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17-12-11, 05:51
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James Swan won the disposal tender for about 50 of them in New Zealand. Big Brother stopped closure and they re appeared, (probably)as some variation of these.
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17-12-11, 08:59
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I thought they were Lynx because they appeared to have a small turret on top. Too bad if they're going to be cut up, because they looked like they had been very well maintained.
And I echo the question of why they would be brought here for scrapping - BC Ferries charges me a small fortune to take my F-150 across the Strait of Georgia, so I can only imagine what it costs to send an 18-wheeler across with two armoured vehicles on the back. Surely it would be cheaper to scrap them near where they were based? Mike
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17-12-11, 14:17
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I am wondering if these are the same two I saw headed North on Hwy 11 Trans Canada earlier in the week? If so, they at least came from or through Ontario.
I wonder how a certain someone here on MLU ended up with one of these in his collection....recently.
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18-12-11, 04:31
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I've seen one or two trailers of them at a truck stop in Chilliwack and yes indeed they are going to a scrapper in Victoria that won the bid to scrap them....
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19-12-11, 00:22
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All the ones I posted pictures of here a few months ago have went out west to be disposed of...Now with all this controled goods crap thats comig down..sounds like that could be the end of armour even for us DND museums.
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20-12-11, 18:21
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There are a few available to regiments as monuments...the Westies are to recieve two TOW M113s. A couple of the engineering variants are also parked at the ASU, probably waiting deactivation before placement at the CME armouries. I have noticed about 12 M113s, mostly standard configuration, but also a couple TOWs, headed west on semis on the #1 through Hope and Chilliwack.
Who is the scrapper in Victoria? What are the chances that hulls, tracks, or engines might become available?
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20-12-11, 18:49
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The location of the scrapper is given as: "A scrap dealer on the Island has the contract to scrap them. Go north on Burnside, right on Prospect Lake Rd, and left on Munn Road. It's about a mile down on the right side." A google check shows this likely to be Williams scrap iron and metals.
Hard to say if the scrapper is allowed to sell parts or not. It will likely be in his contract that the parts are controlled and must be either sold to persons with DCG approval or else mutilated beyond use.
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