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On that we agree, but he is in Cali (crazy laws) Sent from my XT1585 using Tapatalk

The LMTV cab uses air bags to mount it to the truck frame, helps smooth out the ride. When taking the LMTV offroad you are supposed to cut off the air supply to those bags and pin the cab into a "locked" position which reduces how much the cab can move. That upgraded air hose is more expensive...

All of ours were locked off and pinned due to being primarily offroad vehicles. Trucks spent about 9 months each year on the ranges. Sorry Coffey1, it's a design flaw that's an issue with regular offroad applications. Pavement it's fine but not with regular offroad use. Those trucks got...

Common sizes, making shrouds would help or could upgrade to a much heavier duty DOT approved air hose to replace all the hoses running to the axle. Post #415 mentions the difference, couple pics of it further down...

Most common plumbing issues were air lines at the axles from bushes/rocks cutting them. Some of the LMTV's had repeated issues with the supply hoses going to the brake pedal getting pinched and cut by the cab movement. CTIS component failures were pretty regular as well. Never had an air...

Typical terrain and one of it's uses for us on the demolition range. All of the LMTV's averaged 3 trips for repairs each year. Most of the repairs were related to the wiring harness usually either shorting out and frying components or getting ripped apart. Compared to the m35a2's that the...