On The Hunt Ep.42 Oshkosh Auction

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Another auction hunt … I know, I know, I should be spending my time working on all my outstanding projects, however this was just too good to pass up – when do you get an opportunity to see not one but two original M1070 Oshkosh military trucks??? These were originally built for the US Army to transport the M1 Abrams tank and man are they built tough – wish I could’ve bought both of them, and the ’94 379 hood with the super jakes and the mint Squarebody with the Banks turbo, and …

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[admiraltumbleweed]

As a trucker in the US Army, you had me yelling about the kill switch when you tried to start it, good to see you did look for it😂

[brandonranger]

I am sure a thousand guys have told you now. I was a heavy wheel mechanic in the Army active duty for 10 years. The hoses in the back are for chemical warfare. They are for filtering the air. So the hoses hook up to your gas mask. The bench seat is for the tank crew. The old ones had a 8V92 Detroit in it. The new ones have cat C18. I want the new one. Side note. I hauled a broke 'het, " which is the truck you are in With a M1Abrams on the back. With my Hemtt wrecker. It broke my toe cylinder and chewed my tires up so bad. It took 1 inch off my tires in a 20 mile trip. I saw my motor Sgt do it so I had to try it

[shammi]

Good lord Peg does crazy well in a normal truck. He could probably be prime Minister in an Oshkosh.

[iuhjhfdskjsdf]

Amazing! Greetings from the UK🇬🇧 I often see these Oshkosh beasts thundering along in convoy towing Chieftain tanks! An incredible sight seeing ten or so in a row all doing 60+mph! Nothing stopping those in a hurry!

[stansdds]

First! I love it when something happens and Greta has to make a cameo appearance! LOL!!!!

[ChrisHarding-lkjj]

I just bought a 1957 Kenworth CC-925 that has been sitting outside for at least 30 years and it's frame is in better shape than most of the trucks at that auction. I paid $1500 and dragged it out of the Mojave Desert. It has 5X3 twin sticks.

A couple of years ago I was at my local pick a part and there was a 6.2 diesel suburban with a Banks system on it and I pulled the Banks system and bought it for a couple hundred bucks. They are long discontinued and still in demand. Most people just pull the factory turbo system off of the 6.5 with the factory turbo. I was running a 6.5 in my 1994 H1 Hummer up until 2 years ago when I duramax swapped it. Most people don't realize that GM sold the design for the 6.2/6.5 to AM General and they were actually updated and made much better than the GM version. The optimizer was the first revision followed by the GEP P400 which is sadly discontinued. Many GM truck owners purchased the GEP P400 to install in GM trucks and Suburbans. I had a GEP P400 in my H1 Hummer up until I did the Duramax swap. I originally purchased the H1 Hummer with a broken crankshaft caused by the failure of the harmonic balancer which is a very common occurrence. The P400 is rated from the factory at 250hp and 550tq and they can easily make more power and in my Hummer I was making 325hp and 600tq which is actually respectable. I kept the P400 from my Hummer when I duramax swapped it just in case I find the perfect Chevy truck with a tired or broken 6.2 or 6.5 engine.

[dieselentity]

Awesome episode as usual mark! And no...we are never tired of you talking about trucks as we are all like minded people as well! Aloha from Hawaii!!

[MANTRAKKK]

f ing amasing episode. imagine twinstick working on a oshkosh

[dcrog]

That is a sweet old Pete, those Jake's are rowdy.

[johngordon]

Hi Mark, thanks for yet another "On the Hunt "video. Love 'em.Cheers mate, from Queensland, Australia.

[CAM-s]

The Oshkosh was awesome military it's just awesome that you don't really get to see him on the road it's a treat especially that Peterbilt

[Delbert]

I heard your Sheriff Justice ooouuufff at 1:45 lol that was funny at the back of that crinkled sleeper lol

[thetruknut]

34:17 I have a soft spot for those old stars, I love the side grill deflectors 👍🏼👍🏼

[mah]

7:01 that’s a blower for a pneumatic or vac trailer, worked for a company that had 350 of them, they’re 2-3 or 4 hopper trailers that are used for hauling commodities like a hopper bottom but you can blow it up piping into a bin or any container and keeps it all sanitary/food grade. They’re used for the powder part of cement mix at big plants. Or we could change the pipes and use them as a vacuum, like vac out spilled grail or use it as a holding tank off a vac truck. The uses are endless but they’re a huge pain to take care of but a lot of the big 5 hoppers are out in the patch too for frac stuff too

[andhotrodshop]

A extended hood 379 is my first choice on dream truck too, and yeah 15 speed would have to go 😂😂😂 you cracked me up with the “is that DD speed shop” 😂😂😂

[TheRCBarn]

Cool episode. I use to pick up Oshkosh trucks up in WISCONSIN and deliver them to military bases all over the east coast. I would have to start them almost every day to keep the tires up so the chains wouldn't go slack. On a drop deck most could just drive right off without ramps. Very cool stuff they build!

[ColtonRMagby]

When I saw Oshkosh, I immediately thought of their new mail truck that looks like something from a Pixar movie. I'd buy one of those Oshkosh military trucks so I can haul heavy loads on roads not meant for semis.

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Yay it's Thursday coffee and twin sticks time




I love those Oshkosh m1070 👍🏻

[mikecrockett]

That old white Lincoln hawk drove off in at the end that would be a good one to find and redo Mark

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I really wish those Dayton wagon wheels would come back into fashion, or someone make a modern version/replica, they're so cool looking. Look like cragars for trucks.