From: Charlie (SeacoastSurplus@worldnet.att.net)
Date: Sat Aug 24 2002 - 20:13:30 PDT
I've sold LOADS of M105 trailers over years and I agree far from useless
(I sell them to contruction people alot). But I don't scrap them
unless serious rot, and A frame bent. They sell!
And yes when sold singly at Govt auctions they usually go for 200-300.00
Charlie
>Hi all
>I agree, i am usually quiet on the board. However, i did bid on a couple
>105 trailers at auction, government auctions. I bid a whopping 150$ on a
>m105. all three went for over 200$. So much for the scrap idea. I think
>whoever said that 105 are only worth scrap is FAR from that notion. M105's
>are alot more useful than people think, they tow the same as a 101 and can
>handle alot more. Well, that was my 2 cents. Later
>MAtt
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Horrocks, Aaron <ACHb@pge.com>
>To: Military Vehicles Mailing List <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
>Sent: Thursday, August 22, 2002 11:34 AM
>Subject: Re: [MV] F.S. M105 1.5 Ton TRAILERS, 200-300.00, BOSTON
>
>
> > I usually keep quiet, but I need to speak up on this issue since it
>relates
> > to HOW I bought my Jeep. I found "1954 M38A1 Jeep" for sale on my
>company's
> > intranet board. When I called the person selling it, he talked about the
> > jeep's condition (poor-bad) and how that he already had several other
> > serious bites going.
> >
> > When I mentioned about wanting to restore a military jeep back to
> > operational status, and use it in war games, it really caught his
>attention.
> > The other bites wanted a cheap beater to take off-road. In the end, I got
> > the jeep.
> >
> > I'm sure that anyone that has to sell their MV, would prefer it to go to
> > another MV lover, instead of someone that's going to trash it, or worse
>yet
> > do lots of civilian conversions!
> >
> >
> > Aaron Horrocks
> > M38A1
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Hutterer, John - Deltec [mailto:john.hutterer@deltec.com]
> > Sent: Thursday, August 22, 2002 9:24 AM
> > To: mil-veh@mil-veh.org
> > Subject: Re: [MV] F.S. M105 1.5 Ton TRAILERS, 200-300.00, BOSTON
> >
> >
> > Actually, it's not "a straight up croc o crap". The rules of the List do
> > prohibit "dealers" from using the List to advertise. How you define
> > "dealer", I suppose, is up to you. The List is, essentially,
>self-regulating
> > in that it relies on the integrity of members to keep things under
>control.
> > Arthur, the Listmaster, has not been particularly evident of late. I have
>to
> > assume that he has been busy with personal matters. In the past, (some
>older
> > List members might remember this) Arthur would periodically post a copy of
> > the List rules, when things started to get out of hand.
> >
> > That said, I don't have a problem with members posting items for sale. I
> > agree with Rikk that it is nice to get advance notice that an item is
>being
> > offered for sale. Additionally, posting an item to the List is a good way
>to
> > get a "price check", as was seen recently with the ignition kits that were
> > offered.
> >
> > I think that most List members enjoy the opportunity to pick up bargains
> > from other List members, as long as sale items are listed in a reasonable
> > manner. Charlie's postings did not offend me. I get the impression that he
> > is not a major player in the surplus business, compared to someone like
> > Memphis Equipment, for example. Charlie might take a hint from the way
>that
> > Joe Young does business. He posts occasional notices of items for sale,
>but
> > with a reference to his web site, for details. That seems like a better
>way
> > of doing business than posting detailed descriptions to the List, itself.
> >
> > Opinions anyone?
> >
> > John
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Rikk Rogers [mailto:rkltd@swbell.net]
> > Sent: Thursday, August 22, 2002 11:05 AM
> > To: mil-veh@mil-veh.org
> > Subject: Re: [MV] F.S. M105 1.5 Ton TRAILERS, 200-300.00, BOSTON
> >
> >
> > That's a straight up croc o crap.
> > Pretty much everyone that has something to sell posts a heads up on this
> > list and we are the better off for it. Many list members post links to
>their
> > ebay auctions. And very many of us would consider it an insult, were we
>not
> > given "first shot" on new or "good deal" merchandise.
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Military Vehicles Mailing List [mailto:mil-veh@mil-veh.org]On Behalf
> > Of TacticalTruck@aol.com
> > Sent: Thursday, August 22, 2002 7:17 AM
> > To: Military Vehicles Mailing List
> > Subject: Re: [MV] F.S. M105 1.5 Ton TRAILERS, 200-300.00, BOSTON
> >
> >
> > Charlie
> > I know you're a good guy and probably have some good deals but the list is
> > not suppose to be used for commerical advertisement. I'm a dealer by
> > definiton, though a small one man operation doing less business than many
> > 'collectors' and I try to only post things for sale if they're ask for.
>Jeff
> > TacticalTruck.com
> >
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