72Fury
Senior Member
Those are super cool brutes. I love the Hemtts as well.
Local truck show.
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Those are super cool brutes. I love the Hemtts as well.
You can buy them cheap on government auction sites.
commando1
Old Man with a Hat
What are you referring to when you say "wedge" cab.
twostick
Senior Member
commando1
Old Man with a Hat
That's a sleeper.
You'll notice I specifically said day cab.
You'll notice I specifically said day cab.
twostick
Senior Member
All I can say is truck drivers must have been a LOT skinnier (and shorter) in the 50's. That thing is barely an extended cab. Sleeper cab my ***. :laughing11:
Kevin
Kevin
commando1
Old Man with a Hat
Drivers weren't coddled back then... 
twostick
Senior Member
OK Stan spill it. Short of one of those single seat half cab steel hauling trucks, I can't imagine what it would be.
Kevin
Kevin
commando1
Old Man with a Hat
twostick
Senior Member
What was the purpose of the higher window?
Kevin
Kevin
72Fury
Senior Member
I bought most before scrap went up. Some for as little as $700 that I drove off the base. I did have one that the brakes locked up & I had to tow it home after that. (I have a tow bar). Sometimes the trucks were packed so tight when I picked them up. The base would not let me check or work on anything, including fluids. They would slave (or jump) the truck however. The bad brake truck had a marker message on the side saying "bad breaks", lol. Some of the trucks were fresh rebuilds, like that 818 I pictured. Luck of the draw, some bought trucks with rods knocking, missing driveshafts, etc.
70bigblockdodge
Old Man with a Hat
Tall window so you can stare at the reefer unit on the front of the trailer.
commando1
Old Man with a Hat
The reefer cab's window height has nothing to do with it.
The back of the cab is concave to clear the reefer.
An already cramped cab made even more cramped.
70bigblockdodge
Old Man with a Hat
Oh dammit makes me want to crash mine into a wall.
commando1
Old Man with a Hat
I like my truck to be as inconspicuous as possible.
When you take out a street sign making a tight turn at 3:00 AM, which do you want witnesses to say.
1. I dunno. It was big and was white.
2. You can't miss that sucker. It was a badazz red white and blue rig and chrome everywhere.
Not that I would ever, ya know....
When you take out a street sign making a tight turn at 3:00 AM, which do you want witnesses to say.
1. I dunno. It was big and was white.
2. You can't miss that sucker. It was a badazz red white and blue rig and chrome everywhere.
Not that I would ever, ya know....
Sounds like you served a day or two.....LOL! Tow bar, slave, M818.
Did you have to use split ends or was the slave receptacle operational? All of the Armored Cavalry and Self Propelled Artillery units I was in had all of the slave receptacles burned up......dumb asses couldn't hook of the slave cables correctly.
72Fury
Senior Member
They were operational on the few that I did have to jump. Many were depot rebuilds that I got from the National Guard. Overall they were pretty decent.
great story heard it years ago and forgot all about thanks .the people who own the truck are awesome people and he drives cross country everyday .so when he is home and we are doing a car show he will pull in and I always have a front row spot for him .I will try to get more pictures of the truck .on the back of the cab it say's god bless the USA .
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