Thread: ex army machinery

Originally Posted by Ivegotwood

Hi, Heres something a bit out of the ordinary (for most wood workers)
I am looking to buy an ex army rough terrain forklift, I have seen them advertise for sale through dealerships, but wonder if any one knows how or where to buy used equiptment straight from the army or RAAF???

AFAIK, it goes to auction

Originally Posted by ian

AFAIK, it goes to auction

Do you know which auctions in particular? afaik means, as far as you know? right..

Originally Posted by Ivegotwood

Do you know which auctions in particular?

no,
usually this sort of government auction is advertised in one or more of the major capital city news papers
also, Defence tends to buy in bulk and keep it's stuff for years so disposal auctions are relatively infrequent

I can ask the fellas at work what happens when they get rid of or upgrade their forklifts. I'm in a Infantry unit but we have plenty of ordance corps members who buzz around in forklifts.

Andy

Disposals are managed by the Defence Disposals Agency in Sydney. They contract the actual public sales out to Manheim-Fowles so looking through their listings may help.

They're not ex-army, although one is ex US Marine Corps, but this place has about 40 available

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Originally Posted by groeneaj

I can ask the fellas at work what happens when they get rid of or upgrade their forklifts. I'm in a Infantry unit but we have plenty of ordance corps members who buzz around in forklifts.

Andy

Cheers mate, sounds like they go to auction so i will keep an eye out to whats coming up, i would be keen to hear what your work mates know about it. many thanks!

Originally Posted by Groggy

Disposals are managed by the Defence Disposals Agency in Sydney. They contract the actual public sales out to Manheim-Fowles so looking through their listings may help.

Thanks pal! I will check them out!

Originally Posted by Avery

They're not ex-army, although one is ex US Marine Corps, but this place has about 40 available

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Thanks for your reply!
I have been on this site and is actually how I found the specific type I need.
I am looking into one of the ex RAAF fork lifts, just trying to see if I can save a few bucks by searching a bit further.
Thanks again!

I'm ex military and one of my jobs was getting stuff ready for auction. Locally, here in Townsville, most auctions are done through a local agent like Ilses Love, or Fowlers and they advertise in the local rag when ever there is military equipment for sale.

A lot of equipment these days is leased and at the end of the lease period is just sent back to who ever they got it from.