Think A 4x4 Is All You Need? This 10x10 Military Truck On 53s Begs To Differ!

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[alannewhall]

I drove the original into Iraq in 04. Had a Detroit 2 stroke diesel in it. It was an 8X8 and would go anywhere. Was rated at 10 tons and I had much more than that on it. Really awsome truck.

[niks.]

That 100% used to be one of our trucks...I was in 94th Engineer Battalion of the 4th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade out of Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri until 6 months before they closed shop in 2014. This truck belonged to the 103rd Engineer Company.

Funny that one of these newer M1075's ended up being sold off instead of staying in the inventory and replacing the older models.

[valuedhumanoid]

My boss got this exact rig. His was painted OD Green but that’s the only difference. He made a living module out of a shipping container and uses it as an excursion vehicle. We do pipeline maintenance and routinely spend days in BFE miles away from any civilization. Four men live comfortably in it.

[wsheqqn]

I work for Oshkosh Defense and have worked in welding these trucks and on the assembly line putting them together. Very cool to see where the trucks end up.

[mr.matthews]

When I was in the military I was a diesel in track mechanic we had one of these PLS. Instead of a flat bed ours had a FRS or fresh these were complete shops that would expand open to create a work table with tool boxes, storage, generator, heating and a crane all equipped inside of the fresh. You would use this to take to any location to perform maintenance. I've always wanted one.

[mattschmidt]

I’ve operated these and the shorter LHS version in the military many miles and in several countries, love these machines!!

[paulj]

Spend thousands of hours around the world in one of these. Great trucks, I’ve driven the pintle hitch version and hauled D7 dozers with them. They even come with massive Cables. If you put the transfer case in low range there’s not much you can’t yank a load over. The more modern ones have airbags for suspension Thanks for the memories.

[johnurbanski]

I used to drive these things with the trailer attached and actually back up with the trailer attached with no issues. These things are truly awesome.

[marty]

The HEMTT is the best vehicle platform ever devised imo. So versatile and so many awesome variants, the 977, 978, the pls, 983 and 984.. fantastic truck. I drove them for 8 years in the Army and absolutely loved them. That giant diesel and turbo whistle always sounded fantastic.

[oarias]

I miss driving these. I drifted one of these twice. I had the biggest smile wile doing it.

[mpeugeot]

When you just have too much money... This is absolutely perfect.

[stancataline]

I worked for Oshkosh in Temecula Ca. I had the privilege of working with many retired service members, our facility would receive trucks of all kinds returning from the war zones and restore/refurbish them. Some times we would receive brand new trucks straight from the factory and do the (armor up) on them preparing them to go to war. I was again privileged to be the person test driving the different vehicles after completion of all the work. They are some amazing pieces of equipment.
Stan

[stephenblankenship]

I actually got a chase to drive one of those when I was in the military. They are so much fun to drive.

[BrewPub]

When you need to replace the tires, you need to take out a 2nd mortage.

[nateu]

Brings back memories, I used to work on these in the army back in the day. I went to the Oshkosh maintenance class when they first came out for the army. It rides like a caddy on hard roads.

[justinmclean]

they may be fun to drive and operate but as a 3521 in the USMC, THEY ARE A PAIN IN THE ASS TO WORK ON, these are also known as LVSR's

[MikeLaRock]

I was a mechanic in the Army and operated the Wrecker A2 version of this beast. Good times

[Mantzman]

I was the Motor Sergeant for an Engineer unit. We had one of these with the flat rack, the FRS (Forward Repair System was a complete maintenance shop) and the M1076 trailer. We would carry our bobcats on the flat rack.

[MAzdaMilleniaS]

We took the speed limiter off of it and it will
Max out at 80-82 mph downhill 😂 even ground like 75

[j.f.fisher]

Most don't get a hard on for logistics gear but being able to just pick up and drop pallets is huge.