The future of the M939 series.

[Cdub]

Hi Guys,

What do think the future of the M939 series trucks will turn out to be….??

Will these trucks be released in mass quantities after the armed services are through with them…??

How about the Armed services releasing large amounts of parts when they are through with the vehicles…??

Will these M939’s be sold overseas to foreign countries….??

Or will only time tell……??

Cheers,

C’dub

 

[clinto]

I suspect they will use them for a little while longer, maybe 10 years or so, then give them away to other Countries in return for a variety of things; access to their economic markets, airspace/flyover access, etc.

Don't expect to see many on GL, a few perhaps but not like the current exodus of M44's.

 

[Andydieselpower]

M900's

I sure hope they remain available! I'd love to own one in the near future. It looks like Oshkosh has begun or is promoting the refurb of the 900 series. I'm just glad to see they went with Cummins!!!


http://www.oshkoshdefense.com/pdf/Oshkosh_M939_remanufacture.PDF

Andy

 

[maddawg308]

RE: M900

I believe we will see a pile of them in the future. Dealers like Schott's in Maine, and elsewhere, have begun to deal in them, granted at kinda high prices. But that's the tip of the iceberg. A lot will go to friendly countries (hopefully in SALES and not in GIFTS). But with tens of thousands made, I'm sure a lot will be coming home with us.

Those that think the surplus system will close up tight are glass-half-empty kinda people, and should avoid a position on the MVPA board. I talked with a old codge not too long ago in Aberdeen, he told me he was into these MVs back in the 1960s, when there was just a few folks into fixing up old WWII vehicles that were surplussed out. He told me (THIS IS IMPORTANT) that back then, he and several of his restoring buddies back then didn't think there were EVER be a surplus system in the future when the M35A2s, the then-new M715s, and other then-hi tech gear would be sold off surplus. YET HERE WE ARE, and deuces, M715s and CUCVs are EVERYWHERE, and relatively cheap. Bottom line is, keep a positive mindset, get involved, and maybe we'll see the "glory days" of the WWII surplus market once again, with newer stuff!

 

[steelsoldiers]

RE: M900

I'd like to know where Oskosh is going to put the battery box. It can be a rusty PITA under the seat, but it does keep them warm and out of the water. I'd rather switch over to spiral gel-celled batteries and leave them where they are. It's fun hauling 4 6TL's above your head and into the box.

 

[BKubu]

RE: M900

Mike, I truly hope you are right. Once the M35s are out of the system, in my opinion, the surplus game as we know it is going to change. First, the military did not procure as many M939 series as the other trucks. Remember, most of the M35s were built during the height of the cold war when our military was more than double its current size. Clinton saw fit to slash the military budget and downsize our armed forces. Smaller armed forces = fewer trucks. Second, with the automatic transmissions, they have more desirability to foreign countries. For these two reasons, I don't think we will ever again see hundreds of trucks on each auction. I just don't believe it. Only time will tell, but I don't see us progressing to M939 series trucks and then on to FMTVs and on and on. I hope I am wrong, I really do. I want an Oshkosh 7-1/2 tonner and a Freightliner M917 dump! I just don't see them coming out in any great quantities. As I said, hopefully you are right and I am wrong and one day I'll pull into Aberdeen in an M917 dump!

 

[emmado22]

I also hope Mike is right, but one key thing is that was all Pre-9/11 and with the current contract that DRMS/GL have, I think the handwriting is on the wall....

Uncle Sam can "buy" alot more with FMS goodwill than he can ever get from cash sales of trucks on GL.... Whats the cost to put an airbase next to a country we want to keep our eyes on? A couple hundred 5 tons? Done deal....

 

[halftrack]

Re: RE: M900

I talked with a old codge not too long ago in Aberdeen, he told me he was into these MVs back in the 1960s, when there was just a few folks into fixing up old WWII vehicles that were surplussed out. He told me (THIS IS IMPORTANT) that back then, he and several of his restoring buddies back then didn't think there were EVER be a surplus system in the future when the M35A2s, the then-new M715s, and other then-hi tech gear would be sold off surplus. YET HERE WE ARE, and deuces, M715s and CUCVs are EVERYWHERE, and relatively cheap. Bottom line is, keep a positive mindset, get involved, and maybe we'll see the "glory days" of the WWII surplus market once again, with newer stuff!

THIS IS IMPORTANT--- Your friend only had to wait 40 yrs too to get his M35.

I don't know about you, but I will probably be pretty decrepted 40 yrs from now.

 

[maddawg308]

RE: Re: RE: M900

So true, so true....