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Has anyone ever later put an ether start system into an M939? Or, for that matter, an 8.3 into an 809 series? I'd be curious to hear if the latter has ever been attempted, successfully that is.

Yeah, I'd only be getting one if I lived off campus, which I ideally will be by next semester. I know they're physically huge, heavy, older, loud, rough riding, creature-comfort-lacking trucks, but that's why I love them! I can't say why but I think most people know what I mean! Any other input?

Yeah, anybody got any comparison photos of one next to a Deuce? I'd be curious to see those. Yeah, I'd be doing all sorts of different driving with mine. Jamming gears on our never-got-finished freeways here that stop at traffic lights, dry/maintained dirt/gravel roads, (Once you get out of...

The 250 Cummins being challenging to start is good to know for Fairbanks, AK, but everyone here has block heaters...I mean every car has the male end of an extension cord dangling out of the front bumper. By comparison, how is the 8.3 Cummins in a M939A2?

Thanks for the info! I know they have power steering and pretty much the same cab as a Deuce. Any other major differences?

Thanks for the replies guys! I was anticipating the low fuel mileage and the gross weight makes sense...but how does that go if I'm not loading the thing fully? Would that get around a CDL requirement? If not I would just wait to get a CDL and go get an M923A2 or something like that. Probably...

Latest ridiculous idea: So not long ago I was reading that the 809 series 5 ton trucks (predecessor to the M939s we all know and love) have air-over-hydraulic brakes like a Deuce does. It's thus my understanding that in my current state (Alaska, for those of you who really want to know) I...

Hey Rosco, I just moved to Fairbanks this past August. PM me if you ever want to get together!

Welcome to the site, from just north of you-Alaska! Tell us "recovery" stories! Feel free to PM me as well.

:funny: Now I'm trying to imagine being stuck next to an M939 at a traffic light that's pouring the bass like most compact cars owned by <20 year olds. rofl

This from that one mudding adventure you guys had?

Like others have said, congrats! Can't wait to get one myself.

Thanks! Yeah I only didn't buy it because of lack of money/space (If I'd gotten my dad to go in with me on it as a "project", him being a vintage car enthusiast, and we'd ended up with the 6 acres it looked like we might be living on, I would have snapped it right up). All it needed was tires...

Is it drivable? Could always drive it back, though a "recovery" trip with an unknown truck can be hit or miss. Nevertheless, congratulations!!! I almost bought a '68 M35A2 as my first vehicle and daily driver, as an 18 year old college student.

Hey mhb285, I'm originally from Atascadero! I'll be back in the area in December, PM me if you want to get together!

Sounds like a crazy trip! I assume it was uneventful? Maybe I'm crazy, but that's my idea of a pleasurable trip actually, I'd love to drive across the United States in an M939 series 5 ton one of these days. (probably recovering one I just acquired).

Pardon my ignorance, but what is the doghouse?

Agreed, I'd like to see video of a 923 doing a burnout LOL.

Absolutely, people either laugh really hard at my expense or cringe really bad whenever I relate that story!

Your remark about scraping the inside of the windshield made me laugh. I had my first experience driving a stick shift in an M49 fuel tanker Deuce, (well, let me rephrase that, trying to pop-start said M49 by having someone else tow me around with a material handler) and I learned that empty...