GATOR by USPS ?

Here's my idea.
The USPS has a "million" of the small delivery vehicles. Some of these have to have been in collisions and judged to be too expensive to repair. So, I could buy 2 or 3 of these and make one out of the parts. My property is flat, no raging streams to cross, no giant trees to snake out of the woods. I could use it as an open pickup, run around rat rod.
Where are these vehicles disposed to?

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(quoted from post at 05:07:49 05/12/16) Here's my idea.
The USPS has a "million" of the small delivery vehicles. Some of these have to have been in collisions and judged to be too expensive to repair. So, I could buy 2 or 3 of these and make one out of the parts. My property is flat, no raging streams to cross, no giant trees to snake out of the woods. I could use it as an open pickup, run around rat rod.
Where are these vehicles disposed to?

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Government property is normally auctioned off. You can find these auctions online.

Rick

If you can buy it right yes. My problem is the auction: they will bid them up to a fortune and you could buy say an old jeep running road ready for less!!!

There are many, many vehicles for sale around the country.

GSAauctions.gov

Wisurplus.com

are just a couple.

Typically, the government auctions stuff when they reach a certain age. I know individuals that only buy used municipal vehicles due to their great maintenance.

I have purchased loads of stuff from many such sources but now I am cutting back and getting rid of stuff.
One of many sites

Not a bad idea, but you better think it through. Most of these post office wagons are almost proprietary as far as parts go. (My words and perception here)

In the 70's, early 60's they had a bunch of right hand drive Scouts with slant six engines and automatic trannys. When those started giving way to newer vehicles the post office here in this area took a bunch of them and had them repainted at the Earl Scheib (sp) place in all kinds of pastel colors. Hubcaps and all! Dirt on them too. Sold them at public auctions. They were all two wheel drive made especially for the post office. People bought them up, thinking they could add the front end and transfer case and have a cheap four wheel drive rig like you are talking about. Problem was: No after market kits for a right hand drive were available. It could be done, but cheaper to buy a brand new one before it was over with. On top of that, the auctions brought way more money for each of them than any real value.

For a while, there were lots of baby blue and pink and light green Scouts with the steering wheels on the wrong side running around in this area. They are all gone now, most didn't last a year or more.

I see our postman where I work drive up every day, switch his motor off, shut the door and lock it, then go back and start up, buckle up, and drive 40 feet and do it all over again. Can't imagine the duty cycle of some of the parts involved.

Kinda like buying decommissioned police cars. Right now there are lots of Crown Vics running around with 23 inch wheels here in Lubbock. Driven by some who used to ride in the back seat!

Plenty of small old pickups for sale ? That's what Mom uses.

Where I live, all vehicles have to be plated, county tax. That means it also has to be insured.

I will say, you would have a hard time trading my boss a USPS vehicles for her kawasaki mule. She uses it all the time moving flowers around. Doesn't tear up the yard either. Where the mule goes in the gravel, she has to use 4 wheel drive. The mule can go through anything where the USPS around me are just rear wheel and when they get stuck in the winter, only one wheel spins.
geo

I heard a rumor that USPS was going to phase out all the small delivery vehicles. My guess they will go with the same style UPS and Fedex use, not to be outdone.

But, I don't know if the small trucks will be offered to the public. Depends on if they meet emissions and DOT requirements.

You will have to buy more than 2 or 3. The guy that works on my vehicles when I don't have time to has a contract with USTS to work on their trucks in our town. He says when they get rid of their trucks they are junk.

Geo-TH,In I think that law applies to the whole state of Indiana because we have it here in the northern part of state. You can get around it if vehicle is inside a building or in a fenced in area with fence that you can't see it. The only thing is that they don't enforce and only enforce the law if somebody complains about vehicle.

It may be a state thing. We have to pay a county wheel tax. Code enforcement can site you. If cops catch you on the road they will have your vehicle towed. So you pay a fine, towing fee and have to plate and insure it. Not worth it.

I've seen the mail trucks get stuck on level ground and a few inches of snow. Hard telling what they would do on wet clay. y
If you get one, Better carry a tow chain.

La Porte county is strongly talking about getting a wheel tax ( as if we don't pay enough tax now).

We've had a wheel tax forever. Just one more tax. BYW, there is a state tax on UTV AND ATV. They used to be registered with DNR now it with BMW. Just another tax.

Suzuki Samurai.

They current mail jeeps were built on an S-10 chassis.
No wonder they fall apart with heavy use.

Geo Tracker also. I followed a thread where the guy made a geo into an atv/sbs.