je1640

Thanks for the replies. I'll head over the the other forum when I get a moment. Just had a brief glance and there seems to be some interesting reading over there. Its quite re-assuring that there is a dedicated forum too. I have seen the Ural on ebay, but I think it is too new for me to drive on a cat B car licence. Looks like a nice truck though. dmetalmiki, I have sent you an email.

Hi All, I have been thinking about buying a Kraz 255 or similar for a while. There were a few on ebay etc about a year ago that I missed, just not daring enough with the 'bid' button.... I'm interested in hearing your thoughts, particularly if anyone on here has one? I've not had any big vehicles like this before. I have landrovers and tractors and they are great, but I love the Russian MVs. Dont know if I would be getting myself into a world of trouble? My main worry is buying one, it breaks down and I cant get any parts. I also dont have an endless supply of money (partly hence the attraction to russian iron as it seems to be alot of machine for your money). Assuming no-one has put me off, the next question is where to buy one? I keep my eye on ebay and mil-web. So far nothing. I'm a bit about approaching the various people who offer to import one, alot of unknowns there it would seem. Thanks in advance Jim