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Only reasoning I can see to excluding from August "open" usage might be the disdain frequently expressed by some "classic car" and "hot rod" folks toward the collectible military vehicles at events. Have experienced it a bunch myself and would not be surprised if it had roots in that mindset...

M54A2 at Leslie Car Show This is our 1972 M54A2 at a local car show.

HET at Woodward Dream Cruise This is a pic that a friend took of our M1070 during the Woodward Dream Cruise the last time we went! The looks from other participants was priceless!

M985 at Touch a Truck Took our M985 to a local Touch-A-Truck and had quite the line of kids all day to climb into her among all of the fire trucks and construction equipment - Great Day!

As a side note - have you ever looked at the back end of our 6x6's or maybe a dual axle trailer immediately after or during a turn - the tires are all torqued out of shape and sliding. I am amazed that my trailer tires have not ripped off at times (kudos to our tire manufacturers)! Now...

I have contemplated the reasoning for the differences between these two applications since before 1995 when a few of the LVS's were for sale. Now that I have one and have crawled underneath them.....my thoughts are that essentially the axles are the same and my gut tells me that originally the...

Getting this ready for the Memorial Day Parade on Monday - not a HMMWV, but definitely 80's / early 90's. 1987 M985 Oshkosh HEMTT w/ M989A1 HEMAT.

Looking to see if anyone is heading from Warner Robins, GA area going up to southern Michigan. This would be for a Government Liquidation lot which would need to be picked up within the standard 2 weeks (by 5/27/2016) and either brought or have shipping arranged to southern Michigan...

I'm not a "heavy mechanic or engineer" but do the heavy trucks with air rear suspensions use any type of sway bars? Can't imagine that it is as simple as a shock-absorber upgrade as that would only dampen the sway, not eliminate it.

Hey painter paul - The M1070 HET did and still does use a "pony winch" to drag out the 1" rear winch cables. A good idea for any "heavy" winches. Might be able to find one off of a HET that someone has made into a camper or grain hauler!

We did the Behr Exterior Latex (383 equiv color) over both blasted clean metal (bed, crane, frame, rims) on the HMTT (HEMTT Prototype) with the Rustoleum Primer, and then the same Behr over the CARC Paint on the aluminum Kenworth cab (no need to take it down, nor did I want to get into priming...

Hey there Brian, what kind of "race stuff" do you get into at your shop? Curious minds need to know - you never know what I might decide to do with my '70 caddy!

Welcome from Chelsea (between Ann arbor and Jackson) - Let me know when you have a trip planned to MIS as it is not far from me!

We have one of the M1074 PLS's and one of the M1076 Trailers. My understanding is that basically the original PLS family consisted of the M1074 (with Material Handling Crane and Self Recovery Winch - used more for "front line" operations), the M1075 (without either of the previous - used more...

Not this week, but we did use our HEMTT M985 to raise the trusses on a barn that I/We built for my wife and her mom for their gardening barn.

I guess I am just a happy fool! It really looks great pulling the church float in the annual Christmas Light Parade!

Hey HanksDeuce - Yes, the HET PTO will not engage if the parking brake is not set.

Paid a little bit more than the going average for mine a few years ago because it was exactly the model that I wanted and it was only an hour from home (no shipping to speak of). I have played with a number of these types of vehicles and the only general advise that I can offer, now that we...

Not sure, but I think the M915/916/920 trucks ran a straight 6. The M911 CHET ran the Detroit 8V92TA.

Picked up some parts kits from GL the other day. Description had them at 150 lb each. They ended up tipping the scales at 1050 lb each. OOPS!