Damn...now this is for SHTF

[Maximilian]

1968 Kaiser-Jeep M35A2 Military Cargo Truck
http://ar15.com/forums/topic.html?b=7&f=91&t=457461

http://www.phines.com/truck1/clean2.jpg
Only around $7000.

To bad I don't live on a farm...

[Achilles]

Perhaps a bit conspicious, no? :P

[Maximilian]

Perhaps a bit conspicious, no? :P

It will plow through road block with ease.

[BigFootsCousin]

Kewl!

It looks like it has front wheel drive as well. Hey, it's not a 'four-wheeler', it's a 'ten-Wheeler'!

BFC

[momof23goats]

i live up north and on a homestead, i could sure use that bad boy. wonder what kind of gas mileage it gets. :roll: I would really love to have it. think about it. man, that will plow through anything. and think of all I can haul in it. :wink:

[DreadPirate]

I would guess 12-19 mpg. Its a diesel!!! Look good last long time.
I bet it rides like a old covered wagon though. Makes my butt hurt just looking at it.

[momof23goats]

I don't care how it rides, i could use that. i could haul alot ofstuff with it, and if we ever had to bug out, that would be perfect.

[scruffy]

got his for 3500, milage, down around 5-8 mpg if you have it loaded, he hauls his firewood with his, welded a hyd lift gate on the back so it was easier to load,

I ll stay with my old F150 :D

[momof23goats]

I could sure load and haul alot of wood in that.
Or animals, or supplies. any thing. with the bed covered like it is, you could use it, for anything, including shelter, if you had too.

[momof23goats]

gang, the more I look at that , the more I want it. :P :D

[Southwind]

I could sure load and haul alot of wood in that.
Or animals, or supplies. any thing. with the bed covered like it is, you could use it, for anything, including shelter, if you had too.

I bought an old rusted out Chevy suburban one time for my paper route, and I'll never forget my little sis taking a look at it and telling me, "Man, you could live in that if you had to!"

She had lived out of a truck once, so she knew. I later gave it to her, and she used it to tow her travel trailer cross country. She made it from FL to TX, where the Chevy died, and was laid to rest.

[Freeholder]

Mom, my dad had something similar to that truck when we had our homestead in Alaska. He called it a 6-by, it had a flat-bed, I can't remember if it had twin axles under the bed or not (been a long time ago, LOL!). I hated to ride in it because there weren't any doors on it, and also no seat belts back then, and nothing for a small child to hold onto bouncing around on that slick seat on rough back roads. But Dad did use it for a lot of things. I like my pickup, although it doesn't get much better mileage than one of those trucks!

Kathleen

[L.A.B.]

A friend of mine in the L.A. Harbor picked one of those up around year 2002. Drove it before reading all the manual on it and messed up some tranny parts. He picked up some spare parts needed for repair, and he is buzzing along the road with no problem now.

He has vacant land in Central California somewhere, yet no place to park it here, unless he is now renting a location. A few years back he got into picking up surplus at auctions. Once in a while he would bid on boxes not knowing their contents.

[KuernoDeChivo]

That looks like a Deuce and a Half...

I am no military man so maybe my opinion doesn't count but I hated the Duce and a Half ! We had one that we converted to a firetruck/Tender which obviously raised the center of gravity and we darn near tipped it over one day. It was noisier than hell and a pain in the @$$ to drive.

The gears were set up different then we are used to. It was something like this..

1--4
|....|
2--3

Or something. I can't quite remember.

It was very powerful though.

I think I would rather have a decent Mog. If you could get a unimog radio truck you could make a heck of a camper.

http://members.home.nl/jos.prinsen/A50-2001-a100.jpg
http://www.moginalong.co.uk/OurMog/Images/S404SilverCamperInDesert.jpg
http://homepage.eircom.net/~jconsidi/Radio1.jpg

[momof23goats]

well, since I don't have any little kids, this would be great from me. i could think of a thousand things to use it for.
Then all I would need is a tank!!!!!!!!!! Wouldn't that be cool to have your own tank!!!!!!!! :D :D :wink:

[kelee877]

I am looking at all the cargo space..wow can you imagine pulling up to the grocery store in that puppy...all those preps that would fit in there...

[dreadstalker]

A friend of mine owns one. Perfect vehicle for a lot of "ranch " work.

[SimonJ]

I do believe they are a multi fuel truck. They will run on damn near anything even semi flamable.

[momof23goats]

I wouldn't mind having any of these posted. just think of it. awesome.

[pkchicken]

I want one. Ya think maybe DH will get me one for ....oh I dunno.....memorial day? $7,000 is not so much really....what ya think?

I was just loving the thought of driving that bad boy up to the local market and saying fill her up!

pk

[SimonJ]

I was just loving the thought of driving that bad boy up to the local market and saying fill her up!
pk

They have very thirsty engines. You would be lucky to get 6-8 MPG.