M35A2s in Louisiana

[dcwilkie]

The M35A2s posted online somewhere in the universe says they're in Louisiana. So... what are the odds these have been immersed in salt water from Hurricane Katrina? The winch cables are pretty durn rusty...

 

[velociT]

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[dittle]

Grey area with the post but his question was not about a specific truck. Odds are yes they got wet/submerged, to what degree is unknown.

 

[gunboy1656]

Just cause it says they are in LA, does not mean they served there.

 

[croftonaviation]

For what it's worth my deuce winch cable looked like a ball of rust but the rest of the truck was rust free. and you would be amazed how well a winch cable can clean up.

 

[wreckerman893]

The farther north they are the less likely they were flooded, unless they were trucked up there.
I would think that the Guard and Reserve moved their vehicles inland to prevent them from being submerged...but you never know.

 

[JCKnife]

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Yeah, the "I found this picture somewhere" approach was a better way to ask this question.

 

[goldneagle]

Yeah, the "I found this picture somewhere" approach was a better way to ask this question.

Unless they were specifically stationed in New Orleans or nearby they were not in the flood zone during Katrina. Ft. Polk is over 250 miles North West of New Orleans. I bought a Deuce from there that was a Louisiana National Guard truck 2 years ago and it was in great shape! So was my M820A2 that was bought from the same location 1 year later.

I am pretty sure most of the flood damaged vehicle were scraped for iron or rebuilt since August 2005 -unless they were sitting in a field buried somewhere like the one Tim was talking about in another thread.

 

[dcwilkie]

Good to know. It might be nice to have another M35A2

 

[dcwilkie]

Hmmmmm

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I edited it.

 

[timntrucks]

all of those few trucks that were flooded have long been gone. sold off as scrape and/or cut up. Tim

 

[Trailboss]

Be very careful about bidding on Pineville equipment and vehicles. The lot is unsecured and isolated back in the woods. I have seen signs of active scavenging when I've previewed there. Parts that were there one week were missing when I went back a few weeks later after the EUC cleared.