[Milsurplus] OT: "Surplus Stupidity" Is Alive and Well.

[Glenn Little]

You seem to have it backwards.
It was the ww2 Willis jeeps and the jeeps that USPS bought that had 
the roll over problem due to their narrow wheel base.
The narrow wheel base allowed to jeeps to drive off road, between trees.
This prompted laws that required DRMO to cut all jeep frames in half 
to keep them off of the road.
A rewelded frame cannot legally be titled.
You can buy a hummer from your local dealer today.

73
Glenn
WB4UIV

The wider wheel base hummer does not roll over as easily as you 
family car does.


At 10:19 PM 3/20/2014, Peter Gottlieb wrote:
>Those military hummers have another issue in that they're prone to 
>rollovers on the highway.  I heard the high accident rate is what 
>prompted them to cease sales of surplus ones in the USA.  Maybe they 
>should have just gone back to Jeeps.
>
>
>
>
>On 3/20/2014 4:09 PM, Bob Camp wrote:
>>Hi
>>
>>The other reported issue from those who *did* take one or more of 
>>them - pretty much beat to death. They spent a lot of time being 
>>driven over very rough terrain by people who were more concerned 
>>with staying alive than preserving the shock absorbers.
>>
>>They are no different than the car in your garage. Buy it as a 
>>bundle of parts and they cost a *lot* more than a brand new one 
>>right off the lot. Once enough stuff needs replacing, they don't 
>>have much value to somebody who indents to use them for their designed purpose.
>>
>>Bob
>>
>>On Mar 20, 2014, at 9:04 AM, don davis <dxguy at earthlink.net> wrote:
>>
>>>2 mpg and very expensive to maintain, and different from their normal equip?
>>>
>>>-----Original Message-----
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>>>Subject: Re: [Milsurplus] OT: "Surplus Stupidity" Is Alive and Well.
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>>>The US tried to see them to friendly country but there were few takers. Does
>>>anyone know the rationale why the countires didn't want them?
>>>
>>>Mike N2MS
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