FLINT

Hey guys, I just joined steel soldiers. I became interested in military vehicles about 10 years ago now (time flies) when I was doing some archeological surveys at Fort Pickett in Virginia. That base is pretty big and has some really remote areas and they issued us a couple of trucks, one of them being a CUCV pickup (probably a m100, the other vehicle changed from time to time from a jeep cherokee to a newer ford f250 super duty, etc. But, holy crap was that cucv tough! we affectionately nicknamed it the bivwacker and that thing with its small bald tires, would put that new ford with big oversized mud tires to shame.

anyways, fast forward, to now, I'm 32, have a home and a family, and I really need a tough work truck. We burn wood exclusively for heat and haul LOTS of firewood and also dirt and rocks and mulch and lumber, etc, pretty frequently. I work my poor 1985 nissan 4x4 to death (although that thing is crazy tough for its size!).

I really need a full sized truck, and I've never forgotten that CUCV that would do anything we asked of it. So now, I'm saving money for a full size work truck and my vast preference would be to get a m1008 or m1028 CUCV.

I thought I would join this forum to further educate myself as I prepare to hopefully own one of these tough old vehicles. So thanks in advance, and I hope this wasn't too wordy,

Flint