So we closed up shop and headed to Belgium to pull some parts from our warehouse. Obviously EI couldn't go during normal weather, no we had to wait until a major cold snap hit the entire area. Not to say we can't handle cold weather, but coming from CA it was a bit extreme. From when we landed to when we left we did not once get over freezing. You know it's cold when you have to preheat the coffee maker to get it to turn on!

Anyways we loaded 2 containers with a whack of parts and a couple of pretty cool trucks. We should be seeing this batch arrive in mid March.

We have been waiting for quite sometime for the U.S. Military to start releasing their surplus SEE tractor Unimogs. It has finally started and we are seeing them work their way through the surplus channels. In August EI decided to pick up a few of the trucks to get our feet wet with them. We purchased 6 trucks. 3 of them are being repaired/rebuilt and 3 of them are being cut up for parts.

So the story goes that a select group of 15 x 718 Pinzgauers were used by Delta Force (Task Force 20) to enter Iraq on March 19th, 2003 en-route to the Haditha dam complex. These were the first "operators" to enter the country and attack/secure high priority targets. Their mode of transport was the Pinzgauer 718 Turbo Diesel gun trucks. Officially the Iraq war started the next day on March 20th. Fast forward to the Pinzgauers sitting in Qatar for a number of years before making their way back to the U.S., being de-militarized and surplussed by the Federal Government.

EI is pleased to have picked up a number of these unique vehicles. We are currently just starting the refurb and rebuild process. Follow along as over the next couple of years these vehicles get re-purposed.