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I can't believe I never did relate the end of this story! (I know I told 98G about it elsewhere, but I guess I never posted it here). Went and looked it a couple days after my last post. Get to the place and get to really look at it and this thing is plated with current tags. Buried in the...

So, as I understand it, the early M939s (at least the M923/M925) were built on old M813 frames (M809 series). I assume this held true for the other variants as well. Question- When did this stop? When were new, purpose-built frames used instead?

Jenny...

Seems all of a sudden this thread is exploding! I, too, have the proverbial soft spot in my heart for MVs, especially the M939 series.

Hey Branr1, I'm up in Fairbanks. Feel free to PM me and we can get together sometime, I occasionally find myself flying through Anchorage.

Thanks!

I've been lurking and posting here for years now, and of course planning on getting a Deuce, then an M939 series 5 ton (Definitely getting an M939 of some sort one of these days at all costs!) But I think I finally had the proverbial fire lit under my feet to get an M1070 HET at some point, way...

Yeah, all my in person experience has been on the A0/A1 myself. When I get mine, if I had one that had had this feature disabled I would repair it so it was once again functional, but then again I plan to be the only one driving mine, so I shouldn't need to worry about my entire work crew...

Sometimes the low-range option gets disabled by people. One fatal flaw of the M939 series trucks is that it is HIGHLY likely you will literally split the transfer case in half in low-reverse. I've heard of cases where civillian owners, especially ones like farmers, loggers, landfills, etc...

Interesting truck! I myself bid on an M934A2 at auction once. That particular one had a flatbed with cab guard and a knuckle crane, and had a front winch as well, like yours. It was essentially an M928A2 but with a flatbed and crane. I highly suggest keeping it original, they must be rare...

Welcome from Fairbanks!

Hey Wilkusmcrecon, glad to hear your truck is resting comfortably for the winter at least, I remember you telling me the story about bringing her up once things got settled. I may be going through Anchorage again in the spring, drop me a PM or a text if you're still up for trying to get...

And it will likely end up stored in North Pole, Alaska, as in the suburb of Fairbanks , not the geographic North Pole, as in across the street from Fort Wainwright, just off-base. rofl The suspense on this thing is killing me. Went to Walmart and bought $60 worth of cheap Chinese tool sets so...

Did some calling around today and found an outfit that will tow this thing for not cheap but not an arm and a leg either. Going to try to go look at it tomorrow, or Monday.

Thanks for the info, Wes! I doubt I'll try to make it run until weather warms up but I was hoping it'd be fairly simple and it looks like I was right thus far...

Thanks guys!

Welcome to the site and the hobby! First of all, what are your planned uses for the truck? Work truck? Toy/hobby? I would suggest the M923/M925 of any variant (base model, A1, or A2) based on what you suggest, though the older M809 series trucks may be cheaper if you're fine with a project...

I always personally found it so ironic you can now buy one for $7500 quite easily as a civillian...

Thanks!! I'd heard of the PCB tapping/bypassing, along with the good old "sledgehammer on the brake drums" one before along with the "zip tie the shutoff solenoid", but good advice to have reiterated nevertheless! This would be long after getting it, when I finally have time and money to...

Similarly related, I know I've heard a BMY M925A2 (so sort of the newer/later cousin to your truck) cost the American taxpayer $75,000...in circa 1990-1991 dollars, so adjust for inflation as needed.