M1028 with Extended Front Bumper

[rodent]

Just recently purchased this M1028 that came from a govt auction.

I was curious why the govt would space out the front bumper like this? Maybe for a plow but I see no signs of any old plow brackets looking at the frame and bolt holes or any wires or holes through the firewall. The truck is TOTALLY rust free too. The cab corners and front fender liners are perfect. Most plow trucks usually have some rust.

Has anyone seen this before on any of the trucks?

 

[bajaman]

Nice truck man


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[M813rc]

Interesting. Is it really only attached at the end bolts?

The star in the middle of the Chevy emblem is amusing, never seen that before either.

Cheers

 

[rodent]

Nice truck man

Thanks! So cool getting these trucks directly from the govt. This one only has 14k miles and feels like it. Seat is perfect shape, brake pedal not worn on right.

Interesting. Is it really only attached at the end bolts?

The star in the middle of the Chevy emblem is amusing, never seen that before either.

Cheers

Yeah they must have been stencil happy that day. The front bumper looks to be from another truck since it has a different number on it but yes nothing in the middle for support and my shackle tubes and D-rings are missing. The paint and letter stencils are all govt done. I just got the truck. I just ordered a CUCV brush guard from HBW. I still need to find the front shackle square tubes or whatever you call those and the shackles.

 

[M813rc]

Good looking truck!
Were I a betting man, I'd say it had a winch bumper, which would explain the spacers and relocated star, and kept it when the truck sold, just swapping that other bumper on.

While the majority of folks with "low mileage" M1009s are fooling themselves by not thinking their odometers have already made a complete trip through and need an extra 1 in front, M1028s do sometimes have really low mileage. Being shelter carriers, they were slow and didn't get used for general utility duties, so spent much of their life sitting.
My M1028A2 was screened by a fire department, so they got all it's maintenance records. It had 29,242 documented original miles on the clock when I bought it. Fortunately they did absolutely nothing with it before passing it on, didn't even paint anything red!

Cheers