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Don't weld the front if you want to be able to steer in 4x4.

The military's weight ratings are just an actual rating of the vehicle's capacities. Today's 1/2 ton trucks can pull and haul a lot more than a 1957 Chevy half ton could but it's tradition that keeps the modern version called a half ton. The military doesn't give a rat's patoot about that so...

It's not even a 3/5 ton. The military calls it a 5/8 ton and all the components are just the heaviest stuff GM put under it's half tons. Light duty 3/4 tons got heavier stuff than the M1009's. I always laugh a bit when I see folks talk about putting heavier suspension under their half tons...

Mine's the "haul/tow" vehicle. Nothing strenuous so far but the trailer hitch is at the Rhino Lining place getting cleaned up right now and with any luck we'll be moving across several states in a few months. Got some plans for using it's "potential" soon.