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Old 30-04-14, 18:44
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Wow. Surprised to see one of these surplussed already. Seems like we just got them yesterday....
Ha ha Scotty, that is a sign of old age. Please don't ask me how I know. I was still calling the MLVW "new deuce" as we were sending them off for dismantling.

Marc: If that trailer were here in Manitoba, I think I would nickle you down a bit (I am after all a Manitoban, and we make the Scots look generous) and take it. But I have no trips to Ontario/Quebec planned in the foreseeable future.
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Old 01-05-14, 17:39
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Rob your comment makes me laugh.

A friend of mine said the other day " you know your old when the vehicles you once worked on are now gate guardians at the local base",

I also am surprised that it has been declared surplus

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Old 01-05-14, 17:46
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Ha ha Scotty, that is a sign of old age. Please don't ask me how I know. I was still calling the MLVW "new deuce" as we were sending them off for dismantling.
There's no newer deuce that I know of in place so aren't you are still at least part right?
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Old 01-05-14, 19:07
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There's no newer deuce that I know of in place so aren't you are still at least part right?
I was right back in the mid 80s. By 87 the last of them were gone. Nowadays most of the guys have never heard of the term "deuce".

Interesting to note that when the old M135s were retired in the mid 80s, they ranged from 29 to 33 years old. The MLVW fleet is now 31 to 32 years old and the replacements for the regular force trucks has still not been chosen yet as far as I know. They could well hit 38 by the time the new vehicles are fielded.

Coming in behind them is the HLVW, now at 25 years old. They were great trucks in their day, but are really showing signs of their age now.
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Old 02-05-14, 00:50
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So, I would suppose, that due to the age of many MLU members, that many are due to be "surplussed/scrapped/retired" as well......
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Old 02-05-14, 13:46
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In retrospect, I guess my surprise is really due to the fact that most of these trailers still look "good". When the 5/4 trailers were starting to go, they truly looked clapped out which made the whole transaction seem plausible.

Talking MLVW; For what its worth, our MSVS fleet is a real disappointment. I am astonished how many times we've had to have ours recovered. They are rivalling the LSVW at this point. Problem is, because they are so big, the troops can bring "the kitchen sink", so when they do go down on the Trans Canada, it becomes a logistical disaster trying to figure out what to do with all the cargo so they can get towed to the maintenance contractor. Meanwhile, I watched a guy flash up an ML the other day that had been sitting untouched since last fall (its confined to the compound). To hell with bucket seats, radio, heat and air-conditioning. Slow and steady wins the race.

On the topic of Marc's trailer. I love it when people's surplus is nicer than their daily drivers I think that Geo Metro is ready for the big squeeze!
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Old 02-05-14, 16:05
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To hell with bucket seats, radio, heat and air-conditioning. Slow and steady wins the race.
My MLVW MRT had all of those with the exception of the air conditioning and AM/FM radio. No point to the radio, you wouldn't hear it over the road noise anyway. It did have TCCCs mind you.

It also had television with VCR, refrigerator, electric cooking capabilities, 110/24/12V power systems, and the cargo area comfortably slept 1. Oh yeah, plenty of tooling and spare parts too.

I can only imagine what I could have done with an MSVS.
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Old 02-05-14, 23:38
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The trailer appears to have had very little service use. the interior paint and cargo floor is barely scuffed at all.

The Suzuki Swift beside it, is unfortunately dead..;-( simply from sitting (ex-wifes car)

It was a 3-cyl model, but boy what a superb car, quick, nimble, and absolutely superb on gas. better than the 4 cyl model... and you could actually fit two adults and two kids, and a few bags of groceries....far far far superior to the stupid smart car.
If they still built it, I would buy one.
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