On 5/31/2013 10:29 AM, Ignoramus20161 wrote:
On 2013-05-31, wrote:
On 5/31/2013 6:09 AM, Steve W. wrote:
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If the hours and miles on that 5 ton are correct, you stole it. That
thing would make a great base for a fire dept brush truck.

I'm sure they're right for that instrument cluster; now when it was
replaced in that truck is another question...

There's a lot of cosmetic rust showing so the vehicle has been around a
while. Now it may have been a Reserve unit vehicle so wasn't doing
anything but sitting around, so may in fact be almost unused. If so,
it'd be interesting to estimate the cost/mile to taxpayer...what do you
suppose initial acquisition cost is for one of these puppies???


I am sure that it was rebuilt,.

Did you see it beforehand or just take a flier online? I spent about
that much on a manlift eBay auction sight unseen on word or the broker
and that it had to have a current OSHA certification to be transferred
as other than salvage...that was almost 10 yr ago and it's had some
needed repair but has well repaid the investment in the barn re-roofing,
repainting house (2story frame farmhouse) and other uses around the
place including as mundane as trimming trees and as oddball as setting
up a new tv antenna on the pole w/o taking it down and the weather
station given by son as Christmas one year...

Do not get too stuck on the cost per mile. These trucks were kept
around in case a large scale war breaks out. Be glad that it did not
break out, but if it did, the trucks would have been useful. And it is
possible that it did not break out because the US was ready for a
large scale war.

Not upset but it is interesting to consider how much money goes so many
places....whether it was or wasn't worth the expenditure is impossible
to determine, specifically.

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