whats this?

[Mikey90744]

we keep getting these trucks at work. they are mostly getting delivered on semi flat beds but a few have been driven and and dropped off from us army soldiers. I haven't really looked at the trucks but I see no markings like US army or anything on them so I don't even know for sure if they are even for the US armed forces. I dont think you can see anything in this picture but the only writing on the whole truck is put there by the clerks before we load them on flat racks

 

[gunboy1656]

It is an FMTV, the 5 ton replacement. I don't remember the vehicle number off hand.

 

[Mikey90744]

kewl thanks, every time I looked at pictures of the FMTVs I found other vehicles but I figured it was 2.5 or 5 ton replacement if it was US military
again thanks

 

[gunboy1656]

The single rear axle is the LMTV, The 2.5 ton replacement. The dual is the 5 ton replacement.

 

[nkawtg]

M1083

 

[goodguyzy]

just curious (and nosey) where do you work or what kind of work do you do?

 

[XanRa]

 

[Mikey90744]

Longshoreman in the LA harbor. I never looked at the B/Ls to see where they are going, but we get them in batches of about 20 to 50 at a time, put them on flat racks lash em down and then they get loaded on the ships later

 

[madmachinistm1a1]

The FMTV is assembled in Houston, by Stewert and Stevenson, my uncle is the head of the assembly line.

 

[jeep383s]

I don't like the FMTV I miss the old reliable trucks

 

[goodguyzy]

i think the FMTV are nice looking rig, i wonder where they are shipping them off to.

 

[rchalmers3]

I have seen gaggles of them in El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala. Would make sense to ship out of the left coast.

Rick

 

[Nonotagain]

M1083

You are correct sir.

The tandem axle version without crane is the M1083 while the addition of the crane makes the truck a M1084.

Oshkosh truck received the contract for the up-armored version.

 

[Mikey90744]

I dont know as a fact where they are going, be I believe they go on the ship that goes from ca to Taiwan to china, up to Korea then back to ca, but Im not 100% on that

 

[Mikey90744]

ship that's in port right now unloaded about 150 today and there were more to come off and quite a few of these trucks and armored personnel carriers to load back so I started talking to one of the mates, the ship is here from Korea (dont remember what port) heading to oakland, korea, and singapore (he couldnt remember the order for korea and singapore) and then back to the US, so my guess would be they are going to korea. anyway I thought Id share

 

[Flat Black]

The FMTV is assembled in Houston, by Stewert and Stevenson, my uncle is the head of the assembly line.

^^ Stewart & Stevenson has not assembled FMTVs in quite some time.

 

[Squirt-Truck]

BAE Systems is the current contractor I think. At lease the 1085 that we just certified was one of the BEA trucks. ( It was interesting to say the least and a unique comparison to the M54 that was the certification reference.)

 

[Mikey90744]

ok not trying to just keep an old thread alive, but figured better here then in a whole new thread.


what in the sam hill is this thing, is this part of a larger unit that was just to large to be shipped in on a lowboy? or is it some kind of tug for aircraft? or something similar

 

[gunboy1656]

That is an MK-48, and yes it is part of a systems, there are a couple "trailers" that attach to the back.

 

[Mikey90744]

kewl, that was quick and easy, I didnt see it get unloaded so I didnt get to see if they used a lift or drove it off. anyway
Thanks