I know it's been discussed before, but if you buy a decommissioned humvee, I thought I remembered reading that they're not easy to make road legal. Or am I making that up? Thought that was part of the agreement you sign when buying

That is correct. Supposed to stay off-road vehicles.

Government is currently starting the auctions at $4k, so that's why I asked

The site for those interested...

https://www.govplanet.com/

I was a truck platoon commander for two years.

Caveat emptor.

If it were possible to make them street legal, not sure I could hold back from buying one

http://truckyeah.jalopnik.com/it-just-got-a-lot-easier-to-own-a-surplus-military-humm-1713440543

Do it

I've bought stuff from GovPlanet. Make sure you inspect before you bid.

Oh shat

Not possible for me to inspect before bidding though

Yea I saw that this morning

Can't post a direct link from work due to the site being blocked, but hopefully this works.

This guy on AR15.com bought one and had a pretty good write up on the steps to take for everything you'd need to do with it.

I am currently working on 3 surplus military HMMWVs right now. I am handling everything from building our add-ons, title work, maintenance, etc.

If you buy a HMMWV from Iron Planet that bidding started around $3K-$4K these are the options you have at check out / post-purchase:

1. Request a SF-97 form (through Iron Planet). This is a "Certificate to Obtain Title". Because the military vehicles have no title, this certificate says 'hey, this is a gov vehicle, here is it's info, this person bought it, they can get the appropriate title". Now this SF-97 WILL have "OFF-ROAD USE ONLY" in large red letters across the top. So if you go the SF-97 route, you aint getting it street legal unless you can take the DMV lady to disregard the red letters at the top.

2. Request a Florida Title. Not sure why it's Florida (maybe that's iron planets headquarters). Havn't seen anyone do this, but 99% sure this title will say "OFF-ROAD USE ONLY" so when transfering it to Texas, same issue as #1.

3. Request just a Bill of sale. This is just a form Iron Planet created that says you own the vehicle. Issue here is Texas will not title a vehicle with only a bill of sale. So if you are not in Texas, you may be able to go that route. This bill of sale says nothing about off-road use only.

No matter what you choose to do, part of the check-out process is to sign an EUC (End Use Certificate). This is stated on the item bid page, you can go there and read about it. I'm no lawyer so I am not 100% sure what you are signing. Some say the EUC only means you wont ship the vehicle out of country, some say that keeping it Off-Road Use Only is also required by the EUC. I'm not sure either way.

Now, THERE IS ANOTHER WAY. but your not gunna like it.

This past Tuesday Iron Planet had the first of probably multiple sales of M1123 HMMWVs. These M1123 are heavier versions of the M998 (which is what the $3K-$4K starting price ones are). They are claiming that these M1123s are being sold with SF-97 that has no "OFF-ROAD USE ONLY" markings. BUT, the part you wont like, the starting bid on those HMMWVs were $30K-$40K. And the worse news is that in my quick look at the auction results, all sold with multiple bids. So if they do some more M1123s, they too will be north of $30K.


The OTHER ROUTE

Don't buy from Iron Planet. If you buy them from a private party, you don't have to sign anything out of the ordinary. It's just like buying a car on craigslist. ASSUMING you can find a guy who is selling one WITH a standard title (not off-road use only).

Lemme know if you have any other questions, I have become very familiar with these things Thread on our 3

Great, information, thanks!

or you could hold out for God's truck, the MTVR

So none of the LMTVs on govplanet have the "offroad use only" verbiage that I see. WTF are they smoking that those bigass trucks are ok for on-road and Humvees aren't?

I may buy an LMTV as my daily driver. Slam, dip, and LS swap of course!

Oooo, fck yeah bud.

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Not sure if mocking me or not. I'm only slightly mocking the board's standard joke. Hopefully it's understood to all be in good fun.

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Can't post a direct link from work due to the site being blocked, but hopefully this works.

This guy on AR15.com bought one and had a pretty good write up on the steps to take for everything you'd need to do with it.

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User jake-cutter in this thread is located in Texas and says he got plates and a title in Texas no problems with no off-road restrictions.

I'm hoping to close on a house this year but if everything goes correctly I will seriously consider picking one of these Humvees up next year.

Canadian rednecks. I learned something new today.

Hang around long enough and I'll show you some cool sh*t.

I've spent too much time in 1151's and their ilk to want a civilian version. Why not get something with A/C and seats that don't suck? Or a buggy?

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So none of the LMTVs on govplanet have the "offroad use only" verbiage that I see. WTF are they smoking that those bigass trucks are ok for on-road and Humvees aren't?

I may buy an LMTV as my daily driver. Slam, dip, and LS swap of course!

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The HMMWV's are the only x-military vehicles being sold with 'OFF ROAD USE ONLY" as far as I know.

Yes, even the HEMTT is road legal from what I hear. The LMTVs are definitely road legal (we have a few) but they are not that big of a truck. Duces and 5-tons are much bigger and they have been on the road for a long time.

We almost bought a HEMTT to use as a water truck a few months ago but someone asked the boss "do we REALLY need that?".....I was mad.



Another thing to consider if you guys are seriously thinking about buying one of the big trucks (on top of buyers premium, shipping, EUC wait time, etc.) is that most of these vehicles you will need a Class A drivers license to drive them on the road (doesn't have to be a CDL).