Brand New MRAPS Being Scrapped - A Sad Day

[jjrlsr24]

In Sealy, TX the BAE plant is being shut down and there are more than 1,000 new MRAPs that are sitting there that the military says are no longer needed and are to be scrapped. They are selling them to scrap metal recycle plants for only $3,500 each. What a waste! I wish that we could get our hands on them!

Here is a link to the story:

http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/story?section=news/in_focus&id=9362783

 

[EmbarkChief]

There has got to be a better way....

 

[6x6guy]

Our ( brain trust ) doing what that do best.

 

[swbradley1]

And if the thread goes south it will go away........

 

[patracy]

Folks, this is nothing new. Policy has been that Armor isn't sold to civilians from the military since the 50's. On the flip side, think how much of that stuff is being left over seas. If it becomes property of another country, you could import it then!

 

[JJP]

When I was in Eastern Afghanistan they told us they were scrapping all the ones there. They all looked new.

 

[wreckerman893]

If you are an avid GL watcher you know how many brand new MRAP components are being sold. If one had a hull one could conceivably build an MRAP type vehicle.

I would love to have a couple for movie props.

 

[NDT]

Here is the pic of the Caymens getting the axe. This place is called Torres Metal Recycling on Hwy 36 in Sealy. Someone should go by there, I bet they will sell you the 395's!!! Actually these trucks are from the scrap contract at RRAD (Hooks). It is just coincidence that Torres is just a mile from the BAE plant where the MRAPS were built.


So basically Uncle Sam paid to ship these from Iraq/Afghanistan to Galveston, TX, then truck them 300 miles to RRAD, only to give them to GL to sell for scrap. EMBRACE THE SUCK!

 

[GREENMV]

My question Is why don't they just store them In mothball for possible future use? We do It with ships & planes. Why scrap?

 

[patracy]

My question Is why don't they just store them In mothball for possible future use? We do It with ships & planes. Why scrap?

Not as simple as "mothballing" it.

 

[3dAngus]

Here is the pic of the Caymens getting the axe. This place is called Torres Metal Recycling on Hwy 36 in Sealy. Someone should go by there, I bet they will sell you the 395's!!! Actually these trucks are from the scrap contract at RRAD (Hooks). It is just coincidence that Torres is just a mile from the BAE plant where the MRAPS were built.


So basically Uncle Sam paid to ship these from Iraq/Afghanistan to Galveston, TX, then truck them 300 miles to RRAD, only to give them to GL to sell for scrap. EMBRACE THE SUCK!

Those look to be in good shape. And I thought they had to be demilled on site prior to removal, under government witness.

 

[TehTDK]

There is a storage yard down south east of here with several hundreds of brand new MRAP's simply waiting to either get deployed to new postings or to replace ones broken or destroyed in battle.

 

[Another Ahab]

Here is the pic of the Caymens getting the axe. This place is called Torres Metal Recycling on Hwy 36 in Sealy. Someone should go by there, I bet they will sell you the 395's!!! Actually these trucks are from the scrap contract at RRAD (Hooks). It is just coincidence that Torres is just a mile from the BAE plant where the MRAPS were built.


So basically Uncle Sam paid to ship these from Iraq/Afghanistan to Galveston, TX, then truck them 300 miles to RRAD, only to give them to GL to sell for scrap. EMBRACE THE SUCK!

That's a lot of fat contracts for the middle-man; Uncle Sam likes to spread the love. Some people are making a lot of good money off all this.

And it looks like the taxpayers (you and me) take ANOTHER sucker punch.

 

[NDT]

Not as simple as "mothballing" it.

How about NASA's Michoud facility in New Orleans, 43 acres air conditioned under one roof. Last time I checked we no longer manufacture Space Shuttle tanks or any space craft. Park the MRAPs in there, put them up on blocks, remove the 6TL's, and fuel stabilize them. If they are anything like the MV's in my warehouse, they will fire up after a 5 year nap and run like the wind!

 

[patracy]

How about NASA's Michoud facility in New Orleans, 43 acres air conditioned under one roof. Last time I checked we no longer manufacture Space Shuttle tanks or any space craft. Park the MRAPs in there, put them up on blocks, remove the 6TL's, and fuel stabilize them. If they are anything like the MV's in my warehouse, they will fire up after a 5 year nap and run like the wind!

How's moving them back from over seas, moving them from all over, prepping them for storage, un prepping them, re-deploying. I'm not saying the course of action is right. But there is time and money involved in any route they take.

 

[NDT]

How's moving them back from over seas, moving them from all over, prepping them for storage, un prepping them, re-deploying. I'm not saying the course of action is right. But there is time and money involved in any route they take.

I was more alluding to the 2000 BRAND NEW ones sitting in the weeds at the about to be closed BAE plant in Sealy TX.

 

[doghead]

I thought MRAPs were just tires...

 

[Gudge2]

Does anyone recognize the model of MRAP?

 

[TehTDK]

Judging by the image it looks a lot like the Caiman models.

 

[Another Ahab]

How's moving them back from over seas, moving them from all over, prepping them for storage, un prepping them, re-deploying. I'm not saying the course of action is right. But there is time and money involved in any route they take.

Logisitics can clearly be lucrative (for those who know how to play the game). Since we're all paying the bills here we might as well get in on the action: anyone know how to set up a syndicate to tap the cash-flow here?! Steel Soldiers, Ltd? Net can go to the Kitty!