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I usually don't say anything online about Vietnam, but I found that there was some interest in the V17s and their restoration so I dug around in some old boxes to see if I had any pictures of V17s. I found these. I think like most people that were in the service, pictures were not top priority...

The V17s had a very loud exhaust that was really too much at times. The exhaust pipe came out under the bed and stopped. One day I was digging around in the truck bins and found a wooden box that only said "extention" and a part number on a paper tag. Opening the box I found steel a pipe with a...

Here is something you might like. The company CO was always on our case about speeding through the company with the V17s. The speed limit was 10 MPH and we were not even doing that much. The V17 gassers just sounded like we were speeding going up or down hill. So the first sargent called in the...

I noticed something in a picture on another thread regarding a V17 in Vietnam. The bins are on the drivers side and the jin poles are on the passenger side. I have never seen this before. There were some minor differences between V17s, but this is really different and may be very rare indeed...

Here is something I just thought about. I never did like the idea of the white star on the door as it makes a perfect target. We tried to get them removed or just paint over them, but we were told, no way. I think this was done for use in Korea so U.S. planes would not mistake them for enemy...

I would like to have a V17 again (if I could find one) but if I parked it in my drive way, my HOA would have a fit. LOL They won't even let you have advertising on a car or truck or allow anything over a 3/4 ton pick up truck parked in the drive way.

More pictures of V17s from a long time ago More V17 pictures and other stuff.

More V17 MTQ pictures and other stuff. I would like to point out picture 5. What you see on the other side of the fence in the picture is a huge military salvage yard. When you needed a used part, usually they would have it. Their policy was take what ever you need.

In about Feburary 1971 all operations was taken over by contractors. One day I was driving the V17, the next day I was walking and that was the end of that. Dynaelectron Corp took all the trucks and as of July 1971 they had all of them still in operation. Where they are now I have no idea. I...

The chain through the steering wheel and pad lock had to be used each time you park the truck. This was a big deal and if caught not locking your truck you could get your truck taken away from you. So it became a habit to always lock the chain each time you park it. PMs were a big deal also and...

I have a lot of pictures of Vietnam, but this is all the V17 pictures I can find. If I find any more, I will post them. Like anything else at the time, I never thought to take more pictures of the trucks we had and that some day they would be rare. Actually they were sort of rare back then as...

You can kind of see why the turn table platform was not used very often as it was just too short to reach the cables. They made a lot of noise driving down the road and hit even a small bump would cause them to rattle and bang. We used ladders and bucket trucks most of the time. The jin poles...

Had trouble at the fuel depot and every time I went there which was often as it was easy to go through 50 gallons of gas in a day or two. Some one would come running out at my truck and tell me I was in the wrong lane for fuel as we had the only gasser 2 1/2 tons there were as far as I know. I...

There were eight 17s new from Korea with only five miles on them July August 1969, one V18, one pipeline truck, I don't have a picture of the V18 or pipeline truck. Just was not thinking about it at the time. Went to the docks at Saigon to get them off the ship. They said to pick which one you...

V17s 169 159 and 167 ready to go to work, September 1969.The booklet that came with the V17 explained how they were to be used. I am a little fuzzy, OK a lot fuzzy on remembering what it said. But it went something like, the V17 MTQ was a telephone line construction truck that was to be used in...

The first picture shows the limitations of the rotating platform, it was just not high enough to reach the cables. Ladders and bucket trucks came in handy for sure. In the fourth picture to the right there is a 5 ton shown with a Polecat auger and pole lifting arm. This was a handy setup to...

I have more pictures but this site keeps kicking me out.

V17 MTQ new from Korea with 20 miles on it. Vietnam August 1969