start your own war--Disposal of Land Rovers

To get to 12000 I think they will be selling laundry carts and kitchen trollys :)

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Originally Posted by Mick_Marsh

Only in boutique newsagencies especially catering for the homesick Sydneysiders.
Real newsagents down these parts sell The Herald, The Age, The Australian, The Financial Review, The Weekly Times, The Australian Womens Weekly, a small selection of mens magazines and lotto tickets. Nothing else is worth buying.

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If it was in the SMH it would also have been printed in The Age. ;)

Si senore's and senora's :)

It does say Land Rovers , Unimogs and Macks to be sold and reworked.

Details in July with the program to take 10-15 years

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Originally Posted by Bushie

I used to work with a guy at Dubbo airport who would borrow a paper, head upstairs to Flight Service and photocopy the whole lot. :o:o

Martyn

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That wouldn't have been Hilly by any chance would it Martyn? :p

In the preliminary Manheim-Fowles anouncement several months ago it was 500 vehicles, Land Rovers, UniMog, and Mack but was unclear if that was at the initial auction across several sites during June, or across all sites across a number of months June to November.

Now that has been pushed back to August for the start.

Are Manheim-Fowles still doing Bandiana auctions? Last time I was there it was done in-house by local DMO & BAE staff.

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Originally Posted by THE BOOGER

To get to 12000 I think they will be selling laundry carts and kitchen trollys :)

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Well it is military equipment, so you probably count the major spare parts as well.

1 gearbox = 1 truck
1 engine = 1 truck
10 wheelnuts = 1 truck

It may have been a typo/misprint

This from Wiki in regard to the Bushmaster but referencing an overall vehicle replacement project;


Thales Australia has developed a civilian fire fighting variant of the Bushmaster called the FireKing and a military cargo carrying variant called the Armoured Combat Support Vehicle (ACSV).[5] This variant is currently being evaluated for service with the Australian Army under LAND 121 (Project Overlander), which will see the replacement of up to 2,000 vehicles and trailers.[6]

Ref : Defence Today, "Bushmaster selected for LAND 121", March 2010, p. 2.

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Originally Posted by rockyroad

Just like our Huey's years ago they will probably be donated to a third world army for their defence forces,

ie New Zealand :p:p:p

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yeah i spose they are gonna upgrade there sheep :o :wasntme:

Kiwi + 1 x sheep = Newlywed

Kiwi + flock of sheep = Pimp

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I want to hear the US Govt rep from the south ring about the Fireking Bushmaster :)

I was involved in selling a large number of International trucks and a small number of Landrover 'blood boxes' in Melbourne in 1990 and I have always regretted not buying one of the Landrovers. I recall that the Army was under pressure not to dump the huge quantity of spare International truck parts on the market so we bundled spares with each truck including spare transmissions, transfer cases, and lots of other stuff to the vehicle load capacity as a bargain lot. Would have been a good buy.

I wouldn't count on the Government allowing such a sale these days