Saw hmmwv's at NAS Jax DRMO

[andytk5]

Saw some hummers at the NAS location today. Anything new on the sale of them to the public?

 

[CUCVFAN]

Nope. Not gonna happen.

 

[hndrsonj]

If sold they must be demilled.

 

[andytk5]

I thought I read something about people buying them in parts from the auctions and reassembling them.

Kinda depends on how "disassembled" they are but if you are reassembling major sections at a time then I would do that. I'm not really interested in doing it an A arm here and a halfshaft there..

 

[greenjeepster]

I thought I read something about people buying them in parts from the auctions and reassembling them.

Could be done if you didn't mind buying 800 mirrors and 650 tail lights at a time... it would take years to get a complete one... In the last 8-10 years I have only seen a couple of chassis come through, and that is without a thing attached to them and cut in half.

The best chance of getting any is going to be through GSA. I doubt They will ever come through GL as anything but scrap.

 

[Chief_919]

Yep. there were some at Bragg as well last week, and they were discussing the demil procedures in the office. The frames and a-arms will be cut before they are sold on a scrap contract.

 

[JCKnife]

There are a bunch at Ft. Knox but I think they are headed for FMS.

 

[andytk5]

That's too bad. That would be a cool addition but doesn't seem worth the trouble and all the attention surrounding them. I mean it's not like it's an MRAP or something...

 

[SCRAP]

I saw several in portsmouth virginia, almost made me drool, but they were all in various states of demil, some looked too nice to cut up, such a terrible waste.

 

[andytk5]

Makes me wonder since AM Gen doesn't sell the H1 anymore to the public for $100K+ (a cheap mil version would hurt sales) and with the Military budget on the chopping block they may be prompted to auction these puppies off.. Im sure the "no public sale" was in the orig contract when they began supplying them to the Govt, highly doubt "Uncle-nanny-Sam" gave a crap if we got hurt by buying the surplus trucks.

 

[123mack]

A lot of these in the DRMO are available to law enforcement agencies under the LESO program.

 

[m16ty]

Makes me wonder since AM Gen doesn't sell the H1 anymore to the public for $100+ (a cheap mil version would hurt sales) and with the Military budget on the chopping block they may be prompted to auction these puppies off.. Im sure the "no public sale" was in the orig contract when they began supplying them to the Govt, highly doubt "Uncle-nanny-Sam" gave a crap if we got hurt by buying the surplus trucks.

The reason you'll never see any more complete HMMWVs come out is the same reason they destroyed the M151s. They are deemed unsafe for the public to own and drive.

I've noticed a bunch of municipalities are getting surplus HMMWVs lately. Every town in my neck of the woods has gotten one. I doubt you'll ever see many of these if any come through GSA either.

 

[Maverick1701]

A lot of these in the DRMO are available to law enforcement agencies under the LESO program.

yup, we were able to get 4 via my SO (2 for us, 2 for the fire dpt)

 

[andytk5]

Gotta love how they deem Hmmwv's "unsafe" but no problem on a 13,000# M35 that would barrel through a house... Or a giant high speed crane truck.

 

[emmado22]

SHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.. Or else they will hear you.

 

[hndrsonj]

I doubt you'll ever see many of these if any come through GSA either.

If they get one from the govt, when done they are to be turned into GSA. They (GSA) are supposed to demil them prior to public sale. So no; none will be "legally" for sale in the future.

 

[greenjeepster]

Gotta love how they deem Hmmwv's "unsafe" but no problem on a 13,000# M35 that would barrel through a house... Or a giant high speed crane truck.

It has more to do with it being a "Tactical Vehicle" vs a "Cargo Truck." It is all in the Classification.

They will slip though GSA eventually.. GSA isn't very good an paying attention to the rules.

 

[jwaller]

If they get one from the govt, when done they are to be turned into GSA. They (GSA) are supposed to demil them prior to public sale. So no; none will be "legally" for sale in the future.

while this is true. I have already seen at least 1 slip thru the cracks.

 

[andytk5]

It has more to do with it being a "Tactical Vehicle" vs a "Cargo Truck." It is all in the Classification.

They will slip though GSA eventually.. GSA isn't very good an paying attention to the rules.

Well one can hope they slide through with "papers". Odd how we pay for all these things yet we are the last to ever have the "opportunity" to "pay" for them a second time and jump through allthese hoops, yet they hand this stuff out all over the world..

 

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