Thread: Who's buying a surplus Hummer ?

Originally Posted by ChrisF

I could not afford the fuel bill , but I have always liked the wide stance they have for off road .
This sell off will just be the 1st at 4000 , they have made about 300k , and the US Army has about 160k of those .
My guess is they are selling them as they need money , for new gear .
AM General is not happy about civies getting them , if so they maybe will not support them , ie spares etc .
But at 300k made , and maybe as many as 150k being sold off in the next few yrs , if AM General dose not support them , small companies will start making spare parts for them and cut AM General out .

I used to live with a mate in the U.S. And he buy a lot of US military plant when I was living there. Big plant. Water makers, generators, large troop AC systems. It cost more to get the gear from North Carolina to Florida than it was to buy. Many of the systems had zero run hours.
They don't need the money but they do sell them because they need next years budget money. If they don't spend the full budget allowance in the financial year they don't get it the next year was what I was told. These will be being sold for exactly the same reason.
We would chop it up, make it sellable and ship it around the Caribbean for good money. The desalination plants from Desert Storm were awesome. Wish I took some photos.