The new pickup truck

John S-B · Jun 22, 2011

Got a deal I couldn't pass up. I always wanted one of these, ever since I first drove one up at Camp Grayling. I have to do a little work on it, but it runs great. Got a bunch of parts with it too.

showcrop · Jun 22, 2011

Our Fire Dept has one. It has a small Cummins. Not much power, but in low range it will haul a heavy load up a steep hill off road no problem.

showcrop · Jun 22, 2011

Our Fire Dept has one. It has a small Cummins. Not much power, but in low range it will haul a heavy load up a steep hill off road no problem.

rrlund · Jun 22, 2011

Now you're gonna run into the problem that Dad had when he got an old suprlus 4x4. What do you do with it? He worked for the shcool district and for a while,government employees could buy Army Surplus,so he bought one that needed a motor. He had a Dodge straight 6 flathead here and I guess that's what that particular model had in it. The darned thing sat around here for years without ever being used for much of anything.

John S-B · Jun 22, 2011

This one has the multifuel engine with the "Whistler" turbo. The one with the Cummins is probably an A3 version of the M35, they repowered those with super singles and automatic transmissions. But I know people have dropped 5.9 Cummins from the pickups in them.

John S-B · Jun 22, 2011

I got rid of the pickup because it was needing a lot of work and I wasn't using it much anymore. I plan on doing woodworking, so it'll come in handy hauling lumber'. I can also get logs from a golf course for free in the winter for firewood when they cut down the deadwood. Plus it's fun to drive, even with the armstrong steering.

Phil in Pa · Jun 22, 2011

I like it.

Tyler Jackson · Jun 22, 2011

I work for Cummins so I wounder if I got one of those if I could sneak out an unused 6.7 or 8.9

I bet they'd notice an 11.9 missing lol

John S-B · Jun 22, 2011

Do you work at any of the plants in Columbus In.? I used to deliver food to the cafeteria's in the early eighties. I drove a Ford 9000 with a Cummins 230 in it, with a 10 speed Road Ranger. Sweet truck.

Tyler Jackson · Jun 22, 2011

I work out at waylesboro at the tech school building the engine modules they sell to schools or who ever wants em.

Tyler Jackson · Jun 22, 2011

But I would like to go to one of the plants or the tech center. It's less of a drive ha. Right now I ahve to drive from near the Decatur Co. line. It's onlt like 20 minutes but gas is expensive.

larry@stinescorner · Jun 22, 2011

nice! my friend made a camper out of his

John S-B · Jun 22, 2011

That reminds me of the shop truck we had in the maint. section of a National Guard unit I was in. It was lined with fiberglass from the inide of a semi trailer under the tarp. There was heavy wire mesh for about a foot and a half on the sides and front for ventilation. The back was done almost exacly the same with a door. We had an inverter for AC power. We had stretchers with the handles cut off to sleep on. The best feature was the coffe maker!

Paul from MI · Jun 22, 2011

Nice lookin' old M35. It should be a lot of fun to bum around in this summer. My summer ride is an M38a1 Jeep, lots of fun too and I put about 2,000 miles a year on it.

Harold Hubbard · Jun 23, 2011

If you aren't on there already, get on steelsoldiersdotcom, everything you need to know about that truck and all its relatives.

jackinok · Jun 23, 2011

I drove one of those many years ago that had a hydralift on it while doing distribution line work.man that thing was tough. put it six wheel drive and low hole and it with it rolling front bumper would just climb right over a pretty good size tree.often times we would use it to break a trail for our other trucks when we were building cross country.the one we had though was ww2 surplus,though so top speed may have been 45 mph if you were really flailing it!I'm kind of surprised you dont see more of them in use around big ranches and things.speed is probably the reason though.take too long to get back and forth if you were hauling grain to town.

greygoat · Jun 23, 2011

They suck a lot of fuel !
I put a lot of miles on one in Korea in the 60's

oldtanker · Jun 23, 2011

(quoted from post at 16:52:24 06/22/11) This one has the multifuel engine with the "Whistler" turbo. The one with the Cummins is probably an A3 version of the M35, they repowered those with super singles and automatic transmissions. But I know people have dropped 5.9 Cummins from the pickups in them.

Nope not a multifuel engine. That was non turbo. The turbo was an 80's upgrade called "clean air" that upped the compression making it diesel only.

(US Army retired 74-96)

Rick

Rick Kr · Jun 23, 2011

Ah, so you were one of those guys making noise on the artillery range while I was trying to deer hunt nearby!!!

Looks great. Should make a great lumber hauler as you stated below. Maybe just a little overpowered though. Unless you meant your hauling entire trees to your sawmill, but I think you probably mean cabinets, etc.

Rick

elmersooner · Jun 23, 2011

Make sure the tires are in good shape---from a firefighter that has seen the bad side of this problem...otherwise they are extremely capable rigs..designed so they are impossible to tear up, they just ain't a hotrod. we use them as heavy brush rigs because they go where our regular 4x4's can't.

oldtanker · Jun 23, 2011

(quoted from post at 13:59:50 06/23/11) Ah, so you were one of those guys making noise on the artillery range while I was trying to deer hunt nearby!!!

Looks great. Should make a great lumber hauler as you stated below. Maybe just a little overpowered though. Unless you meant your hauling entire trees to your sawmill, but I think you probably mean cabinets, etc.

Rick

Nope was not a cannon cocker.......I was making noise on the range screwing up yer deer hunting with a tank! Big difference.

Rick

Rick Kr · Jun 23, 2011

You are right. You really can't scare away deer that aren't there. But that's another story on how the Michigan DNR mis-manages the deer herd.

If I remember, the Camp added another tank area on the west/southwest area.

Rick

John S-B · Jun 23, 2011

Most people get around 8-10 mpg with these on the road. Now taking her throught the mudhole is a different story.

John S-B · Jun 23, 2011

Yep, I'm already there! It's a great site, easily the equivilant of this site for Military vehicles.

John S-B · Jun 23, 2011

Um, yes it IS a multifuel. It's a '74 with a "C" turbo. Maybe you are refering to the "D" turboed engines. This truck has not had any upgrades other than seatbelts, all the data plates are original. Non of the trucks in our unit ever recieved a turbo upgrade, they either were built with them or without. And our '54 5ton wrecker had a gas engine.

Anonymous-0 · Jun 24, 2011

Good set of brakes, need a jockey.

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