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Ummmmm, the last one was offered at 18K, no takers, I offered 10K, no response. We will see what happens soon.Why spend a couple hundred on parts, when you can spend $10K on an entire truck!![]()
Nope, only a couple hundred bucks, if you need some PM Mike.So is the consensus that M1001 parts are very difficult to find and outrageously expensive when they are located?
It's a semi-auto ZF 8 speed transmission with a WSK torque convertor up front. They are great trucks, but very expensive to maintain and a lot of obsolete stuff that is NA or can't be serviced here. Just went through my M1002 stem to stern. Rebuild kit for the motor (major out of frame) 17K for parts alone - 29K with labor for someone else to do the machine work and assembly with you doing the removal and putting it back in. Transmission - 22K for overhaul. Lots of parts NA - so id you need a new clutch you have to change over to a newer style. Hydraulic pump - NA; no service in the USA. Sheet metal - NA. Parts - 4 months turnaround if available!!! I still think they are a lot of fun and am starting this Summer on a M1013. If anyone has parts, spares, trucks etc.. Let me know. It's an addiction now!!! Hope to have all 4 of the series one day.Does that truck a manual or automatic transmission?
Hey - anytime you are in the area there is an open invitation to come by. I have never licensed the M1002 so I am not really sure of what it can do on or off road. I am a little afraid to break something. The M1014 is going to be a driver, so once it is on the road we will have to get the trucks together. I suspect the HEMTT has a little more grunt. The 2840 V10 is only 365HP 900 FtLbs. From the limited time I have driven the MAN off road around the farm I think the spring suspension does a good job.I really like the look of these and would love to check on out and see how it compared to the hemtt. After seeing how resourceful you have to be to get hemtt stuff, I think I 'll stick with the American steel, though. It sounds like that would be a very expensive rig to put together and keep together.
Sure would like to check one out though. Anyone have any idea of the power/performance, unladen driving aspect? How do these babies accelerate?
Exactalackly and they are in my backyard basically. AND I actually have use for a big tractor with winches/crane pulling a lowboy moving our heavy equipment... But my Ford LN9000 w/Cat, 9 spd and 40k winch is pretty reliable and easy to find parts for, the M1001 is another thing altogether!I think you may find some complete trucks up for auction now.
Are those the ending prices? I was a bidder on both but, in the usual GL fashion, the lots don't show up in my watchlist/bid history now, LOL!!! It's a tight ship they run...Crane $39500.00
Winch $26500.00
This is a photo I took of my MAN at Ft. Sill. Bjorn, did you getHere is the MAN version that was used when Pershing 2 was fielded. It replaced the XM757 and P1A, ca 1983.
Note the fifth wheel and it also has a crane. The crane was previously mounted on the missile erector launcher trailer.
I pulled the Pershing II with both tractors. The MAN was a much betterI really like the look of these and would love to check on out and see how it compared to the hemtt. After seeing how resourceful you have to be to get hemtt stuff, I think I 'll stick with the American steel, though. It sounds like that would be a very expensive rig to put together and keep together.
Sure would like to check one out though. Anyone have any idea of the power/performance, unladen driving aspect? How do these babies accelerate?