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I bet it'll be a hit at work! Go for it, 5 ton as a daily driver/commuter car! :) Your specific encouragement definitely has me planning on doing just that as well, even if I start with a Deuce for this year...would like to get a M923 this time next year...

Great thread! Thoroughly enjoyed reading this one, as someone who plans on having a Deuce as a first/daily driver vehicle, and as someone who may get to drive one next week...

@Twisted60; I will echo what Fuzzy said...great truck! "Bring earplugs"...absolutely! I have ridden in a Deuce once before (Not even at highway speed, mind you) and yeah, they are LOUD!

That's also a very good thought/possibility! 30a should be just fine for what I'll need. Stereo, small inverter, etc. Another major electrical "addition" would be a block heater, for -40F Fairbanks, AK winters. BTW might be going to pick a Deuce owner's brain in a couple weeks, and...

@Twisted60; sounds like a fun adventure for sure! Great looking truck, too! @everyone else, yeah, that's why I'm thinking separate systems: Not killing batteries and because all the instrumentation would be difficult if not impossible to change over to 12v.

Interesting, military surplus! How fitting! I'd like to set something up long term once I get a Deuce and/or M923. So I might have to do 12v/24v, with two battery banks and two alternators, or get a battery equalizer, or convert everything to 12v. (Anyone done that successfully on the 939...

Looks good! How do you guys run your inverters? Off the slave port? And are they the buy-anywhere 12v or specialty 24v units?

Congrats!

I know someone who told me..."I learned to drive cars at 70MPH on the Interstate". Mine would thus be "I learned to drive on dirt roads in a Deuce and a half!"

If it makes everyone laugh, today someone and I were joking about a Deuce vs. a minivan...arbitrary stick shift vs. automatic... We have a running inside joke that I'm destined to end up with a minivan as my first vehicle...nah, I think the Deuce-as-a-first-ever-vehicle-to-a-new-driver...

Yeah, the more I think about it, the more I think I'll go for the 5 ton in about 13 months! But I'll start Deuce hunting soon (next month or so) if my current possibility doesn't pan out (Should know in the next few weeks) for a MV in the meantime. Plus after driving a M35A2 every day, and a...

Good luck, hope they find a good home! Preferably to another SS member!

"both up" meaning? 985A4? This an expand-o-van like a M934?

@simp5782, nice, two of them now? Keeping the original '84 as well? @mdemars03, looks like fun! @JohnnyBM931A2; LOL. Agreed. "Problem solved".

Thanks for the encouragement! Granted, I'm 17 and here in AK you'd need the CDL for the 22,000 lbs gross weight and air brakes...and the earliest here you can get a CDL is 19. So best case scenario would be acquiring one for extremely cheap, and then having it sit in the driveway for a couple...

That's the best part, the "cool" factor and why I would be driving a M923 every day! But on the flip side of things, if I had to go with a civillian car it'd be something small like a Geo Metro...except I might be living on an iffy dirt road that doesn't get plowed when it snows unless I take...

Sweet! One of my many bizarre (I thought I was weird until recently LOL) ideas was driving a M923/M925/etc as a commuter car LOL. Or maybe a M35A2 multifuel if I get good access to alternative fuel sources. But I'm told the 939 series 5 ton is way better for a daily driver.

What'd the boss and co-workers think? Is this going to become a daily driver?

Absolutely will do! Neat to see another member living in Delta Junction; my dad and I are looking at a house there. 6 acres, perfect for a wannabe M/V collector! Would love to meet up with some fellow Deuceophiles!

Yeah, it'll have endless uses! That's why I'm in the process of possibly obtaining one for moving to the Interior...