WANT.

[bedlamite]

http://armyjeeps.net/ELSORV/ELSORV.htm

Anybody got a quarter million I can borrow?

[grampster]

Check with your local PD.  They might give you a deal on one of the several they bought for their new SWAT unit.  They only paid $25.00 apiece for them.

[Monkeyleg]

Street gangs getting restless in Manitowoc?

[lee n. field]

Why would that cost $250K?

[Tallpine]

Why would that cost $250K?

Yeah ... I would rather have an old M-715 like RKL.

I don't see anyplace on that thing  to haul firewood or fenceposts or hay 

[charby]

Yeah ... I would rather have an old M-715 like RKL.

I don't see anyplace on that thing  to haul firewood or fenceposts or hay 

They do make a barge wagon you can pull behind a tractor for the fire wood and a hayrack for the hay.



Even has a hydraulic dump bed



Wagon designed for moving hay. You can take the rack off and put a gravity body on it and haul grain with it.

[Jamisjockey]

Yeah ... I would rather have an old M-715 like RKL.

I don't see anyplace on that thing  to haul firewood or fenceposts or hay 

Not every vehicle is designed for hermits living off the grid.

[Tallpine]

They do make a barge wagon you can pull behind a tractor for the fire wood and a hayrack for the hay.

http://www.fowlkesrealtyandauction.com/images/Koenig-Auction-2nd-015.jpg

Even has a hydraulic dump bed

http://www.chatstractors.com/2005_wagons/051158_hay_rack_leftside.jpg

Wagon designed for moving hay. You can take the rack off and put a gravity body on it and haul grain with it.

http://www.williamkentinc.com/content/images/Thompson-Partridge/116_0425.JPG

You really have no clue about getting something into tight places in the woods, do you?  The goal is not to have to carry the blocks of wood a longs ways to the vehicle.  Really, if I had a larger tractor with a 3-pt, I would build an arch/grapple for it and just skid whole trees down to a processing site.

And I really don't know what the use case for the original vehicle above would be 

[Jamisjockey]

You really have no clue about getting something into tight places in the woods, do you?  The goal is not to have to carry the blocks of wood a longs ways to the vehicle.  Really, if I had a larger tractor with a 3-pt, I would build an arch/grapple for it and just skid whole trees down to a processing site.

And I really don't know what the use case for the original vehicle above would be 

Well obviously the damn thing isn't for you, then.  I think we get that. 

[Tallpine]

Well obviously the damn thing isn't for you, then.  I think we get that. 

It's not for a lot of people I reckon, but it seems that I am no longer allowed to say that 

[Jamisjockey]

It's not for a lot of people I reckon, but it seems that I am no longer allowed to say that 

It gets old hat, because it seems like you say it about everything.

[onions!]

It's an odd vehicle.
It looks like something that the desert racers' builders would make to pay the bills.The truly talented pirate 4x4 people.
At first I thought it was just a JK8 with a GM diesel for some reason.
Using a GM 6.5(out of production for over a decade) with a 4l80e would seem to be an odd choice.Any Humvee mechanics should have no problems with it but it's not terribly powerful and it is late seventies tech.
The 6.6 is,in some ways,an even odder choice.The Isuzu V8 is bigger,heavier(a couple of hundred pounds IIRC),gets worse fuel economy and is vastly more complicated.The six speed Allison is a good trans-no qualms there.
The dash isn't impressive.Three different gauge manufacturers for common gauges.Generic knobs and switches all labeled with a Dymo.It looks like the builder went to NAPA,they didn't have everything,so then they want to Autozone and got the rest.
The interior appointments(seats,GM steering column,drag race/offroad shifter,the t-case twin stick)all look like current build up parts for a good trail rig.
IIRC,Dynatrac is out of Utah as well.The front is a Dana designed axle,I'd bet the rear was too.

I'm still curious about the frame though.That lh front corner that's visible looks like a Jeep JK.It doesn't make sense with the GM engines though.Cornfused.

[charby]

You really have no clue about getting something into tight places in the woods, do you?  The goal is not to have to carry the blocks of wood a longs ways to the vehicle.  Really, if I had a larger tractor with a 3-pt, I would build an arch/grapple for it and just skid whole trees down to a processing site.

And I really don't know what the use case for the original vehicle above would be 

You mentioned moving hay also, unless something has changed in hay storage, I'm pretty sure you don't store hay in the woods.

You can do like all the wood cutters where I live, they use a 20-30 year old pickup truck to gather wood from the timber.

[Fly320s]

The doors don't fit the body. 

[Angel Eyes]

Why would that cost $250K?

I'm guessing the exclusivity.

It should be noted that the buyer of this vehicle will possess the only privately owned ELSORV in the world.

The armor protection leaves me less than impressed:

Armored cab and bullet proof windows are rated for 7.62x39 FMJ.

For a quarter million, I would expect to be protected from 7.62x54R at least.

(ETA: a semi-serious question: how far can that thing go on one tank of fuel?)

[bedlamite]

(ETA: a semi-serious question: how far can that thing go on one tank of fuel?)

Says 375 miles on the standard tanks, but extended range tanks are available.

I don't see anyplace on that thing  to haul firewood or fenceposts or hay 

Fence posts or hay are not a consideration.

Why would that cost $250K?

It shouldn't.

Street gangs getting restless in Manitowoc?

It's not the gangs. You haven't driven in Manitowoc recently, have you?

[41magsnub]

The doors don't fit the body. 

I'm really hoping it is just not closed all the way.

[Harold Tuttle]

armored rock crawler
http://www.defense-update.com/products/s/srats.htm

[Scout26]

Needs moar pintle mounted Machine Guns.