From: Mark Ehle (markehle@hotmail.com)
Date: Thu Jul 24 2003 - 06:51:46 PDT
I'm using mine right now to power an air nailer while building a deck.
>From: m35products <m35prod@optonline.net>
>To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
>Subject: Re: [MV] Looking for a M35A2--Are auction vehicles generally
>drivable? THANKS EVERYBODY!!!
>Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2003 08:05:44 -0400
>
>When you explain to your wife that the rear trailer air-brake connection
>can
>be used to fill the kids' bicycle tires, she'll accept the whole concept.
>it
>worked for me. Arthur
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Steve Hughes" <hughe029@tc.umn.edu>
>To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
>Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2003 2:06 AM
>Subject: Re: [MV] Looking for a M35A2--Are auction vehicles generally
>drivable? THANKS EVERYBODY!!!
>
>
> > Wow,
> >
> > You guys are great! Thanks for all the great info!
> >
> > So many useful replies, and essentially all saying the same thing:
> > Buying from GL or GSA at auction is just too risky.
> >
> > No offense taken at the suggestion that merely asking the question
> > suggests that I may not be the guy to take the GL auction risk--it
> > turns out that I really am NOT that guy. I miss having a vehicle that I
> > can work on myself and look forward to getting dirty with a project
> > vehicle that does not require big work, as I don't have the heavy tools
> > needed for a major rebuild of anything. It sounds like--unless I could
> > get a vehicle for soooo cheap that it is essentially no risk--I really
> > need to talk to Joe Young.
> >
> > I don't need something right away, as I am really looking for a hobby
> > truck to use on my hobby farm in northwestern Wisconsin. Like a lot of
> > guys on this list, I don't exactly need an M35A2, but I surely do want
> > one! Somehow my wife has trouble grasping the importance of have six
> > wheel drive in taking my five year old daughter to the Dairy Queen in
> > Spooner, but I'm sure you all understand. My home is in St. Paul, MN
> > and, as I see it, the main problem with getting a truck from a dealer
> > to here or the farm is the $1000 or so I'll pay in shipping from the
> > east or west coast. I've made a couple of contacts, but again, I am
> > looking at quite a premium in shipping costs. I just missed getting to
> > Camp Ripley in Little Falls, MN, for the GL pre-auction inspection (the
> > GL rep was unavailable the day I could have made it), but based on the
> > advice received so far, that may not have been such a great option
> > anyway!
> >
> > So if I don't ship, could I reasonably expect to drive to Wisconsin
> > from souther New Jersey? Or is that just to far for a vehicle of this
> > type and age (even if worked over by Joe)?
> >
> > If I really need to ship, can I save a lot by shipping to say, Chicago?
> >
> > Can you rent a flatbed for enough less than the cost of shipping to
> > justify it?
> >
> > Thanks for all the help. I no longer feel like a I watching all the
> > bargains go by at the GL auction!
> >
> > Steve
> >
> >
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