kalgoorlie mine vehicles?

Give any mine vehicle a WIDE, WIDE berth...........

Only really good for parts.

Too many corrosive materials stuck to the chassis and body over time, they get rid of them just before the bodies/chassis start to show significant corrosion. Not exactly well maintained due to projected short lifespan. Driven like a rental car (if you get the drift...).

Personally I would steer well clear of any vehicle that has been anywhere near a nickel or gold producing mine site, as the process of extracting the ore by use of cyanide is EXTREMELY corrosive. Even the guys working on site will not risk taking good cars to the site carpark as the atmosphere around the mine site contains corrosive elements, you can smell it at the front gate if the wind is in the right direction.
This is one reason why mine managers will turn around their vehicles early.
Dont be fooled with no evidence of rust, even with a good detailing it will eventually (much sooner) come out and show its ugly head.
Cheers, Glenn

mr polar
No way would I buy an ex mine vehicle.yes it could be repaired ,sprayed or what ever you want to do to it, I purchased an ex govt and have had a good run with it , over half a million Ks and going good

Driven plenty hence the reason i have never bought one
How bad is the rust? well if you washed your vehicle in sea water everyday that would be far better, at least the sea isnt anywhere near as salty.
brakes are vey corroded and chewed out. underground vehicles get mud encrusted on the backs of radiators. Typically around that age they take over 10k per year and up the 30k per year if nderground vehicles to keep them going
...... now what was your question?

I work at premier coal open cut mine....We use mainly toyotas and I would never buy one of ours unless you had unlimited access to parts and a good workshop etc.
You must check any purchase over very carefully AND double check it's history.
Regards Phil

Stay right away. We're in an open cut iron ore mine & they're always dragging each other off up a 2 kilometre access ramp, the tojo's taco on red all the way up! Needless to say the motors are all pretty loosened up by 10000ks. Ours are kept for about 100000, gearboxes are a common replacement, suspension rebuilt nearly every service!!!

I reckon all the comments are pretty spot on. In my mining experience they (the rock apes) slow down on the descent by scraping the side of the vehicle against the side of the decline and the signal when to stop reversing is when they bash into a rock wall. If from an open cut operation they are like permanently off road their whole life and usually overloaded if not with parts in the tray then with mud stuck underneath. All mines have to keep the dust suppressed due to mines regulations and some use salt water and other low quality brackish ground water. From what I have seen the operators, loosely used term, hammer the living c..p out of them.