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Took a while, but I prettied it up:

Been a while. Forgot to post any updates I guess. Truck has been good to me. Only drive it about once a month or so. Sure is fun in the snow! Changed the oil April 20th with 15W40 Rotella. Digital odometer has become unreadable, no idea how many miles it's been. Still needs paint and a...

the LMTV bed is an option, but it's shorter - this has a 14' bed and I believe the LMTV is only 12'. I think if I got an MTV cargo cover and bows I'd be able to make them work with just a bit of sewing. There's a 14' LMTV dump truck or something as well that has a cover that fits just about...

Future Plans This post is mostly so I can get my thoughts down in writing, so I don't forget anything later - and might evolve as my plans change. So what am I going to do with this thing? Well, I'm hoping that it can mostly replace my pickup for all the things I use my pickup for - which...

Fun! Brought it out to m1010plowboy's acerage and had some fun driving around. He's got a lot more experience driving these things around off road and really helped me learn what she could do. Descending an extremely steep hill is interesting when all you can see out the windshield is the...

Recovery So I make the 2 hour drive to go see the truck. I drag my roommate along since his Mazda is better on fuel at the 130km/h that everyone likes to drive in rural AB than either of my old pickups. Tried dragging my good friend and forum user m1010plowboy along too but it turns out he's...

I guess I'll start with a whole bunch of backstory. I've been looking for a truck for a long time. On and off maybe 5 years now. Looked at a huge variety of stuff, Everything from jeeps and the iltis to M37's to deuces and 5 tons and the LMTV. Decided I really like the LMTV - just something...