is this taking the piss out of us tax payers

[Johny Walker]

this has done a whopping 97hrs

 

 

JCB 4CX Wheeled digger like Terex CAT Komatsu New Holland | eBay

[fergusonforestry]

reserve vehicle i assume

[HCR]

It's the way military procurement works - suppliers can't be expected to double production at the drop of a hat when war breaks out so kit is stockpiled.

 

Then sold off.

[Johny Walker]

It's the way military procurement works - suppliers can't be expected to double production at the drop of a hat when war breaks out so kit is stockpiled.

 

Then sold off.

 

why not they did in wwii, ???

[western]

On the flip side, maybe it's giving something back to the tax payer, selling it at that price.

[Pedroski]

why not they did in wwii, ???

 

Errrrr. it's because most of a JCB digger isn't actually made in this country any more.

[Mike Hill]

Gear like that has to be on hand when needed.

 

At least you get the chance to buy it.

[easy-lift guy]

On the flip side, maybe it's giving something back to the tax payer, selling it at that price.

 

Western, you are correct. I remember seeing news reels of thousands of tons of ammo and weapons being dump over board barges just after WWII from the UK and I know all branches of the US military did the same. Yes johny it is a waste, that is why government is not run by business manand women, instead by politicians most of which never had to make a payrol or actually do a days work., rant over.

easy-lift guy

[JimM]

No, taking the piss is when you cancel £3.5 billion worth of aircraft, that are already paid for, and cutting them up for the local metal dealers.

 

You paid for them, I was within a month of flying on them, and your government scrapped them.

 

Which is why I quit and headed treewards.

[Big Bolt]

elg you are correct about the dumping my old man was in the navy and after the war he went out into the channel and dumped ammo, spare engines , rations , for weeks , could not be sold as it was lend /lease