For auction near Ottawa, Canada March 19

[Jason Ginn]

Clive has Scotty's info from the EDR on Ramtank and he has recorded that ECC 121901 was assigned to 4 VW Iltis and ECC 121911 was assigned to 1 VW Iltis ambulance. So it appears that this is one of the 5 German vehicles we had in the CF. It must have spent most of its life as a training aid to have survived until now.

I wonder if it would be possible to see what serial numbers were recorded in the EDR for these ECC's?

It looks as though most of these Iltis have the large cargo chute rings on the bumpers. I wonder if they were last in use as training loads for cargo drops?

[rob love]

It would be too easy to check the VMO history of the Iltis CFRs (other than the oddball trials model) and see what the common thread is to these vehicles.

The cargo drop theory is a possibility as it would explain the poor condition of the trailers.

In some of the photos of MLVWs being auctioned out of Pet last year there was a photo of an M100 in the background of the compound. I wonder if this is the same one.

[Scott Bentley]

My bets are one of these along with the Iltis Trailer came from Trenton, as they had them there for Para Drop training. They sat outside uncovered for years as they were essentially paper weights. I can pull the Data on the VW Iltis when I'm back to work.

[Cornholio]

I went down to Trenton a few months ago to look at 5 trailers that were up for auction. Sure enough they had similar bangs and bruises from being dropped out of a perfectly good plane. LOL

P.S. I didn't win any of them. ARGH.

[Marauder_Pilot]

Personally, I want the Topkick with the crane as a hauler truck.

[Grant Bowker]

Yes, I was thinking that the GMC looked interesting for recoveries. A bit thirsty as a daily driver and a bit pricey to insure for a few road trips a year....
As info there was a truck that looked like one of the F700 4x4 civilian pattern troop haulers in the last auction, described as being from Corrections Canada. It went for $1600, but was a couple of years older and didn't have a crane.
My transport costs would be less than yours......

[Marauder_Pilot]

Those things are pretty cheap to insure, and with that engine and crane, you could drag pretty much anything out and bring it home.

I've been shopping around for a one or two-ton truck, preferably with a small crane, mainly for getting MVs. My plan is to pay for it by renting it out on the weekends, a 'man with a van' service. You can make decent money up here making runs down to Edmonton or Calgary to pick up large loads (Especially other vehicles, since the used car market up here sucks).