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New Member, St.Paul, MN.

DonMn

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Howdy all,

I've been lurking here for a few years and just joined a few weeks ago, I've always wanted to either own a Duece, M715 or a CUCV. But it's always just been more of a dream, the last few years it just wasn't practical for me. But I've had a few changes in my life that are about to make owning a military truck possible now.

In about a month, I'm going to have to start making a 120 mile round trip commute during the week and I've got a buyer for my daily driver(2003 GMC Stepside 4x4). So I'm selling my daily driver and buying a little economy car for the commute, but I've always had a truck so I need to also buy a truck to replace my truck.

I'd love to get a Duece, but don't have the room. I'd also still like to get a M715 but there is enough times I will need a truck at highway speeds, so I don't think a M715 would work out for me. So I'm going to be looking at CUCV's, mainly M1008's. I've owned a few old Chevy's before so I'm familar with them but have never owned a diesel before. So I'll be here asking some questions in the CUCV forum and trying to find out if a CUCV is a good truck for me. I'm also a bodyman/painter by trade so I'm sure I'll frequenting the body/paint forum.


Don
 

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The CUCV pickups are blessed/cursed with 4.56 gears which translates into more pulling power, less speed. They are wound pretty tight at 55. If you can live with that and the noise, they are certainly a good truck.
 
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