Recent content by SCarGo02

Thank you! (y) Thanks! 🖐 Now that is very interesting to hear! Do you have any idea if these trucks (or at least something like this stake body Dodge) were purchased specifically for this purpose or were they retrofitted at a later point in their lives? There were a few other holes cut into...

The wife's family visited over the weekend and the brother in law said he had a use for the 1000 gallon tank; a waste oil tank. Low and behold he came back 48 hours later with a coworker and yanked it off the bed (it even had just under 100 gallons of diesel in it)! Since I last posted I did...

Really? I'd love to see others used by the military! Here's a Google street view of where mine resided in Montana until November of 2019 (along with another tank-converted-flatbed on the left, a late 60/early 70s Chevy/GMC I think?):

Not sure if you (or anyone else here) would know, but that data plate says the Gross Weight Rating Max. is 19000, however the Chrysler VIN plate says Max GVW is 24000. Are they not one in the same? Would the data plate have been installed after the Army modified it to their needs? Pardon the...

Howdy! Nice to know there are other folks in Northern Colorado! Definitely no ground reel on the truck (no signs there ever was one either that I can find). The tank almost smells like old kerosene, but I don't think that's it so maybe it was some kind of chemical? Thank you! Thank you! You...

I just wanted to say hello from Northern Colorado! 🖐 I recently purchased an ex-Army 1975 Dodge D600 (2.5 ton truck). I've been into old Dodge trucks for quite some time and have always wanted one of their old MDTs (although I'm slowly learning about true MVs here on this site!). I know it's...