Bib Overalls
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This looks like a nice set. Been on the local Craigslist for a while.
http://jonesboro.craigslist.org/tls/4230779468.html
http://jonesboro.craigslist.org/tls/4230779468.html
Militarry Tool Box With Tools On CL
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jjjrmx5
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He has 10 to sell...hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm ...
Locally.
Hmmmmmmm...
I know the answer as to how he got them without even asking.
Hey----If ya know, ya know.
Locally.
Hmmmmmmm...
I know the answer as to how he got them without even asking.
Hey----If ya know, ya know.
IMHO, that looks like a set he put together and is trying to pass it off as military. Rigid Robogrips ? Those Visegrips probably aren't made in the US either. To me it looks like a mismatch of tools put together. The rubber grip handle on the ball peen, I might be wrong but I doubt the military would stray from a regular wooden handle.
Murphy4570
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Sticky fingers in the motor pool? First Sgt is gonna beat that guy's ***.
paranoid56
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kinda a high price. i just watched a lot of these go on an acution go for around 1000 bucks and iirc it had 8 full tool kits.
NHBandit
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They could have come from a government surplus auction as well. They are held all the time all over the country. Every military item you see for sale isn't stolen.
firebox40dash5
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He has 10 to sell...hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm ...
Locally.
Hmmmmmmm...
I know the answer as to how he got them without even asking.
Hey----If ya know, ya know.
You mean a DRMO auction, where he paid a lot less than $5k for the lot, as paranoid suggested?
Looks like most of the crappy, hobbled together GMTKs I saw. Most people doing inventory a) don't know and b) don't care what exact tool it is, the sheet says "10 inch pliers", that's a pair of pliers that aren't quite a foot long, OK we're good! Anyone with half a brain would replace any tool lost/stolen with whatever for a few bucks rather than having the .mil deduct their idea of what it costs from your pay... those SK wrenches probably cost them $75 a pop.
navymech
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It's funny, because at my squadron we use virtually 100% Snap-On. I like our standard boxes more too:
neophyte
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The case looks like an older style one. There's a military surplus place I've ordered from that has some empty ones that look like they may be of the same age. The cases don't come with tools, and theu're missing the trays. I think the surplus place wanted $50 a piece. I'm guessing at least the cases in that Craigslist ad are surplus. The military is probably switching out to new Pelican cases.
nicksnothereman
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He has 10 to sell...hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm ...
Locally.
Hmmmmmmm...
I know the answer as to how he got them without even asking.
Hey----If ya know, ya know.
Sounds real legal to me.
Lookin4'67Galaxieconv
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NEW LOWER PRICE. A STEAL AT. $500
Guess nobody wants to be a thief.
Guess nobody wants to be a thief.
oldldh
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Stealing bring bad juju...
Me no steal...
Me no steal...
msgtsmithret
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I spent YEARS in the USMC and never saw GMTK that looked like that. I agree, it probably came from DRMO. In my mind though it's not worth 500 Maybe 150. Maybe.
fivespdcat
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Looks to be a version of the GMTK, at least according to my google skills:
http://www.armyproperty.com/Equipment-Info/GMTK-Modernized.htm
Now it does seem that it has been "frankensteined" with other sets that have different brands, but it looks to be mostly "complete."
http://www.armyproperty.com/Equipment-Info/GMTK-Modernized.htm
Now it does seem that it has been "frankensteined" with other sets that have different brands, but it looks to be mostly "complete."
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Fedwrench
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Before Armstrong was awarded the multimillion dollar contract for the GMTK, there were several variations floating around. Some were filled with SK tools, some with Craftsman, while others still, had your lessor known government brands like granco.
The seller could have bought a pallet of these at DRMO or a liquidator, or could have liberated them from government control when the unit updated to the current Armstrong GMTK. who knows? I'm sure as the military drawdown continues, there'll be many more sets showing up.
The seller could have bought a pallet of these at DRMO or a liquidator, or could have liberated them from government control when the unit updated to the current Armstrong GMTK. who knows? I'm sure as the military drawdown continues, there'll be many more sets showing up.
the military will buy anything if they have it in the budget.
use it or lose it, don't think they will only buy usa, or even buy quality....
justanengineer
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The Robogrips and hammer, along with everything else I can see are exactly per the cheaper GMTKs that came out ~2000. The original version of that box was all SO.
You mean a DRMO auction, where he paid a lot less than $5k for the lot, as paranoid suggested?
Looks like most of the crappy, hobbled together GMTKs I saw. Most people doing inventory a) don't know and b) don't care what exact tool it is, the sheet says "10 inch pliers", that's a pair of pliers that aren't quite a foot long, OK we're good! Anyone with half a brain would replace any tool lost/stolen with whatever for a few bucks rather than having the .mil deduct their idea of what it costs from your pay... those SK wrenches probably cost them $75 a pop.
Yup, I agree. After being in a squadron or other unit for eight or 10 years, the tool cases can sometimes be a real interesting collection of tools. I once saw a guy working on a jet engine using a Globemaster open-end wrench (that era's equivalent of Harbor Freight).
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Farmall450
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Exactly. A guy had an SK one, very good shape, for sale in Sycamore...wish I'd had the cash...
Farmall450
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It's funny, because at my squadron we use virtually 100% Snap-On. I like our standard boxes more too:
Maybe they'll give you one for Christmas!
firebox40dash5
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One of my Guard units got transferred 10 (very well) used ones. That was a frickin' nightmare. Shadowboxed or not, there's a lot of **** packed in there, and every one was missing something different.
Steinmetz
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I wouldn't publically suggest that someone's a thief unless you know that this is the case.
HVAC
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I have a cousin that just got back from Iraq last year and they were able to send all there tools back home before being deployed back to the states and just pay shipping and handling at there prices. Otherwise what is left behind goes to the "current resident"s or destroyed.
geojag
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I picked up a similar toolbox, with different toolset, off of government surplus (gsaauctions) and picked it up at the Little Rock Air Force Base in Jacksonville. I picked it up for less than $50. It had a set of Williams wrenches, a half inch kd SAE socket set, a few mismatched snapon screwdrivers, quite a few old ratcheting double box end wrenches (the cheap feeling kind, with sides stamped out of sheet metal and a spacer in between pinned together, think they were kd brand?), and a bunch of random electric and hydraulic fittings. It was a good deal for the tools in it for sure. The box was ****. I thought it looked similar to Pelican and would make a good to go box, but the rubber on the wheels crumbled the first time I rolled it and the plastic was so brittle the cover and door broke in short order. The drawers are just trays, to track at all. It may have been exposed to a chemical or UV light or something, but the box was ****.
comedyman809
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It's funny, because at my squadron we use virtually 100% Snap-On. I like our standard boxes more too:
i remember these boxes!!!! i was hmla 167 in new river nc, we used snap on and bonney in a yellow box just like that!!!!
tool control, fod, if a tool came up missing, the radios every huey and cobra to land asap unit tool is found…..what a pain in the ***.
basspro
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I had one of those! I gave it to my dad.