Ex Army Land Rovers coming up for auction

It's happening!

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Hundreds of used ADF vehicles will be auctioned around Australia.

Manheim is to conduct a series of auctions around the country on behalf of the Australian Department of Defence from October 4 to 26.

The undertaking will see 45 Land Rovers, 200 cargo trailers, 90 motorbikes and 65 all-terrain bikes up for grabs online and in the lanes at eight locations in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide, Hobart, Perth, Darwin and Townsville.p

For the two-wheel enthusiast there will be some 90 motorcycles for sale, including Yamaha XT600, Honda XR250 and Suzuki DR-Z400 models. ATVs include the Honda Foreman TRX450 4x4, and TRX400, Suzuki Quad Master, Honda 450 Traxlok, and Polaris Sportsman in 6x6, 500 4x4, and 700 4x4.p

In addition to a number of single axle, two-cycle capacity motorbike trailers and ATV-towed units on offer, there will also be more than 220 cargo trailers in a range of load bearing capacities.

Some units come fitted with 5000kg water tanks, while tipping trailers and flat-bed 4x dual-wheelers complete the offering.

To find out more about this and other Defence sales activities, register online at www.manheim.com.au or call your closest Manheim office.

I must admit I'm actually surprised there aren't more of them being sold off?? 45 is bugger all out of a couple of thousand, or are they offloading the most rooted ones first??