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As I mentioned before, we've had a '66 M35A2 and our current 2003 M1078A1. Since we bought the LMTV in early summer and have not done any work with it so far, here are my human-factor observations. First, the LMTV is quiet enough in the cab you can actually hold a conversation. I don't know...

Thank you all. This is just what I needed to help me think this through.

I guess I should add that even our truck wouldn't bother me as much if I hadn't intended to take it off-road, into the forest. Not being able to find someone to pull you out if needed adds a whole another layer of complexity.

I can agree with all of that. I guess it just comes down to how much you love the hobby, and how much time and money you have. I think the trucks are a fine thing for the military, which has the infrastructure to deal with whatever problems come up. We, however, do not. It is not the...

We are beginning to think this way as well. Even if we could read codes and do the repair in the forest, we would still have to leave the truck unattended to get tools and parts, and who knows what might be broken or missing by the time we got back.

From what I have read and understand so far, a code reader is necessary to retrieve engine codes on the 3126 (I'd be delighted to learn that I'm wrong). I read a technical manual for the 3126 that was discussing buses, but what it described for buses was the same on our truck. The manual said...

On the way home from buying it, an engine sensor failed. We were out of state at the time, and had no way to troubleshoot it on the side of the freeway, and so had to have it towed to the nearest CAT service center. Tow cost $500 for about 11 miles, and the repair was another $500. The second...

We bought our 2003 LMTV in the early summer, and it's been on the side of the road twice since then. I know some bugs always have to be worked out, but these failures have made us think about the use of this truck going forward. We used to take our M35A2 into the forest to get firewood, and...