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Hello all, We are looking at maybe upgrading one of our deuces to a 5-ton, and had some questions? We are looking at this truck, a 1990 M923A2. One of our mechanics is a certified Allison tech in his real job. That being said, does anyone know what model of 5-speed Allison is in these trucks...

Our mechanic looked at it, I guess he discovered the tranny problem and didn't want to mess with it. I didn't know they sold trucks to the public out of that yard, but we were told that if the equipment sits there for a really long time, then they sell it to the public... That was one of the...

metexaco, did you get that truck from the Federal surplus yard in San Antonio? It sure looks like the tan A3 that used to be there, down to the missing wheel covers and green door. We looked at it, but it seemed to have too many problems, they only wanted $1275 for it at the time. We were...

No-one was injured in the 2nd vehicle, picture was posted to show how tough the trucks are/were.

We have a varied collection of rims with maybe 4-5 rivited rims. Our tire guys have pointed them out to me a few times....

Found these pictures and reference to a official kit for these trucks: !st pic shows one after conversion, 2nd pic is after one was hit by an IED.

Both our 1968 M35A2's had rusted out metal battery boxes, we got a plastic one from the 1967 M35A2 we retired, and had to order another metal one from Boyce Equip. as no-one had any plastic ones at the time. The optima batteries and adapters work well, especially with our emergency lights...

Posted by ALFA2: The Canadian version of the M35, the MLVW, has a 8.2L Detroit Diesel engine with a Allison Automatic MT-643 However the MT643 lists as a 4-speed tranny, maybe some MLVW owners can pitch in and say how fast these trucks go.

RDUKW, Just an observation, In the picture of your deuce it looks like the headlights are in the "upper" position, compare to this picture of a 1965 M35A2. All of the "early" year deuces that I have run across in the DRMO / Surplus yards seem to keep the lower headlight position, even when...

kohburn, Do you have a 5-ton? the rim in the picture looks like a 5-ton rim. I had a blow-out in a deuce on a front tire sometime back while going down a dirt road about 25-30mph. The tire was in better shape than you have pictured. The truck went off the road into a somewhat steep ditch, I...

Skycop, where did your agency get the A3 from?

We had to add mufflers as our guys couldn't hear the radios, etc with the engine running. We used low profile straight through mufflers. I don't know the brand, our muffler guy got them for us. We did re-route the exhaust M35A1 style, sorry don't have any pics yet. we gave these drawings to...

Scootertrs, Does your truck have a turbo? if so is it working correctly? it might have an issue where it's not working correctly restricting airflow. Does the pump work off a PTO from the main drive shaft like most regular firetrucks? or off a tranny PTO? How much water does your truck carry...

Here's the "front porch" in action. note that the white painted rims didn't last long. Our 67' M35 and our old M211 also had similar bumpers. Our 68' W/W in my profile is our first Firefighter deuce without the walk-on bumper. the 2nd picture is us taking the W/W to a 10,000 acre inferno. I'm...

Our 1968 M35A2 WO/W has a 1236-gallon poly tank, but our 1968 M35A2 W/W has a 500-gallon tank. The 1236-gallon tank was ordered before I was Chief. They measured the steel tank that was on our since retired 1967 M35, not knowing how many gallons it really was. The "heavy" deuce has served us...

I got this picture somehow, was taken at a grass fire in NW Texas, looks like an A3, but no name on the door... I wondered if it had broke down due to it being on the side of the road with the engine side cover down.

Thanks, how many gallons is it, and is the tank baffled? anyone know?

Thanks for the info, Why we didn't find out about this before now baffles me, I've bugged our Forest Service rep for a while now about buying trucks without having to go through GL, and he had no clue.

Yes, Ackerman Road, We just found out about this from our Emergency Management Coordinator and are supposed to set-up an appointment and drive up there. We had been getting our deuces from the Texas Forest Service, Some of the local Vol Fire departments ( including ourselves ) would like to...

Figured I would pass this along: These are available for sale in San Antonio to Texas Fire Departments / Govt Agencies only: The A2 with the winch is $3500 :confused: The other two A2's are $300 each The Tan A3 is $1275 The other Two A3's are $7000 and $8000 The pricing makes no sense...