Wreckerman's excellent adventure at Ted's Trucks

[wreckerman893]

Bama Lady and I took a ride to Ted's Trucks and Stuff near Dothan, AL today to pick up the military issue public address systems I bought from GL in OKC a few weeks back.
Ted was nice enough to have them added to a shipment he was having picked up there.
All I can say about his place is WOW......acres of green iron for junkies in all stages of addiction.
Here are some pics. Try not to drool all over the keyboard

 

[wreckerman893]

few more

 

[Chevytruck]

too late!

wow lots of good stuff...

 

[bryan70546]

WoW Mr.Evans i could have some fun at that place those halftracs were neat .thanks for the pics

 

[Westex]

Good heavens. Looks like the end of a Clive Cussler book.

 

[wreckerman893]

If I ever hit the big lotto I will just write Ted a check and boot him off the place.
I am going to go back with a lunch and make a day of looking all over that place.
Ya gotta love a guy that has a chopper parked in his front yard. (old Russian one)

 

[chgofiveo]

MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM GGGGRRRREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEENNNNNNNNNNNN!!!!!

 

[gunboy1656]

And where is the pic of the helicopter?

Very interesting place he has.

 

[papabear]

Aw poop...I knew better than to look.....but I did!!!

Wonder what he wants for that WWII Command Car??

 

[boomer]

Wreckermen,
That place holds up to the name - junk yard. It sounds that your trip there was a good one.
I have wanted to check that place out. But after hearing from other's that have been there, that their deals, were not.

 

[JAYHAWK 1962]

Thanks for sharing

 

[srodocker]

wow the hemetts mmmmm

 

[maddawg308]

I might have to make a road trip - I see some parts I need in those pics.

Look at the HEMTT and PLS units in that yard! Those would be some COOL rides if anyone put them back together.

 

[steelsoldiers]

Ted wants big money for that HEMTT if I recall correctly. That may even be that one that bkubu was fixing up before he found the one in his avatar. There should be a HEMTT fueler there somewhere. It was sitting at Tommy's when he was working on my 931A1, but I think it went to Ted's not long after that.

Thanks for the pics Richard.

 

[4x4 Forever]

awwwww man, how do you dry the keyboard out? I want I want I want!!!

Thanks for the pics WM!

And that aint no junkyard, that looks like a recycle center!!

 

[jrou111]

Dang I wish you had told me you were going down there! I could have gotten you to bring me back a drag link, a primary fuel filter canister, and an axle seal set.

 

[jfnemt1ff1]

Wow I would luv to spend some time just to look at all the stuff. I told my wife that we should moved south. Maybe thats why we did not.
John

 

[Westech]

Every time I see one of the "junk yards" full of old beat to snot rusted stuff, I think to my self.. why not blow that stuff out for a tad over scrap price. I know our "kind" would be all over it and the yard would make some money. But just to let it rot and you know that stuff has been sitting for 10+ years.... just makes no sense to me at all. There is a lot of money there that will just be scraped when its closed or someone passes on.

 

[KsM715]

Ive delt with some scrappers like that. Offered double what scrap prices were and no deal. Guys like that think someone will give them $$$ and it just sits for years till it goes in the crusher.

 

[Speddmon]

Those kind of "junk yard" dealers need to step back and look at this from another angle. This hobby is just like any other hobby. Something is only valuable if someone else wants it bad enough!!! Considering the amount of time and money it would take to get any of those pieces back in good order, a little over scrap is about all he would ever get for the stuff...a lot of people want what he has, but they don't want it that bad!!!