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Welcome aboard from Montana(Temporarily residing "Snowbirding" in Southern Arizona.) You must be a "Finnlander" !!!
Ya, winter settles in pretty early up here. I live on the Garden Peninsula, between Escanaba and Manistique Were what's know as the banna belt of the UP
Nope, we don't own one yet. We farm for a living and our three boys, 12,15, and 17 have been collecting old military things. They love it and we've had some great projects that we've worked on. The older the better, they've learned so much of the history and its gave them a very positive activity that will hopefully carry into being an adult. Our most recent pick was a 8mm mauser, and by the time they got done cleaning it up and getting all the numbers off it, then researching it, found out it was a russian capture. The hobby has wore off on to me as well, so we want to get an MV we can turn into another family project. Like to get a truck that we could use on the farm as well for grain and hay hauling, or just having around to drive and have fun.
Thanks much, appreciate that. I've been trying to read the posts that apply to the questions I have about buying through the auctions, so I don't repeat posts, but I've noticed that there are a lot of repeats and haven't seen anyone getting raked over for doing that.
Thanks much for the links. I was wondering about being able to pick up something from the guard bases up here. How often are they made available for auction? My brother in law is a command sargent major up here, and I asked him a while back about the MV's. He said that everything goes through the auctions.
Nope, but my wife is. Were both 4th generation Yoopers, but I'm french and irish.
