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

[Peter Gottlieb]

It's not me, that's the policy and story I heard from DRMO, Army Materiels and 
the insurance agent.  I can't comment on the relative merits of the two vehicles 
or whether it makes sense or was just an over-reaction to misuse though.

Can't title a rewelded frame?  God help all the guys at my job with 
Frankencars.  I guess DMV can't tell.

Peter



On 3/20/2014 9:16 PM, Glenn Little wrote:
> 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?
>>>>
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>>>> Subject: Re: [Milsurplus] OT: "Surplus Stupidity" Is Alive and Well.
>>>>
>>>> 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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