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Where would one purchase a used ambulance?

  • 28-01-2008 5:58pm
    #1
    Run_to_da_hills
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    I am looking for a relativly recent Mercedes Sprinter / ford transit ambulance for a camper / race vehicle conversion, where do the the health service sell off their old vehicles?


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  • #2
    biko
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    Something like this
    Sorry, just had to.


  • #3
    civdef
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    Like this:

    http://www.hwpickrell.co.uk/

    NHS ones will be in much better nick than HSE ones.


  • #4
    Run_to_da_hills
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,009 ✭✭✭✭Run_to_da_hills


    biko wrote: »
    Something like this
    Sorry, just had to.
    Thats what I call style, apart from not having the required height for a camper....I couldnt afford it :(, Citroen had their version of it In the 60ies!. Citroen%20DS%2020%20ambulance.JPG
    civdef wrote: »
    Like this:http://www.hwpickrell.co.uk/
    NHS ones will be in much better nick than HSE ones.
    THe Merc 814 VARIO makes an excellent convert, the wheelchair beaver tail is handy for lifting tools etc.


  • #5
    timmywex
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    lol, afaik, the hse dont sell off old units, they rather drive them to death and then keep them for spares, the uk would be the best place.


  • #6
    Traumadoc
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,523 ✭✭✭Traumadoc


    yes with the weight of the patient lift on the back and the quality of Irish roads - I would stay away from them too. Most of the Ambos I meet are always complaining about the quality of their bus - I dont blame them


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  • #7
    Elessar
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,267 ✭✭✭Elessar


    timmywex wrote: »
    lol, afaik, the hse dont sell off old units, they rather drive them to death and then keep them for spares, the uk would be the best place.

    They do sell them off. That's where a lot of the ambulances for the voluntary organisations come from.

    I think you are talking about the DFB, they don't sell on as they have a contract whereby a company take them in in part exchange for a new one. Or something like that.

    Good idea to go to the UK though.


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