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What's truly amusing about this whole situation is the winning bidder paid nearly what Uncle Sam paid to Oshkosh. The NSN shows $72,269.88 as their standard list price but contracts from 2014-2022 show price of $42,596.63-$57,776.62. GP walked away with near 75% of that in their pockets.
I can issue the appraisal, I'm a registered auto dealer in Texas and I do them often. The second part about "designed to travel on public road or highway" may be covered by text in a TM. It will at least state max travel speed for certain terrain including on highway use. The last requirement...
I agree they are or should be preventative but by the time we get them it's mandatory. *cough* I mean the Army totally follows all PMCS by the TM of course! *cough*
From doing several hundred FMTV of all variants, ages, etc..
New fuel hoses (there are 3)
Rebuild cab lift pump/reseal cab latch
Run second ground from 24v (-) direct to chassis
Inspect/clock/balance drive shafts
Inspect/replace rubber fan bushing if required
Neglecting any of these 5 will...
I've used Premium Plus, Ultra, and Marquee and end up going with Premium Plus more often than not. The higher you go in the branding/"quality" the more glossy they become. I've had lengthy discussions with my local Behr rep and even the flattest Marquee is still an eggshell (in gloss) in...
To give some insight, most 2005 and some 2006 A1s were upgraded/rebuilt from existing "A0" stock as part of a "buy back" program. A lot of these 2005-06 era trucks with C7 engines aren't A1R status (i.e no coil over suspension, no high pinion diff, etc) but they do have the cab handles, battery...
There's misinformation being given in this thread in regards to flashing. In order to keep the dissemination of knowledge factual I will share info directly from a physical disk CAT authorized flash library with the expanded military/emergency/off-road files. This library was obtained from CAT...