RE: [MV] H7 vs F7 code at auction

From: paul carrier (paulc@teleport.com)
Date: Sun Mar 31 2002 - 00:44:19 PST


Actaully it's a variation of this. As a piece of equipment
gets older the amount that can be spent goes down. At some
point even somewhat simple work (i.e. repainting a M109 van)
are ruled uneconomical.

SSG Paul D. Carrier
Readiness NCO
3670th Maint Co (GS)
Camp Withycombe, OR

> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:mil-veh@mil-veh.org]On
> Behalf Of mark baxter
> Sent: Saturday, March 30, 2002 6:09 PM
> To: Military Vehicles Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [MV] H7 vs F7 code at auction
>
>
> Folks I have a friend that was in the military
> 40+ years(I saw the 214) and
> he told me the military uses items like trucks or
> aircraft until a specific
> amount of money has been spent on that item
> (That's why there is a repair
> log) and when they have spent that allotted
> money, they can not spend
> anymore money to fix the item so they send it to
> DRMO, so even those low
> mileage trucks might have been problem children.
> Mark M-886
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mark J. Blair " <mblair1@cox.net>
> To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
> Sent: Saturday, March 30, 2002 10:35 AM
> Subject: Re: [MV] H7 vs F7 code at auction
>
>
> >
> > JaxInCalifornia@aol.com wrote:
> > > How much faith should you put in how the
> trucks are classified at
> > > auction, typically F or H 7?
> >
> > Based on my own personal experience, absolutely
> none. I have found
> > little correlation between the condition code
> and the actual
> > condition, except for residue trucks classified
> as "HX". There's no
> > substitute for a personal inspection. If you
> rely on condition codes,
> > or even on pictures, you're gambling. I've done
> that myself, and you
> > may choose to do so, too, but don't do it
> unless you're prepared to
> > lose! :-)
> >
>
>
>
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