Army vehicle disposal

So anyone inspect the vehicles in Townsville and willing to share?

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Originally Posted by Summiitt

Can anyone tell me how much the unimog made? I put some bids on and then got outbid continuously by an autobid and lost patience with it..cheers

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$25,509 to a Northern Territorian

Aahhh crap!!! Thanks for that..missed out again!!

Anyone know who G.G. from Duranbah NSW is who got the incomplete 6X6 from the Townsville auction today.

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Originally Posted by THE BOOGER

... rebuild engines get the black paint treatment:)

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Thanks, that is what I suspected.

When the Isuzu is such a strong motor, and can do 500,000 km in trucks under much greater loads, why have so many of the Army ones had rebuilds at such low kays?

Thanks Alan

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Originally Posted by danialan

Thanks, that is what I suspected.

When the Isuzu is such a strong motor, and can do 500,000 km in trucks under much greater loads, why have so many of the Army ones had rebuilds at such low kays?

Thanks Alan

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Primarily because the army needs their engines to start first time every time, not just most of the time like your local building contractor requires.

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Originally Posted by danialan

Thanks, that is what I suspected.

When the Isuzu is such a strong motor, and can do 500,000 km in trucks under much greater loads, why have so many of the Army ones had rebuilds at such low kays?

Thanks Alan

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They may not have been rebuilt exactly. A mate who used to work at repco engine reconditioning in the late 90s and early 00s said they had the contract to rebuild the army 4bd1s. They were removed at set intervals, run up on an engine dyno to see if they were still in spec. If they passed they were sent back and re-installed. If they failed they were rebuilt then run in on a dyno before being sent back. The black paint may just be engines that passed the dyno test.

Anyone know why the latest auction got canned one day before it was due to start. Got an e-mail notification from Frontline but no explanation.

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Originally Posted by ggscadet

Anyone know why the latest auction got canned one day before it was due to start. Got an e-mail notification from Frontline but no explanation.

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it was a bit strange hey

Coming soon, Bob


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