I have a friend that bought the m818 out of VA. He wanted it bad, we are going to shorten it and put 48in tires on it. He already bought one 06 depot rebuild off me this year. You guys don't under stand it's a wave with the prices, I have been buying from GL since 03 and you see a pattern with the prices. It's all driven on supply and demand. I have sold 3 depot rebuild trucks for big bucks, Try to buy a nice civilian tractor thats 6x6 for less than 15K. We can cry about the prices, and say it sold for way to much, But GL has been selling trucks since 2001. The supply is running out. If you think $3000 is a lot for a truck 5 ton, or 2 1/2 ton then get into a different hobby that you can afford. I have sold 15 duces this year, and the cheapest one was $7,500. More people are seeing the military trucks at car shows or driving down the roads, and think their very cool and want one. All I can say is buy up the cheap trucks you can and sit on them for a year or so. The supply of 2 1/2 tons are drying up on GL, there are only 200 left to be sold by GL. This hobby is only going to get bigger, and there are only so many trucks. Please don't take offense to what I said I am just trying to be informative!