From: kuhrick (kuhrick@comcast.net)
Date: Sat Mar 30 2002 - 22:29:08 PST
i find tham at item 7461
not 7641
mark you did this time what i have did 1000 times
good luck
At 09:52 PM 3/30/02 -0800, Mark J. Blair wrote:
>Item 7641 in GL auction 640 (starting Monday 4/1/02) is a batch of six
>(!) Oshkosh M911 C-HET tractors, located at Vandenberg. I think it's
>unlikely that I'll bid (let alone win!) on these tractors, but the
>listing has made me awfully curious. I'm hoping that somebody out
>there knows a thing or two about the C-HET and would like to share:
>
>What's it like to drive one of these beasts, either loaded or empty?
>
>Is the fifth wheel compatible with common civvy semitrailers (in terms
>of height, kingpin dimensions, etc), or is it pretty much dedicated to
>pulling the M747 60-ton HET trailer?
>
>It sure looks like the ultimate "tow anything, anywhere, slowly"
>tractor. Could one of these beasts, hitched up to a suitable
>semitrailer, be at all practical for a whacko truck collector like me,
>or is there something about it (like width, axle loads, etc.) that
>would make it not worth the hassle? I don't have any tanks (yet...),
>but I do occasionally need to move around 17 tons or so of green iron.
>
>I wonder why six of them are batched together as one item, while most
>non-residue trucks and trailers are listed individually? That makes it
>a lot less practical for a collector to bid on one, since they'd have
>to front the money to purchase and transport six of them to get at
>least one. Maybe David Wright is listening and can comment? The five
>pictures all appear to me to be of the same tractor (with others in
>the background). I didn't see any obvious major cannibalization in the
>pictures. Heck, the winch cables were even wound neatly!
>
>If anybody makes it out to inspect these trucks, I'd love to hear what
>condition they're in, and/or to see some more detailed photos. I'm
>mostly just curious; I doubt I'll bid (successfully) unless the lot is
>split up into six individual trucks before the auction closes. I can't
>really burn a day of vacation to drive up to Vandenberg and check them
>out in person right now.
>
>Any comments or anecdotes about these neat-looking beasts would be
>appreciated, on or off the list.
>
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