New to me m59 dump truck...

[Evil Dr. Porkchop]

It's been a while since I've done any work on the 2.5 ton dump so I figured I better make some progress now that the weather is decent. Drove it out front and started sanding and priming the back half of the frame, as well as the quarter fenders and brackets.

My plan of using 3 other trucks for parts has turned out pretty good. By selling off all the extra parts I've now got less money in the dump truck than I paid for it originally. Not bad considering I started with a truck with a stuck engine, no cab protector, junk tires, sprag t-case, no radiator, etc. Now it has a running multifuel engine, cab protector, 11 good tires set aside, air shift t-case, multifuel fenders, winch kit, etc. Good thing I'm not keeping track of the time invested though.

 

[tommys2patrick]

Looks like some air force blue under the army green. Not sure if you already discussed this but, have you made a final color selection?

 

[Evil Dr. Porkchop]

Looks like some air force blue under the army green. Not sure if you already discussed this but, have you made a final color selection?

The paint scheme will match the m756a2. Gillespie 24087 paint with army markings, stars, etc.

The quarter fender had blue paint on it but the mounting brackets for it didn't.
At this point it's almost impossible to tell what parts are original and what has been changed over the last 64 years. I believe it was bought from a surplus dealer in NY back in the 80s by a friend of mine. He worked for that dealer and I'm sure would have taken whatever parts it needed off of other trucks being scrapped including at least one other m59 that he gave me the data tag from.

In the 90s that friend sold the truck to another friend of mine that ran the surplus yard I work out of now. The front fenders and maybe other sheet metal were changed out with parts from a forestry deuce which was part of the deal. The cab was swapped at some point as well before it was all painted green. It definitely could have picked up more parts at that point as well.

 

[Evil Dr. Porkchop]

Started spraying a little bit of paint today. The goal is to get the quarter fenders on the truck in the next couple days. I'm sick of moving those around the barn.

The other day I dug out a 5 ton PTO to sell and it had the aux output for a dump truck installed on it. So I swapped that with the rear cover on the deuce PTO I'm keeping as a spare. I've got to pay better attention to what I buy.

 

[Evil Dr. Porkchop]

They're not perfect but they're on the truck at least. There is supposed to be one more brace on the top of each one, I've got to reweld the one I've got then make another for the passenger side.

 

[bigmike]

Coming along nicely.

 

[Evil Dr. Porkchop]

I bought the truck two years ago today and it's still not even close to done. I fired it up yesterday and it still drives and tips though!
Maybe next year.

 

[SETOYOTA]

I hear ya. My 108 is taking me forever

 

[Evil Dr. Porkchop]

I hear ya. My 108 is taking me forever

Your m108 is looking good, that'll be a really nice truck when it's all done. I'd like to have one some day but I have to catch up on my current projects first.

 

[MuleMac01]

Same with my M275 it's taking me 2 years also to get her this way.. But your dump truck is looking great.

 

[jeffhuey1n]

My M59 is is on the back burner. I’m swamped with other stuff. One of these days...

 

[cattlerepairman]

I am planning a petition to suspend the seasons. I can't deal with shorter and shorter daylight hours where you can't get anything done after coming home from work, falling leaves that stick to my fresh paint and constant threat of rain showers when I am working on my truck outside.
I want June back!

 

[Evil Dr. Porkchop]

I am planning a petition to suspend the seasons. I can't deal with shorter and shorter daylight hours where you can't get anything done after coming home from work, falling leaves that stick to my fresh paint and constant threat of rain showers when I am working on my truck outside.
I want June back!

Maybe this winter I'll clear some space in the barn so I can at least get some work done on parts and pieces. If I stopped buying projects that would help too.

 

[Terracoma]

...If I stopped buying projects that would help too.

The struggle is real... I'm glad someone else can sympathize!

 

[DavidWymore]

Keep it up! I gotta get the motivation to do head gaskets, it's desert season. Then hopefully paint when winter start to warm back up in a few months.

 

[Evil Dr. Porkchop]

I didn't get time over the winter to do a single thing to the dump truck.
I did figure out that the TV episode it was pictured in is from 1991.

I also found a shipping receipt for it that shows the first time it came to the yard was in 1995. It was bought as a package deal with an m108 crane truck. Parts from a yellow cab and chassis truck were bought along with it to replace all the missing front sheet metal. I still haven't found a good pic of it in yard back in the day but it's in both shots below. It's on the very left, in the same shape as in 91. The one with the bucket on the fender is the m108. You can also see it to the left of the m35 cargo truck in the second pic.

If I didn't already know it was supposed to be parked in that spot I wouldn't notice it's the same truck, but the engine details are the same.

 

[Evil Dr. Porkchop]

At the NJ show I picked up a mint windshield frame for $20 so I put that on today. I think I'm going to use the headlight panels off of a 1967 truck instead of the 1966 panels that allow for high or low headlights. While putting on a replacement hood I noticed the truck has an LDS IP. Not sure how I missed that.

 

[Evil Dr. Porkchop]

The dump truck has actually been a little useful lately while doing some tree trimming around the yard. It would really be nice if it was on the road but at least it's somewhat operable.

A couple years back I learned that the m108 a couple posts up is owned by another friend of mine, and I've been wanting to get a look at it since then. It needs a ton of work and a ton of parts but it's pretty cool that it's still around.

 

[SETOYOTA]

You really need to get the m108. I hope one day to find a nice dump

 

[Redpawn]

Any idea what year M108 that is?