72Kaiser
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Just like to say hi to everybody here. I just recently found this forum and really enjoy reading through all the threads. I've always had an interest in the deuce and a half and the 5 tons and just recently had the opportunity to acquire one. About a month ago I started a new part time job with a local dairy farmer doing field work. While pulling his tillage equipment out of the hedgerow I see he had a 6x6. I asked him about it and he didn't know much about it. All he said was that one day he threw a driveline and broke the transfer case (turns out the tranny is whats broken). So I did a little snooping and some research on it. The tag on the dash says it's a 5 ton Kaiser M291-A2 delivered in 1972. It's got the air cleaner on the passenger fender, so does that make it an M39 and maybe I just can't read the tag? I opened the hood and it has the 6cyl turbo multifuel engine. It's been a couple of years since it ran, but it looks like it's in great shape. It's been painted an awful shade of purple, and it looks like the frame has been extended, but he would take $400 for it, so I told him I'd take it. The only problem is that the tranny's broke all the way around the case and that doesn't look like much fun to change, even if I find one to replace it. So right now I'm thinking about bobbing it and doing a total re-power and turning it into my next mud truck. We'll see. Thanks for all the great info on the site.
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