Recovered the last 5ton from Barbers Pt DRMO/GL today...

[EwaMarine]

Recovered the very last 5ton out of BP today.....kinda sad going over there...all the weeds are huge and the buildings will revert to hawaiian home lands which means its doomed to be a eco super site junkyard ..AHAHAHAHAHAHAH.....The rest of NAS Barbers is a example and historical precedent...Sad. But at least this truck is going to a great new home...with Army truck parts dot com!!
She's headed to the mainland soon. Its a pretty nice truck in the fifteen years I've been at Barbers and seen the stuff come out of there...This one needs minor rust control and thats it. great paint and very little rust. Tires were cherry if not brand new with no weather checking on the carcasses...sidewalls...etc...Needs a headlight but thats it. Score!!
It got driven 400 yards to the Naval Air Museum with no issues and went straight to the wash rack....then parked where it will hang out with our 5tons and wait for its barge ride...to the west coast....

 

[EwaMarine]

Arrived at the no kill shelter aboard Naval Air Museum Barbers.....and BTW, the KC-135R Stratotanker in the background is a 1957 dated aircraft....A "Aluminum Soldier" from Columbus AFB in Ohio.... LOL...So this pic was taken before Joes truck went to get a much needed bath...YUCK...It was a filthy animal...

 

[WILDBOY6X6]

A nice truck I have seen some on GL over there but had no idea what shipping would cost got any prices ?

Steve

 

[EwaMarine]

Steve,
I have no idea....but I bet its brutal...The truck belongs to Joe over at www.armytruckparts.com ...Bet he might be able to give a idea of what its like. This truck though is the VERY last 5ton to probably come out of Hawaii and its definitely the very last to come out of Barbers Points DRMO yard...Kind of bitter sweet..Shes NLO9BK....from the HIARNG at Pearl City, Oahu...(Its near PH) ...was good fun helping out that steel soldier!! Esp knowing she's going to a good home now!!

 

[FASTNOVA]

What about the HMMWV that was next to it? Is that coming on the boat too?

 

[EwaMarine]

LOL....that one belongs to the USN...I used it to slave start the M-925.

 

[juanprado]

Are those termites or ant columns on the shifter?

First time I have seen those valves used for the drains. Looks like some one retro fitted them

 

[EwaMarine]

The airdrains were sticky and the mud was in em too...the Mud wasps were everywhere in the cab and all over the truck...I blasted them all out on the washrack though..They go into every nook and cranny

 

[MyothersanM1]

Steve,
This truck though is the VERY last 5ton to probably come out of Hawaii and its definitely the very last to come out of Barbers Points DRMO yard...

There's an M936 wrecker (A1, A2??) at the HIARNG Kihei Armory on the Mokulele Hwy on Maui. I was just there last week and drove by it a few times. It looks like it is great shape, but it's a couple hundred yards from the highway. Question is how much longer are they going to keep it as all the other trucks are MTV/LMTV's and what will happen to it when it does go...DRMO, GL??