![]() ![]() You might be waiting a while to find exactly what you want since you’re at the mercy of whatever is coming up for auction. GovPlanet auctions anything and everything you can think of. Now, this service is not vehicle-specific. The best place to look is GovPlanet since they hold a contract with the DLA to auction off surplus equipment. These are mostly because they are the most commonly used trucks in the inventory, so there are more of them than anything else hitting the surplus markets, and they are usually pretty cheap. I see a whole lot of used M35s, M939s, and some LMTVs on the Marketplace and Craigslist. So has the logging industry, and closer to my home, a local electrical co-op uses these (and a slew of other surplus army trucks) to haul equipment and spools of electrical wire out to their more rugged job sites. More than a couple of heavy-wrecking companies have purchased surplus M1070s for use in off-road towing and recovery. M1070s are a popular choice for anyone in the off-road recovery business. The two ratings aren’t exactly known, but it exceeds 70 tons since the latest iteration of the M1 is pushing 75 tons. The M1070 is an 8x8 truck with eight single tires, two per axle, instead of the traditional singles in the front and duals in the rear. But that doesn’t mean it can’t (or hasn’t) been used for a lot of other things. Now, the M1070 is designed to transport the M1 main battle tank using the M1000 trailer. These are used for loading immobilized vehicles onto the trailer. For instance, the massive Oshkosh M1070 has two 55,000lb winches. Well, for one, army recovery vehicles are loaded up with two or three enormous, rear-facing winches. So, how do they recover vehicles in all states of disrepair? Every tank, every truck, every MRAP, everything. ![]()
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