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So........I am very close now to finally buying me an M925. Been after one for a year now, and I've bought fixed up and sold a couple M35a2's and an M813a1 to build up the funds to buy an M925 through GL. Not interested in spending no $14,000 for one! ha ha I like to buy cheap and fix them up. That's when I get the most enjoyment out of these old trucks. In fixing them up.
Anyway, here I am wanting an M925a1 with big tires on it because I want a great big awesome army truck. However, I also really like the M920 and M916. But I really want a truck with the cargo bed. So I am thinking, that I might really like an M916 with an M35 cargo bed on it. Maybe even a 14 foot M923 cargo bed, and cut a hole for the winch, so the winch is actually sitting in the bed and not in front of it. I don't really like the look of the space between the cab and the bed when it is mounted so far back.
I have seen Eldgen's M920 boom lift cargo bed truck, and think it is pretty freakin awesome.
The other absolute must, is that it HAS to have 16.00R20's on it! I think an M916 with 16.00R20's and a 14 foot cargo bed, with the winch mounted in the back AND a winch added on to the front like the M925, would be the absolute most awesome BIG BEAST of an army truck to drive around! As usual not the least bit worried about fuel mileage! I just want an awesome freaking big 6X6 cargo truck with winches on both ends.
I'm assuming the big winch on the back of the M916 is hydraulically powered. Would a person be able to draw off the same hydraulic system to power another hydraulic winch at the front? I've got a big hydraulic winch sitting here at my place. Probably bigger than I want to put on the front though.
But yeah, just curious if any of you have put a cargo bed on an M916 yet. I'm sure somebody has. I need pictures!
Or I can just buy an M925a1 in the next couple weeks and be happy with that
But I do like to have stuff that is different
Anyway, here I am wanting an M925a1 with big tires on it because I want a great big awesome army truck. However, I also really like the M920 and M916. But I really want a truck with the cargo bed. So I am thinking, that I might really like an M916 with an M35 cargo bed on it. Maybe even a 14 foot M923 cargo bed, and cut a hole for the winch, so the winch is actually sitting in the bed and not in front of it. I don't really like the look of the space between the cab and the bed when it is mounted so far back.
I have seen Eldgen's M920 boom lift cargo bed truck, and think it is pretty freakin awesome.
The other absolute must, is that it HAS to have 16.00R20's on it! I think an M916 with 16.00R20's and a 14 foot cargo bed, with the winch mounted in the back AND a winch added on to the front like the M925, would be the absolute most awesome BIG BEAST of an army truck to drive around! As usual not the least bit worried about fuel mileage! I just want an awesome freaking big 6X6 cargo truck with winches on both ends.
I'm assuming the big winch on the back of the M916 is hydraulically powered. Would a person be able to draw off the same hydraulic system to power another hydraulic winch at the front? I've got a big hydraulic winch sitting here at my place. Probably bigger than I want to put on the front though.
But yeah, just curious if any of you have put a cargo bed on an M916 yet. I'm sure somebody has. I need pictures!
Or I can just buy an M925a1 in the next couple weeks and be happy with that
But I do like to have stuff that is different
Next step is to find a lane big enough to hold it and something you couldn't crawl over or go thru.