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Had a loadout today at the Texas Forest Service office in Lufkin, TX. This is the agency that gets military trucks from the services, converts them into brush/fire trucks, and accepts the dead ones back from all the FDs throughout the state. They are then put on GSA for auction. For some...

Just got back from a 350 mile trailer recovery from Camp Beauregard. Am I tired? A little. Are my ears ringing? No. Is my butt sore? No. I was driving the Cadillac of MVs, the M915A1. I just cannot say enough good about these trucks. 58 mph, 7 mpg, quiet (I got the muffler on...

Here is my M1008. It has lived a hard life, first with the Army in Desert Shield, then as a municipal high water rescue truck, then reassigned to the city pothole patch crew. It is rusted, it smokes, the 12 volt wiring is a disaster, the bed is caked with asphalt, it has death wobble, the...

A batch of jet pumps supposedly for the Viet Nam era PBR "Patrol Boat River" sold today on GL for around $3000 ea. Was the GL description accurate or were these really for the bridge erection boat?

Has anyone found some really high quality bushings for the wiper linkage? The crap ones from the "help" section at the auto parts are constantly crumbling on me at the worst time. Better yet, has anyone designed a better way to attach the linkages?

If someone were interested in purchasing a hardtop (winter enclosure) for a deuce or M39 or 800 series 5 ton, it might be helpful for them to know that hardtops made for 900 series 5 tons (which are wider than deuce/M39/800 series) have a total of 20 mounting holes along the back of the cab, 14...

Am I the only poor slob who cannot determine if GL has actually sent the EUCs for this sale to Battle Creek or not? Web shows "submittal pending", going on over a week, nobody at GL HQ can or will help including the EUC coordinator assigned to the sale. I guess it was finally my turn to...

What is peeking out of the corner of this recently taken GL pic??? Location: Bldg 6520, Camp Shelby, MS. Need intel!

Here is some interesting history that still comes out of DRMO/GL. The "CONEX" box was used extensively during the Viet Nam war, intended as a returnable shipping container. Often, the CONEX boxes ended up at the front lines, being used for portable buildings with a million uses. Here is a...

What has anyone been doing with these? Selling the containers for animal feed troughs? Is there a market for 6.2 cores?

If so, you may have a problem. They are a nationwide flatbed carrier out of Tulsa. They just shut down operations and told the drivers to walk away from the trucks where they stood. Bounced paychecks, deactivated fuel cards, the worst thing to do to loyal employees. There is a support...

What have you guys been paying for these? I ask this because I have been outbid at $2500, $2000 and $1500 for these, and I can't see how they are worth this much? I guess they are to someone . . .

Pressing in and out deuce torque rod ends is easy with a small hydraulic press and a section of 3" OD 1/4" wall steel tubing. If you don't have any of this around, you can order a 1 ft piece from Mc Master Carr for $33.00. P/N is 7767T731.

On the way back from the scrap yard today I took a detour to two local second world war base sites. The first picture is the Administration building for the "Blimp Base" in Hitchcock, TX. At one time there was a huge wooden hangar on the property that a blimp could fit into. It was destroyed...

Here are some examples of the dreaded radioactive gauges that DRMO has been concerned about. Pic 1 is a new gauge with no radiation. Pic 2 is a WWII gauge with .5 milliroentgens/hour (mr/hr). Pic 3 is a M-Series gauge with .5 mr/hr. Pic 4 is a M-series gauge with .6 mr/hr. Pic 5 and 6 of...

Are you ready for this, 1999 model Brand New in the crate, $6240, $6924 after fees. Wow.

I am trying to figure out what the USA Registration number is on my newly aquired M871 flatbed. I am used to seeing 5 or 6 digit numbers like NG1234. I used the number on the main data plate as the VIN, it is NXOECC3009. Was this really the USA number? I want to use the correct USA number...

Question for you guys with expansible vans (M820A2, M313, etc) that are set up as maintenance shops. When there are two rows of workbenches flush with the sides of the non-expanded van, what happens when you expand out the sides? Is the idea that more soldiers can work on things on the...

Lots of you are getting interested in these trucks so I figured I would post on my recent trip to Red River Depot to pick up a M871 trailer from GL. The good: The truck, one from the Illinois National Guard, ran flawlessly the entire trip. She runs best at 55 mph, that equates to 2000 RPMs on...

This is a list of "surplus yards", i.e. businesses that have as part of their operations quantities of military vehicular surplus for dismantling or parts. Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Antelope Valley Equipment & Truck Parts 44532 Trevor, Lancaster, CA...