Buying a HEMTT across the country

[Karl kostman]

Good Grief you guys make me feel so very foolish when you put so much thought into the transportation to get your new rig home, I seem to get taken in by all the splendor and roses for making the purchase then I either need to spend a small fortune to get i to get it to me or like my two Unimog purchases went, I drove out and picked one up off the coast of Washington and the second I drove to NY and hauled that one home on a trailer, YOU guyw are a great example if I would ever be smart enough to listen!!!!

Karl

 

[porkysplace]

Good Grief you guys make me feel so very foolish when you put so much thought into the transportation to get your new rig home, I seem to get taken in by all the splendor and roses for making the purchase then I either need to spend a small fortune to get i to get it to me or like my two Unimog purchases went, I drove out and picked one up off the coast of Washington and the second I drove to NY and hauled that one home on a trailer, YOU guyw are a great example if I would ever be smart enough to listen!!!!

Karl

After those 2 the M37 must have seemed like it was right around the corner.

 

[Awol]

It be pretty cool seeing some more HEMTTs around MA!

That thing would be pretty tight navigating around in Wakefield!

 

[jcappeljr]

Pm sent.

 

[Gman021]

Leaning towards the one in Waco.

No title doesn’t appear to be a big issue, but this truck was supposed to be scrapped and wasn’t. Do they have a way to track if a truck actually gets scrapped or not?

Would also want to pay someone to check the truck out before I fly down or pay for transport back.

 

[Gman021]

It be pretty cool seeing some more HEMTTs around MA!

That thing would be pretty tight navigating around in Wakefield!

Yeah, might bump into a few things but I’m sure the Hemtt won’t be the one getting hurt

 

[simp5782]

Leaning towards the one in Waco.

No title doesn’t appear to be a big issue, but this truck was supposed to be scrapped and wasn’t. Do they have a way to track if a truck actually gets scrapped or not?

Would also want to pay someone to check the truck out before I fly down or pay for transport back.

PM Fuzzytoaster. That is his AO. sorta. No, they do a certificate of destruction on it usually. But I think one member here got a M984 awhile back and it had the frame cut and missing a nice chunk. Don't know the circumstances behind his but I would be ..... off.

 

[Gunzy]

Leaning towards the one in Waco.

No title doesn’t appear to be a big issue, but this truck was supposed to be scrapped and wasn’t. Do they have a way to track if a truck actually gets scrapped or not?

Would also want to pay someone to check the truck out before I fly down or pay for transport back.

If it was sold on a scrap sale it isn't supposed to ever be sold for it's intended purpose or have parts culled from it. I would recommend not buying it as you will likely not have a way of titling it and may be force to scrap it thus losing thousands of dollars in the process. Buy from someone who already has it titled and cleared for sale/reuse.

 

[mkcoen]

Also keep in mind that to insure it as an antique you need to store it inside.
Ive had two insurance companies require this with photo evidence and they check
with google earth to see the building on your property.

There are a couple of classic insureres that don't require garaging. I'm not going to start naming them or I'd be in violation of the "no insurance talk" rules but anyone that wants to know can PM me. I've used both of them for my deuce and M1078.

 

[porkysplace]

If it was sold on a scrap sale it isn't supposed to ever be sold for it's intended purpose or have parts culled from it. I would recommend not buying it as you will likely not have a way of titling it and may be force to scrap it thus losing thousands of dollars in the process. Buy from someone who already has it titled and cleared for sale/reuse.

It would be interesting to what comes with the information on this truck
when bikeman starts a new VIN info thread for 2018.There has to be some kind of turn in records .

Edit; Didn't the ones that were released to the public require a EUC and falls under the DOD control ?
Edit2; Since Texas offers bonded titles have the seller get a bonded title . Offer to split the costs with him , if he won't get a title i would run as fast as you can from the deal. Your looking at spending $30,000+ by the time you get it home , a few hundred for a bonded title is cheap . But if your willing to gamble $30,000+ the government will never catch that it wasn't de-milled and scraped , it's your money do as you wish .

 

[porkysplace]

PM Fuzzytoaster. That is his AO. sorta. No, they do a certificate of destruction on it usually. But I think one member here got a M984 awhile back and it had the frame cut and missing a nice chunk. Don't know the circumstances behind his but I would be ..... off.

This part of a listing for another scrap sale.

Title to the material does not pass to the buyer until the material has been Demiled/Mutilated.

The buyer will be responsible to provide a minimum of one employee to certify property has been mutilated according to the surveillance plan. See attached Surveillance Plan

 

[porkysplace]

I emailed this seller awhile back on if this truck has a title , I got this reply today.

For what it's worth.

Are you wanting to drive it on the highway or just have a title? I am researching what it takes to get a title for it. I think I can get a bonded title for it

but it won't be able to allow for street.

 

[bigred350]

I purchased the M985 HEMTT from michigan about a month ago, cost me $2300 to ship it to CT. thats about 2.25 a loaded mile which I thought was a fair price. truck is registered and insured runs great, I will be changing all fluids and filters sense everything is dated 2013. with that being said does anyone have on hand part #'s for all the filters? thanks

 

[porkysplace]

I purchased the M985 HEMTT from michigan about a month ago, cost me $2300 to ship it to CT. thats about 2.25 a loaded mile which I thought was a fair price. truck is registered and insured runs great, I will be changing all fluids and filters sense everything is dated 2013. with that being said does anyone have on hand part #'s for all the filters? thanks

From 007 ?

 

[airbornebandsman]

Member TornadoGT has a hemtt he was contemplating selling a while ago. Located near San Antonio, TX. Good chance it has all the paperwork as well.

 

[gthensen]

i have a M978 located in Phoenix.

They are expensive to ship. We paid about 3k to get it from Texas to AZ

 

[bigred350]

Sorry I don't know who 007 is, other than James Bond lol

 

[porkysplace]

Sorry I don't know who 007 is, other than James Bond lol

He is a SS member in northern michigan that had a M985 listed in the classifieds when you started this thread, it was also on evil-bay.

 

[bigred350]

Must be the same person, because it did come from northern Michigan and yes got it off evil-bay.

 

[porkysplace]

Must be the same person, because it did come from northern Michigan and yes got it off evil-bay.

I think he is up near Indian River , Mi . I know he is not to far from the Mackinac Bridge.