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I just bought some quality synthetic power steering fluid. (P.S. All those capacities are listed in the parts spreadsheets - mine below in my signature, or the Stickied one.)

A few years ago the real NSN'd Pewag chains were plentiful and cheap. I picked them up for $150/pair, shipped! (I don't know how the seller made any money off them.) One thing I've personally decided is that when I see an item available for sale that I want for my truck, I buy it right then...

What kind/brand of chains are those? Were they not made for these tires, and that's why you had to trim them?

There are some FMTVs around that were refurbished at depot in like 2008. They are noticeably nicer, and would probably buy you some extra longetivity. They sell for a premium, of course. These trucks will go a lot of places, and do a lot of things an F-650 won't. I'm not trying to talk you...

No, no 20+ year old vehicles are, until you've owned it long enough to have replaced everything made out of plastic and rubber. That's why one from Accela costs $150k. They buy one at auction for $10k, then put $50k of parts, and $100k of labor into it, to replace all the hoses, seals, valves...

You're looking at the problem all wrong, and asking the wrong question(s) because of it. The "predictable costs" are very small. Most are not time based, but rather mileage based. Because these trucks are not driven like a daily-driver, the maintenance schedules don't mean as much as they...

I'm guessing you're smart enough to figure out what a 7 gallon oil change costs without asking. I interpret "cost of maintenance" to mean "cost to keep the truck in operational condition". The cost of performing the routine maintenance that the manual prescribes (e.g. oil change, grease some...

This is probably why you only see people around these forums for a year or two. They get an FMTV, but can't keep up with the persistent costs and man hours. So the first year they are all gung ho, but then it wears them out and they sell the truck off. You see dozens and dozens of "I'm...

This question has been asked and answered a lot of times, so I've had practice. ;-) And I'm not trying to dissuade anyone from getting an FMTV by saying "If you have to ask, you can't afford it". It's just a true statement. Because these are expensive trucks, and likely to have something...

The biggest issues impacting the cost of maintenance for an LMTV are that... These are 20 year old trucks, so anything plastic/rubber is slowly failing. It usually doesn't stop you dead in your tracks, but every couple months there is something else leaking that needs to be fixed. These are...