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I went to Salt Lake City and picked up my second M1009. Since it came to Salina, my buddy from Boulder has been driving it and staying out at the lake. He came to town Monday evening and we went out to eat, yesterday for a few minutes, they were both in my driveway. I was surprised at how close...

This one has been some time in the making... and this post will be pretty long... I bought a M1009 from a fellow member a few months ago. I thought I had a free ride home, but it fell to the wayside. I had a free ride there, but I missed it too with a knee operation. I made plans for a long...

What have these trucks been bringing lately? I know of a couple that were close to 5K after buyer's fees and taxes. The one I saw, I would have been very proud to own. At any rate, I had been looking for a M818, but now I think a 5 ton cargo truck would suit my desires just as well. Any advice...

We saw this nice looking M817 on a Smoth Operators Truck in Southeastern Missouri, along US 54. It was not as long as I expected. It was on singles, 16.00X20s. Nice truck, wish it was coming to my place. Glen

We needed a pickup for a trip to the Lake of the Ozarks and because my Dodge now has no paint on it, my M1008 got the call. My wife just would not get out of bed, saying she did not feel good and did not want to get to her mother's too early....so we got a late start. That cut into a lot of my...

I was out cruising today and saw a trailer with these two M1009s on it. They appear to be very straight and solid. The one has peeling paint. I was trying to grab photos when work called.... work.... why can't a guy play for a few minutes at optimal times? On an unrelated and possibly a...

I took the boys out for another scoping rural Kansas trip today. In old Ellsworth town, we found this cool old hitching post. A concrete lion's head hitching post, I have seen a lot of hitching posts, but never another like this one. While the dogs were running around looking for something to...

The boys and I went over to check out the deuce crushing that is going on in Junction City. We skipped the Interstate and took the scenic route. After driving through New Cambria and wondering if the old stone barn had anything to do with the Butterfield Overland Dispatch. Smoky Hill Trail...

A few months ago, if that long, I posted a thread about a salvage yard that was going to crush some deuces. A fellow member went over and made contact and reported that there was nothing left. I never went over to check. My buddy with the crusher is over there now crushing about 500 cars and a...

The boys and I hopped in the M1009 and went to Winfield today, to take my daughter out to eat. It was a good excuse to get out of town. We stopped at the Herington Reservoir to let off some enrgy and fluids... The boys had a good romp and I messed around until the wind got the best of me. The...

The boys and I went for a short trip to get out of town for a few hours. All three of us had been cooped up for too long! I went to the doctor today and got released to go back to work. We visited a few old haunts, rather than try to get everything in one post, I will add a few replies. The...

Tuesday I had arthroscopic knee surgery on my right knee. They did a little cleaning up and between my doctor and my wife, I have been grounded all week. She went back to work today, so I went out and cleaned the snow off of the sidewalk, driveway and the M1009. Fired the old girl up, loaded up...

A few weeks ago a member jumped on the forums from the Salt Lake City area with three M1009s to sell. One went to Denver. I have a friend in that area and gave him a call. He recruited a friend who has rebuilt his Blazer several times since buying it new in 1985. They went out and previewed...

I swapped out the lift pump in my M1009 today and like always, at least always for me, the pushrod slid out of the block and into the block off plate. Another trip to the parts store for a gasket. When I got home, I found out the last guy in there painted it with hardening black gasket sealer...

What is it about these trucks that draw so many people to them? I know I would rather drive mine on trips under 200 miles than most vehicles. Even though it is loud and slow, lacks the comfort niceties, I really enjoy driving it. I often would take it over my Cummins Quadcab. Until I found this...

My son and I left this morning just before 0400. You have to worry about your day when you drive 30 miles, then realize you left your paper work at home. Not knowing if I had to have it or not, we turned around and recovered it. I guess I should start with swinging by my buddy's shop to pick...

We had been out cruising the county and we stopped by the Super Market on the way home. As I was loading the groceries into the M-1008 I noticed one of those four door Suzuki Sport Utilities with the hood up. I walked over to see if she needed help and she was frustrated because it would not...

Out Geocaching again, put 1,100 miles on the beast in two days. I found some pretty historic spots and saw a lot of beautiful country. This is one fine running old Chevy. Not a glitch in the whole trip, back roads, highways, trails and Interstate, it just gobbled up the miles....almost 19 MPG...

I am a Geocacher, it is a sick addiction, a gps game.... www.geocaching.com A firend of mine issued the Kansas 2001 Challenge, the game started in 2001 and there are 48 active caches left in Kansas. I needed 20 to complete it, unfortunately, they were scattered from the SW corner of the state to...

A local body man bought this old Blazer to get a 4x4 chassis for his 1959 Chevy Pickup. The truck ran good and was not nearly as rough as he heard, so he painted it for a season or two of hunting. When I saw it go by at a quartering angle, I thought it was a M1009, it is not, just an old...