From: Jim Webster (james.webster@iomartdsl.com)
Date: Tue Jan 25 2005 - 07:48:33 PST
Mike Davidsen wrote:
> Okay, went down to Camp Lejuene this past week to pick up a generator
> set for a friend of mine. While I was down there loading up, I noticed
> some of the HEMTT cabs strapped down to pallets for auction. Now, this
> may seem strange to me, but I have kept an eye on these things for a
> while, and in the past 6 years, I have yet to see an auction selling a
> complete HEMTT unit anywhere (course, I haven't seen all the auctions).
> I see a lot of these cabs and forward power units sold surplus, but no
> complete ones. Now, I did ask the guy who ran the yard at GL in
> Lejeune, who told me he has sold 10 or 15 of the complete HEMTT units in
> the past 10 years. I don't doubt him, but then again, where are they?
> Why would the military surplus out the cabs, usually when you buy a
> surplus cab it's attached to its frame, and sold as a truck. Where are
> all the surplus HEMTTs going? Just curious...
Cabs are being replaced by the armoured ones and shipped to Iraq.
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