"How to get a HET in life..." - M1070 Acquisition thread

[BradBMI]

Shipping the HET from WI to NY would have been $10K I drove it back $1200 airfare $800 gas $220 Tolls And K is Right driving it home is a great experience

 

[jesusgatos]

So who bought all the HET's that sold in CA today?

 

[goodguyzy]

I tried for another but got outbid about 15 min to go and either my phones internet was messing up or g/l site was slow but I kept getting error messages, no loading....ended up with nothing today. A lot went for under 10.

 

[jesusgatos]

Yeah, crazy-cheap. Lowest prices I've seen except for the bunch in Fontana that got cancelled a while ago. We got two of 'em.

 

[goodguyzy]

Congrats on the wins. I was pretty ticked off at my lack of internet. All well maybe next time.

 

[Bighurt]

So who bought all the HET's that sold in CA today?

I tried and kept getting outbid. Hopefully there will be a next time.

 

[Artisan]

What was the average selling price today on the 1070's?

 

[Bighurt]

What was the average selling price today on the 1070's?

30 some lots, low was $6900 high was $14000 give or take...$10k or so I don't have exact figures

I bid higher on 6 lots than the two that went under 7, wish I had put them on the list...they were 01' runners.

 

[m715mike]

Auction trucks 5.8.14



Did you see the trucks that sold today with Arabic writing on the front fenders? The script translates to, "Danger. Move away from truck."

I thought that was rather interesting!

 

[Artisan]

That truck is seriously EXTRA cool w/ that!

 

[jesusgatos]

Highest actually went up to $15,000, which is still a great deal, but there were 49 of them up today, so a lot of them went ridiculously cheap-cheap!

 

[jesusgatos]

...and the average selling price was over $10,000, but not much.

 

[cadmo]

But the 7-10k trucks (the non runners) were they really a amazing deal that only had easy fixes like dead batteries/ plugged fuel filters, orrr holes in the block with a rod hanging out that GL didn't show in pictures?


Can anyone comment that preview them?

 

[DrillerSurplus]

I would bet that most of the non-runners are an easy fix, but I didn't preview.

After I struck out on the M1120A2 units back east, I got one of the Ft Irwin HETs for just under 10k before GL fees. Description said it runs. These sure looked a lot rougher than most of the ones in Fontana.

 

[wreckerman893]

I was watching the Fort Irwin trucks but got waylaid by Murphy and spent 11 hours at the ER.

 

[DrillerSurplus]

Sorry to hear about the ER, paid a visit there myself yesterday- smashed a finger moving furniture I bought from GL for a charity.

Hope your situation is resolved or mending at least.

 

[Castle Bravo]

Yesterday I helped a friend pull his auction win M819 tractor wrecker home. The HET handled it just fine. The 819 is cool! It'll be a neat restoration.

 

[Carlo]

Yesterday I helped a friend pull his auction win M819 tractor wrecker home. The HET handled it just fine. The 819 is cool! It'll be a neat restoration.

Hey Matt. How did you run the running lights, turn signals, brake lights on the unit being pulled? I have to transport my 923A1 using the M923A2 to pull it next weekend. I don't want to run the 4 ways if I can hook up the lights on the A1. Thanks and nice truck!

 

[Castle Bravo]

Hey Matt. How did you run the running lights, turn signals, brake lights on the unit being pulled? I have to transport my 923A1 using the M923A2 to pull it next weekend. I don't want to run the 4 ways if I can hook up the lights on the A1. Thanks and nice truck!

I used a set of towing lights that I have. Since the cable for the lights has a military 24v 12 pin connector and the HET only has a commercial 12v 7 pin connector by the pintle hitch, I had to run the cable up to the military connector by the fifth wheel. They work very well.

 

[Old Lincoln County Iron]

Not many things make an M819 look small, but the HET does a good job of it!