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We throw them MRE food and they throw it back :idea:! We travel in packs too, and our bite is a little worse than the whale's (but :rofl: at your comment!)

I have a line on several canadian ferrets in S. florida, 5000-7500 range. Projects, but all there.

Please post the pics of the jordanian ferrets though, my interest is peaked.

slimjim, Where in Florida do you live? I'll be in Pensacola here in a few months after AT. I can help you find one..I know a guy with 3 canadian mk1 ferrets in Florida, projects, that would only be too happy to let them go..5-7000$ range.

26 ton AAV or a 4 ton ferret.

My camera was wrecked on the job Wedsnday, so no pictures for a while! . Sometimes dolphins come up next to you and splash you/jump around. There's an LVT-7 on some armor junkie's page that's stripped and missing a fair amount of gear..I wish I coudl find the link to it.

Always the cruel hand of fate Chris! :-(

We have the same thing on the AAV. The biggest problem on the aav is that it takes two Marines to do anything engine related..you need 2 to lift the front 'hood' (called plenums, they hold the hydraulic system that shuts the air intake for water ops and the air cooling system) which weighs close to 2000 lbs. It has a spring to assist in opening though, so it's not THAT bad.

Camp Pendleton, California. 13-08 class. Pictures are really lousy because it's a cheap, disposable camera, it got very wet and sandy, and I was not willing to risk my very good digital camera.

16000 seems pretty low, most are going 22k and up. I'd bid on MOD tender sales...

I have a ton of pictures from my formal MOS schooling I will post in another thread.

It's pushing 30 tons loaded with add on armor...very heavy! In iraq onetime one broke down. SO what did they do? Load 40 Marines into the one aav and tow the other one back to base. This is what launching from a shoreline looks from the Troop commander's station. Watching from the driver's station, another track going into the water. They don't have keys other than the easily cut padlock that keeps the drivers' hatch locked. Starts up when you turn on the fuel, electrical, and push the red START button. The aavp7a1 is old and needs to be phased out..the new vehicle, the AAAV/EFV, eats the AAV for lunch. 3000HP engine (in the water) from the German Leopard, capable of flying over the water like a boat at 25+ knots, much better armor, a REAL cannon on it-30mm bushmaster, better electronics suite, and can protect the troops inside better than the current AAV will. It can keep up with the abrams. It's a Western style BMP on steroids.

Chris, No, not road legal. They can be if they are "farm equipment" and marked as such however, and operated outside of city limits. (be sure to put a block of hay somewhere though!)

They are still current issue to the fleet Marine forces..once they are done, they will be scrapped. New they cost around 900,000 back in the 80s (Mine is an 88 year model, refurbed in 2006 to RAM/RS standards). I saw one for sale in Australia or some other far off country that was stripped and an old non-ram/rs model..I would have bought it at the drop of a hat. Driving one of these off the back of an LHS is a thrill. The ENTIRE vehicle goes nose under water for a few meters then bobs up. If the guys in the back are new they will freak out because water is coming in from every square inch. Going from ship to shore is an awesome experiance I can't relate. It's like driving a really slow, ungainly boat in the water, and on land, a go-anywhere go cart. No, aavp7a1. It would eat an m113 for lunch! Specifically intended to drive off the backs of LHS/LHA other amphib assault ships fully loaded with 23 Marines on board and drive to shore amid enemy fire and get them there safely. It entered US inventory in 1972 and has been continuosly upgraded...550 HP cummins vt903. Has the suspension, engine, and transmission off of the US army bradley. Usually mounts a 40mm and 50 cal HMG. I don't own it, I drive it. And as of now it's in the southern US at Marine corps facility under lock and key. My baby . I doubt they'd let me fire it up for some friends! You CAN fit a ferret in the back btw :-D, or a jeep. One reason I love being an Amtrack Marine..I can bring tons of poguey bait (Candy, soda, beef jerky etc) to the field to supplement or replace my MREs and live a rather comfortable existence while the infantry guys can only bring what fits in their pack and what they can carry.

I'm not interested in making a nice one, just running for now. What will probably happen is I'll get the ferret now and start putting up parts for the CVRT...like a new engine. Are the jaguar j60s straight from a jag car the same as the AFV version? (I think the alternator is bigger, maybe coolant pump?). Thanks for the help! British vehicles are different than American ones. Much, much smaller and tighter. I'm 5-11...tight fit!

Love the ferrets all..good looking vehicles. Ferret, that paint scheme looks a lot like the one I've seen on BRDM2s in combloc countries. How/where would you get a paint like that?

Here in Texas when out in another Ferret owner's ferret people stop, gawk, take pictures "Dude! WHere did you get that? That's so AWESOME!"

Ever get hassled by the police? On our last field op we drove through the city of Gulfport, Mississippi..cops actually stopped traffic for us. We were warned to avoid crashes with civilian vehicles "Even though you will win, no doubt..." :-D It's pretty funny to be driving past civvy vehicles and the tracks are as high as the top of their car. They just look and gaze in amazement as 300 tons of armor and 4400 horse power rolls by

My favorite..because it's the vehicle I drive. Will go anywhere, floats, great engine, decent armor, good weapons system, and can carry a lot of portable pain in the back.

I'm an AAV crewman for the USMC so I have somewhat of an understanding about tracked vehicles. A CVRT would be more manageable than an fv432. Another guy told me between 4-5 thousand USD for shipping. Not sure if that's accurate or not hough.

Darrel over at Milbiz told me he has some project CVRTs coming in. What all is involved with restoring a CVRT from the US? There is the cost of the vehicle Shipping-Not sure how much, between 4000 and 5000 usd? Anyone have an idea? And a new J60 will be needed, guaranteed. Any ideas on what I"m getting myself into cost wise?

They are still in use! The US military is the largest user of the m113. When ours are done they are scrapped, not resold to the private market like Britain ( sigh :cry: ) Nearly every single nation in the world that has armoured vehicles has an m113. Jordan, Pakistan, Israel, Egypt, Iraq, Iran, Syria, Georgia, Turkey....

m113. 80,000 plus made Better weapons suite (Adaptable from heavy cannons to machine guns to mortars etc), better engine, and floats.

Boyes has foxes for 12000. What's wrong with boyes?

How do you like yours? I've heard they're lots of trouble, no fun. Hulls crack, etc. I've seen quite a few for sale at reasonable prices, and my mind is wondering.