MY new to me M109A3 just got home

[jasonjc]

I got a great GL deal on this one no seat back or bottom But the power streering more than makes up for it Jumped it and backed it right off the trailer and drove the 1/2 mile home. Good breaks, all lights work, all tries holding air . Maybe I sould have driven it home

And yes here are the pics

 

[steelsoldiers]

Sweet truck Jason! You gotta love the power steering. Any goodies hidden in the back?

 

[jasonjc]

Nope well does a brids nest count

 

[jasonjc]

here is the inside

 

[BigJay]

Glad it worked out to be a deal rather than a dud! Did they all(109A3s) have power steering? I didnt' know there were deuces with PS.

-Jay

 

[jasonjc]

The power streering is an add on at the unit I think. And I'd bet that more privtly owened truck have it than military. This is the frist on I've seen. And It is real real nice

 

[DDoyle]

AP Bloom, who is on SS sells, or at least sold, these power steering kits. I understand that the manufacturer has discontinued them, and they, and their parts, are likely to become hot items.

Congrats on the new ride Jason.

DD

 

[Recovry4x4]

Jason, is that a Ft Riley truck?

 

[clinto]

Very nice, Jason. Congratulations.

 

[doghead]

Nice score Jason! Air Assist steering is sweet!

 

[jasonjc]

Yep got it from FT Riley. But its a 39ID truck A shipping sticker on say Kuait to Ft Carson. But does not have a date thought. Got it in the sale before last at FT Riley. This last sale they went for more than the one befor last.

 

[bigmike]

nice looking MV. gotta like the air assist steering!!!

 

[maddawg308]

Did a movie star drive that deuce? Looks like there are autographs all over the front sheet metal....

 

[ARMYMAN30YearsPlus]

Very lucky to get this one

That is so cool bet that truck will outlast most of us. The real shame is that more of the duece family of trucks did not make it back from Kuwait during OIF. Look at this picture two weeks later they were all cut up for scrap metal in Kuwait. I cried.

Yours very well may have come from Desert Storm or very early in the OIF fight. Up on the FOB's in Iraq they still run the dueces for on FOB hauling since non of them got any add on armor they are doomed to be cut up or given to the Iraqi's.

 

[Capt.Marion]

Re: Very lucky to get this one

...since non of them got any add on armor they are doomed to be cut up or given to the Iraqi's.

which is worse?

by the way, Nice M109... that's a good lookin deuce!

 

[maddawg308]

RE: Re: Very lucky to get this one

BRING THEM ALL BACK HOME! We can use them here!

 

[jasonjc]

RE: Re: Very lucky to get this one

I just need 3 lens for the rear dome lights, the bigger ones. If you have any.
Thanks
This makes 2 M109's for me . Just need a place to put all the stuff in the frist box so I can put it back on the truck. It's become a store sed

 

[KaiserM109]

RE: Re: Very lucky to get this one

Good to see the pic's. I compared one of your pics with the one of mine in the yard and, sure enough, yours was parked next to mine. From what you found on yours, I'm stoked!!

The day the auction was closing, I started my bidding from my computer at work. Then when there was 90 minutes left, our network went down and would not be up for 2 hours. I raced home, a 30 minute drive in 20 minutes and got back on line.

When I’m looking for parts I will keep you in mind. From one of the pictures, I am probably missing some of the light lenses, too.

From what I can see of them, the markings on the trucks are the same, so I believe they came from the same unit. From what ARMYMAN30YearsPlus says, my truck and probably yours was inspected in early ’05 and they probably haven’t been driven since, except to be moved around.

We’ll have to try to get together some day. See my posting: http://www.steelsoldiers.com/index.php?name=PNphpBB2&file=viewtopic&t=13923.

A. Whit.

 

[jasonjc]

RE: Re: Very lucky to get this one

From the wighting on the oil filter it looks like my oil was changed in mid '06