newbe wants your thoughts.

[JoeD]

Hi guys, I have been visiting this site for a while and just joined up. I do not have a deuce but I am really nuts about getting one. I am however
unsure if I buy one if it will be over my head. My experience over the years has only been with pick-up trucks and building jeeps. Should I stick with the smaller vehicles or jump into a deuce?
JoeD

 

[gimpyrobb]

The only thing different is the size of the parts, bigger. Do it.

 

[Big CASE]

NO NO jump right in , you can do it ...
MV are just big toys and a deuce is a big jeep , lol
if you have the heart you can do it .
they just are bigger that's all .

 

[wsucougarx]

JoeD, experience can only arise by being around them. Lets put it this way, my experience was with watercooled VW's before I took the plunge into MV's. I got my first deuce in AUG08. Since that time I have owned 5!!! Just do it, you'll learn along the way and definately from the experts in this forum. Don't listen to others that question your sanity for buying one of these trucks

 

[Recovry4x4]

Should I stick with the smaller vehicles or jump into a deuce?
JoeD

What? A deuce is a smaller vehicle! As long as you have a spot to park it and service it, I'd go for it.

 

[gimpyrobb]

JoeD, experience can only arise by being around them. Lets put it this way, my experience was with watercooled VW's before I took the plunge into MV's. I got my first deuce in AUG08. Since that time I have owned 5!!! Just do it, you'll learn along the way and definately from the experts in this forum. Don't listen to others that question your sanity for buying one of these trucks

Haha, I DARE you to only buy ONE!

 

[Big CASE]

 

[wsucougarx]

I hear ya Gimp, MV are just like those dang potato chips. You can't just have one....

 

[papabear]

Well Joe...I say go for the gusto...save a few more bucks and get a 5ton!
Heck...they aint THAT much bigger...well...except for the parts, and tires, and truck needs a bigger parking space etc...but what the heck!

 

[crazyplowboy]

I'd say go for it, I was into the jeeping thing for a few years and loved it, but the MVs are so much better. I am also spending less money on maintaining my deuce than I did on my 72 CJ5. It is a little bit harder to find parts (you can't just run down the road and pick most of them up) but not undoable. I'd say read alittle more into it, find someone in your area with a truck you can test drive and clear out a parking space in your back yard.

 

[shannondeese]

I am an avid off roader and have been stationed all over the U.S. I wish I wouldn't have waited so long to get a deuce. Imagine all the fun I could have had mudding in Va. then driving it around D.C. covered in mud instead of doing it in my Ford. Then again climbing Tellico trails in it. Now I am running around the desert in my Deuce and loving it. My old ford is still here but has been relegated to daily driver status.

 

[Speddmon]

Joe, if you are unsure, drive an hour and a half south and come check mine out and we'll go for a drive and you can make a decision first hand.

I say go for it...they are a blast, and like gimpy said, I dare you to stop at one MV.

 

[crazyplowboy]

Stop out at the get together at jpcj-7's place this weekend and check out some of the trucks there. His house is in Shiloh and isn't too far from you.

 

[Garandfan]

Im about 20 minutes away from you, near Macedonia. I am new to the hobby (4 months). You can get a close up of mine and I can provide some help in your search. You may just want to buy mine because I may want a 5 Ton..

 

[bgekky3]

If you want to go for a ride let me know before next weekend. My truck is at my dad's shop in Mantua about 30 or so minutes from Medina. I find out on Monday if I am going to New Mexico for a while, so I might have to move in two weeks.

 

[Garandfan]

Bgekky3, I'll watch your truck for a while!

 

[wsucougarx]

I think we'll make a believer out of him yet

 

[bgekky3]

My truck will be just fine acting as my storage shed. I am going to coat it with oil and bring a friend back from the southwest so it isn't lonely anymore.

 

[Garandfan]

ooooh. nothing like a matching set! pairs of things are always nice to play with!

 

[wreckerman893]

I do not have a deuce but I am really nuts about getting one.

If you are really nuts then you are just where you need to be.......the biggest MV support group there is.

Hi........I'm Wreckerman and I'm an MV addict.

The first step is admitting you have a problem.........from there on out it is a steep slope to rock bottom where you wake up and there are 15 big green vehicles out in your pasture.

But......I can stop anytime I want to......MUHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA