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Perfect description of a 5 ton there!

...But you have so much fun you don't care, that's another thing! You don't care about the $$$ component if you enjoy the truck!

Yikes!

She's beautiful, Twisted60! Love the dash lights, might upgrade the ones in my '84 M923 I'm getting.

Jbulach, yes the small outboard boat motors are water-cooled. I can tell you from personal experience that they sometimes clog with kelp, etc. in the water and quit "peeing" (the stream literally looks like...ya know...) and they can overheat.

Threads like this always fascinate me, as someone who might have a 250 Cummins powered M923 in Fairbanks in a couple winters. Of course, block heater, heating pad on the oil pan, etc. but hearing people's success or failure stories always intrigues me.

So I guess I'm not the only crazy one then? Hopefully mine would become a MV enthusiast!

Seems like for whatever reason I run into lots of Deuce or 5 ton familiar people in Fairbanks, even at my university! People either have a Deuce or want one. Re: the M49A2C in Alaska I know where there's a bunch outside Petersburg, I had my introduction to driving a manual transmission in one...

I forgot to add...My truck I'm hopefully picking up is also from California, as am I. Came from the Nat'l Guard unit in the same county I was born/grew up in, so it's special to me because of where it came from. Belongs to a fellow Steel Soldiers member who lives in my old hometown and the...

Welcome to the site! I guess I posted on your other thread about registration not realizing it was the same! Welcome from another Alaska member. I'm in Fairbanks, where's Meadow Lakes? PM me if you ever want to get together, in a couple years I'll hopefully have an '84 M923A0 up here myself.

Jbulach, I have literally wondered about trying to fit a car booster seat in a 939 cab myself! If I had kids heck yeah they'd be in that cab with me all the time. :driver:

Interesting ideas! I like the backup camera idea myself, for backing in parking lots where just hearing CRUNCH doesn't quite cut it. But blind spots are also a good idea, along with the rear view. As for the 4th, I'd just love an in cab or dash cam view, would love to take some long road trips...

She's a beauty, congrats! Still has the green interior too, I always liked the green interior.

Got pix? I've got an '84 M923A0 in my future myself. :driver: Wonderful trucks...basic but very functional! Love em. Hard to not love an M939 series 5 ton.

She's beautiful!

Wes, I always enjoy reading your posts, since you drive yours so much! As someone who plans on driving mine I'm getting quite a bit, frankly going for the million miles the NHC250 is rated for, I'm always curious how things actually finally wear out on these!

OK, just curious, I know I'm reviving this thread, but how often does everyone NORMALLY change the fluids (transmission, differentials, etc), under "normal" conditions? I'm curious and thought I'd ask here since my thought is take mine I'm getting mudding in the real nasty stuff right before...

Definitely. These trucks will go anywhere and do anything, but you made yours even more so!

I thought it was a hub flip or something myself. rofl

3000 to buy it, would you really get that much for it in scrap $$$? I don't think a Deuce would be worth that, there was recently a discussion on one of the Facebook groups about a non runner M923A2...maybe worth like 1600 in scrap metal if dragged to the scrap yard, better to at least part it...