There are a shocking number of five ton trucks available for purchase these days through government surplus auctions. Most of them have pretty low miles and haven’t seen all that much use. They are monster rigs that don’t exactly make for practical cruisers but they sure look great and we want one in the driveway. The downside is that after seeing this monster we’re ruined for life! The truck you see here is an M923 which is a five ton truck with the four door cab. Originally it would have had a long bed with short sides on it and a pair of axles at the back. This truck has been “bobbed” meaning that the most rearward axle was removed, but the customizing did not stop there.
The bed on this truck is actually from a military trailer and it was modified to fit this truck’s proportions and look. We think the whole job was done seamlessly and this thing looks like a factory truck. You’d really have to be paying attention or know something about these things to have these differences pop out at you. The truck has the venerable 8.3L Cummins under the hood that has been massaged a little, so power is up and highway cruising speeds can be 65 or higher, which is cool.
Oh, and when you are riding along at 65mph, the quality of your life will be vastly improved because the cab has been updated and drastically upgraded with leather seats (heated), a custom build leather rear bench that folds down into a bed, killer stereo, AC, the works! The tires on the truck looks brandy new, the photos of the truck’s belly are amazing because it looks like it rolled off the assembly line a week ago and there would be no shame in pulling this thing into a cruise night, invasion, your favorite fishing hole (up to 8′ deep), or a truck pull.
No price is given on the ad, so you’ll have to call to get it! This is an insanely nice truck and well done for the seller.
CHECK OUT THE PHOTOS OF THIS BEASTLY BOBBED M923 THEN HIT THE CL LINK BELOW –
I think that seeing decent seats in there sold me on the rig.
If I had the money to make this thing mine, I would, and I’d take it to every Scouting event I could get to!
Hmmn . Taking a wretched excess pos like this to a BSA event ? What message would that send ? Hmmmn . Methinks something along this line ;
” Hi ! I’m a self centered narcissistic SOB who couldn’t care less about the environment , my fellow road users , the care and consideration of the land and roads I drive this POS on , how much fuel I consume , how much pollution I create … and I sure as hell don’t give a rats @$& about you or the world and life you’re about to inherit
The only thing I care about is portraying myself as a Para Military jack@$& in a vain attempt to appear ‘ cool ‘ in order to compensate for my low self esteem not to mention a possible lack of …. err .. substance below the waistline if you catch my drift ”
Now honestly mooseface . Is that really the message you want to be spreading amongst an already beleaguered and declining [ both morally and ethically ] Boy Scouts of America ?
As a former ‘ Life(r) ‘ myself … I most certainly hope not 😉
And what exactly does your Mercedes Benz minivan say about your lifestyle? That you’re a fan of the Wermacht and that Hitler wasn’t too far off base? Or maybe that you’re hopping across town from Starbucks-to-Starbucks bitching at the staff that’s one-third your age that they’re not putting enough caramel in your frou-frou coffee?
What’s wrong with owning a vehicle that can carry people and equipment? Yeah, this might be a little ostentatious and completely impractical, but it’s still neat hardware and the builder did a good job.
What’s the problem with you? Kids love big trucks and sporty looking cars.
You bring that thing and an old fire truck and you have a bunch of happy smilling kids making vrooom vrooom noises behind the wheel.
You’re over thinking this.
Yeah … just what the US needs in light of its already current state of over ‘ Militarization ‘ [ police etc ] Booze addled moron military wanna be’s driving around in former military armored vehicles pretending they’re in a war zone .
Yeah you betcha … thats working out real well …in some alternative universe
And I guess the ColoradoKid also cringed when Roadkill crushed his beloved prius.
There was a commenter that began posting egotistic drivel on TTAC to the point that my irritation with finding his inevitable mouth-breathing comment below *anything* I read there drove me away – BIgTrucksReview was I think his name. The previous site editor for TTAC, Bertel Schmitt used to dump the accounts of stupid commentariat and I didn’t realize how well he kept things civil, educated and engaging until he was gone and guys like BigTrucks started stinking the place up. This Colorado person is similarly making an awful odor in this room. Someone, please open the windows and air these comments out.