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Hey, I'm not sure where best to post this question, but does anyone know or have done business with Johnny Rice/Rice Military Truck Sales in Conway, Arkansas?

I understand there is an increased cost-of-ownership risk with an A3, which is why I presumed to start with A2s. I'm actually completely agnostic on manual vs. automatic. Also, I already have one CAT on hand already, heh. It will really come down to price, features, and condition. I have to...

Thanks for that nugget of wisdom! I'm seeing more A3s at better prices than I thought I would, so I'm increasing my focus on the A3. I live full-time in a 39-ft Class A diesel coach on a Freightliner chassis. So the whole air brake thing is a solved problem for me. ;)

One of the posts here I found here from over a decade ago still seems to largely apply to my situation: https://www.steelsoldiers.com/threads/so-you-want-a-mil-truck-here-is-what-they-cost.90811/. Here is the money quote from his summary, in my opinion: All of that reinforces that a M35A2...

I woke up a couple of times this week with ice melting off my car's windshield. Does that count? 🥶

That is an awesome truck, thanks so much for sharing that. You are still into that for barely over the retail price Eastern Surplus is asking for.

Welcome to the weekend, everyone. Total noob here, starting a thread here about practical considerations of attempting to start off in this hobby with a 2+ton truck. I have to say, I didn't think at first I would be all that interested in this class of vehicle; it just screamed overkill. But as...

Hey everyone, I appreciate all the great input. To reply to some of the concerns... I can already taste the salty snack Potato Chip Addiction, and I haven't even bought anything yet. So, yeah. I'll consider myself properly warned. 😄 OMG, would I love to have a full box trailer for the jag! I...

Hey everyone, great advice all the way around, and I agree that a MV trailer is not practical for me at this time, but I like testing ideas like this to see what I learn from them. I've decided to follow my own bootstrapping mantra, and make use of the resource I already have. I own one 7k...

Air over hydraulic means the brakes don't have to be caged, i.e., not like what I'm used to on my Spartan and Freightliner chassis?

The container has serious lockboxes that your typical tweaker isn't getting past. Not that it's invulnerable by any means. A plasma cutter would make short work of the sidewalls, so locks are useless at that point. Still, in the 2 years that gear has been socked away, no one has gotten into it...

Ken, since I was pointed in the direction of your customized M1061A1 thread, I just want to say, bravo! Wow.

In general for this thread, to give everyone an idea how small my tractor setup is (it looks like an overgrown lawn mower 😂), I'm going to attach a photo of everything crammed into the 20-footer. (Not pictured is the backhoe. Not sure where my brother-in-law had that when this pic was taken.)...

That idea was my original starting point. It was hard to tell how bad access was going to be until I cleared at least some of the overgrowth from the culvert. It's really not bad, relatively speaking. Just not good enough to be certain a contract driver isn't going to refuse delivery on me...

:ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO: Right? Like I don't already have enough hobbies as it is??? :eek: Thanks so much to everyone for the warm welcome and Merry Christmas and all that jazz.

Thanks for the reply! I absolutely intend to eventually get the 20-footer moved to my new location. It's a bit of a chicken-egg problem. The container has to be empty to be moved. Also, access to the property is terrain challenged at the moment, and there's no way a delivery driver is going to...

This is all good to know, thanks very much! The only thing I found just googling was the M1061A1, which is a very interesting trailer, but seems to maybe be a bit rare, and the deck height would require a good ramp solution for the small tractor. I was hoping there might be other similar...

Thanks, great question. I have a couple of answers. 1st: I currently have a typical Dodge Hemi Ram pickup rated for 10k towing, but only 2-wheel drive. There are some smaller miliary trailers I can probably get away with towing on an infrequent or temporary basis. (I can also theoretically use...

My first question I have as a new forum member today is regarding trailers, and if there are any recommended trailers I should be looking for. My use case is, I recently purchased land in Navarro County TX; I already own a sub-compact tractor and a significant collection of attachments (JD...

Hey folks, while I am not new to civilian vehicles, I simply had so real clue or awareness of this world you inhabit until this week. I recently purchased some raw land I intend to slowly tame and make use of. During my research on ways of bootstrapping my property on the cheap, I kind of...