Lord help me I've become a Goat Herder

[mkcoen]

Well since GSA has started selling Goats I had to pick one up. Well I'll pick it up in March when the snows melt in Idaho.

 

[NDT]

There will be some for sale in Lufkin any minute now!

 

[OilfieldRoughneck]

I was planning on bidding on this goat. Congrats on the buy.

 

[mkcoen]

There will be some for sale in Lufkin any minute now!

Knowing my luck. Fortunately this one is about 60 miles from my Dad's house so I'm just going to have it towed there until the weather clears. Biggest problem going forward is that my trailer only has 3500lb axles on it so I'm maxed at 7k gross. I don't think I can pull enough off of the Goat to lighten it to the point of being doable. Wonder if the wife-unit would be upset with me buying a new trailer too?

 

[Karl kostman]

Goats are so very neat and will go up and over or through just about anything and they are just very cool but good God they are loud, that little screaming Detroit gets old really fast!
KK

 

[mkcoen]

I was planning on bidding on this goat. Congrats on the buy.

Seemed like everyone was bidding on it. Ran considerably over the original end time (as did all the othere there). Most, with and without wench, ended over $3500 but at least they were all rollers.

 

[Artisan]

Anything IDAHO is A-Ok

 

[Artisan]

Just who is that man playing that BLUE Guitar?????


ROFLMFAO!





https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2n_Tg8iHwZ8

 

[clinto]

Wonder if the wife-unit would be upset with me buying a new trailer too?

Best trailer in the world for a deuce is a deckover equipment trailer.

Big enough to put a lot of stuff on it but small enough to comfortably pull.

 

[wsucougarx]

Ahh man, did the auction end? I was going to see where they were and was thinking about pulling the trigger. I've got 3 locally that I've found on a guys farm. When I get some room I think I'll pay the guy a visit

 

[1958 M274]

Looks like it might be a Marine Corps Gama Goat. It has a winch and what looks like the ammo can bracket on the passenger side center fender that goes with the M60 mount. All originally USMC M561s that I've seen have these features.

 

[mkcoen]

Looks like it might be a Marine Corps Gama Goat. It has a winch and what looks like the ammo can bracket on the passenger side center fender that goes with the M60 mount. All originally USMC M561s that I've seen have these features.

Well I guess I'll have to live with that. Maybe I can pretend it's a Corp vehicle that the Army borrowed. Seeing as the Marines "borrowed" our stuff all the time.

 

[Keith_J]

Best trailer in the world for a deuce is a deckover equipment trailer.

Big enough to put a lot of stuff on it but small enough to comfortably pull.

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I doubt he will pull it with his deuce from TX to ID and back again. This is looking like an awesome road trip but not that awesome. 50 mph for 1300 miles?

 

[Another Ahab]

I doubt he will pull it with his deuce from TX to ID and back again. This is looking like an awesome road trip but not that awesome. 50 mph for 1300 miles?

 

[mkcoen]

The plan is to sell current 18' car hauler with 3500 lb axles and get a 20' with 5200 lb axles. Luckily I won't be going after it for a month or so.

 

[OilfieldRoughneck]

The plan is to sell current 18' car hauler with 3500 lb axles and get a 20' with 5200 lb axles. Luckily I won't be going after it for a month or so.

What are you wanting for the trailer?

 

[Another Ahab]

What are you wanting for the trailer?

http://youtu.be/DzBvBFBhpjk

 

[mkcoen]

What are you wanting for the trailer?

Too much to make it worth driving from WY for. A new one in this area goes for around $2k but I'm still asking $1500 for mine (redecked in 2012, rear landing legs, additional D-ring tie-down points).

 

[NDT]

Yours looks to have some kind of ROPS over the cab, is that a brush truck thing, I never saw one with ROPS in the military.

 

[mkcoen]

Yours looks to have some kind of ROPS over the cab, is that a brush truck thing, I never saw one with ROPS in the military.

Department of Lands or Forestry. Almost all of them at the auction had something similar (and all looked locally produced). I think it's more "overhead protection" than actual ROPS although it would probably help to some degree in a rollover.