How to disassemble a HUP

David Dunlop · #1 30-08-13, 17:08

Bubba likes HUP's. He buys as many as he can, he likes them so much. The thing he likes most about them is taking them apart. Bubba's hat isn't locked down that tight! He's figured out the really good stuff on a HUP is the heavy stuff, and all of that is located on or below the chassis. This is where the money is, and Bubba likes money even more than HUPs. Why? Because with money, Bubba can keep his pickup gassed, his women fast and drink beer. Truth be told, beer is at the top of Bubba's 'Like List'!

So where does Bubba start when he gets his HUP home? Simple. He tips it over. He's hit the Motherlode. All the good bits are accessible, now. Let the good times roll!

David Dunlop · #2 30-08-13, 17:16

You might think Bubba has a problem when all the big bits are gone, but not so fast. Bubba has a plan. The big money is gone now. Just the HUP body is left. Not much there at scrap value. So, while there is still gas in his pickup, he drags the HUP close to 'the Wee House'. The gas is gone, the fast women are gone (and the slow ones are scary - even for Bubba), but there is still beer to buy.

As we all know, beer input = beer output. Any excessive energy spent for beer output limits one's time available for beer input, so Bubba keeps his assets close to the Wee House, cuts scrap from the HUP enough he can hump it up the road on his back for cash, hit the beer store and head home.

Bubba's a thinker and he has lots of relatives around the world who think just like him, and they all probably have just as interesting stories.

David

Alex van de Wetering · #3 30-08-13, 17:26

If only Bubba would still have that frame from the last pic....I am sure some of our members would be willing to swap that for a few beers!
Nice pics.....and nice to see the roof of a HUW for a change!

Alex

Bob Carriere · #4 30-08-13, 18:07

Those bodies could be worth good beer money..... what a shame.

Bob C

rob love · #5 30-08-13, 19:20

Both have since been recovered by local collectors. One of them stayed locally, and the other went West if I recall correctly.

As to the owner, he wandered into the bush one day and never did return.

motto · #6 30-08-13, 23:01

He'd played his part in the recycling process just as his genes compelled him, exactly as a maggot is programmed to do.
Do scrappies work to higher ideals? They leave nothing behind.
Know your enemy.

David

Rob Fast · #7 31-08-13, 01:04

keep them coming. Cheers Rob

David DeWeese · #8 31-08-13, 04:39

Bubba is not a monster, he just doesn't share your interests in historical artifacts.... after all, it's all about money in this day and age.

Bubba is just a guy who sees money laying all over the prairie. If you stop, be courteous and maybe share one of his beers with him, then next time he finds something "green" he will call you.

Problem is, with this economy, he will call you with something that you feel is not currently "economically viable", you don't buy it and it goes to the scrap yard.....next time something like it he finds goes directly to the scrappers.

But still keep in touch with these guys, drop in and have a beer once in a while...after all, they are the ones out there looking every day while you are at work...

Didn't mean to butt in...just my two cents.

Thanks, David

rob love · #9 31-08-13, 04:51

Back in the day CMPs were everywhere. If every one of them remained, then the ones that are left would not be unique.

At least these ones were not excessively cut or mangled.

Shane · #10 31-08-13, 06:07

Are there any HUB's in Australia?

Wayne Henderson · #11 31-08-13, 07:00

We don't have Hup's in Australia, just the odd 6 seater CMP.
Bubbas are known here as grey-haired horders or black hole collectors, with or without the beer.

sorry.

Lynn Eades · #12 31-08-13, 10:58

Wayne, to me, that post seems to lack sensitivity. Most hoarders are grey haired. It takes time to get it perfected. There is another entire group you have left out.
The Bald ones!

Hanno Spoelstra · #13 31-08-13, 12:47

Quote:

Originally Posted by Shane

Are there any HUB's in Australia?

As in "Heavy Utility, Bubba"?!?

I'm sure you have them in Australia, too

lynx42 · #14 03-09-13, 01:16

Quote:

Originally Posted by Wayne Henderson

We don't have Hup's in Australia, just the odd 6 seater CMP.
Bubbas are known here as grey-haired horders or black hole collectors, with or without the beer.

sorry.

Wayne, One was discovered up north in 1995 during or just after 'Back to the Track'. It was found on an Ab settlement and purchased for a song. (or a slab). Motto might have more info.

Rick