Rare Deuces ?

[Jim Hunter]

Hello guys,

Some days ago I was in the yard again.
They do have M108 (pic3),M60 (pic1) and an Deuce with bomb service boom like cckw (pic2).All they still have the gas engine...
Which one is the rarest of three as a keeper ?

Thank you,
Jim

 

[gimpyrobb]

Got any pics of the rear of the M60? I woould LOVE to visit that lot. As always, too far from me.


Oh yeah, the M60 is the hen's tooth(rare).

 

[Recovry4x4]

The M60, by far, is the rarest of the 2 1/2 ton cranes. Please return and photograph the M60 in detail. Now, how much for a 40' container? Dang, dang, dang!

 

[gimpyrobb]

Yup, plenty of guys over here need M108 out riggers and rear facing cab light brackets.

 

[Jim Hunter]

Here are some more photos from the yard guys.Sadly the rest of them are a 5ton wrecker and some Russian trucks...I will go back next Sunday and I will get a lot of photos...

Rgds,
Jim

 

[hndrsonj]

Where in Greece are they located? In all my stops there, i've never seen those. We need some M60 pictures!!!!

 

[Warthog]

From Olive-Drab

 

[hndrsonj]

From Olive-Drab

Well, the first is a M60.

 

[Recovry4x4]

That's the one in HI. Charles Talbert restored it with a 5.9 Cummins. The other is an M246.

 

[doghead]

Has anyone ever determined the actual production numbers for the wrecker/crane trucks?

 

[hndrsonj]

That's the one in HI. Charles Talbert restored it with a 5.9 Cummins. The other is an M246.

I think John Bizal used to have one. Those are the only 2 I've heard of. The one M-series did came out really good. There were before pics on his web site.

 

[73m819]

That's the one in HI. Charles Talbert restored it with a 5.9 Cummins. The other is an M246.

I think John Bizal used to have one. Those are the only 2 I've heard of. The one M-series did came out really good. There were before pics on his web site.

There was a large write up on the Talbert build in MVmag. quite a while ago, maybe as long as 10 years

I have never heard of a M60 powered by anything but a gasser, was there a a1/a2

 

[hndrsonj]

I have never heard of a M60 powered by anything but a gasser, was there a a1/a2

Nope.

 

[CARNAC]

Looks like a road/swim trip. Who has the DUWKs and LARCs?

I guess we could always sail that LST back over and get them and bring'em back.

 

[Recovry4x4]

Gresat idea CARNAC. Maybe we can talk Garry (LSTMATE) into borrowing the LST and crew and head to Greece.

 

[73m819]

I am sure that if we can get the LST, we have enough NAVY as members to crew her, and non navy as deck hands and as ship security

 

[Recovry4x4]

Now if we can only get that half million gallons of fuel from the Costa Concordia.

 

[gunboy1656]

That one that was featured in MVM is still up on the M series rebuild webpage.

 

[gimpyrobb]

Now if we can only get that half million gallons of fuel from the Costa Concordia.

I bet I know some folks that would have some fuel.

 

[joeM62]

Has anyone ever determined the actual production numbers for the wrecker/crane trucks?

That is a good question, the only two I've seen on olive-drabe and on TNJmurray site. There was one a guy he said he had one but stopped answering my phone calls.