RANT WARNING: THIS POST CONTAINS RANTING THAT MAY BE HAZARDOUS TO YOUR SELF ESTEEM!!
I've bought 10-12 m35s and plenty of other govt. vehicles of all sorts over the years and trailered EVERY ONE of them because their condition for safe operation on the public roads cannot be verified in the field. ANYONE who drives ANY of these trucks off base after a good tire kicking is an idiot, a danger to this hobby and a real threat to themselves and the general public. You DO NOT KNOW what might fail on the trip home and it's the height of selfish bugger-eatin' moronism to say "Well, ain't nuthin' happened before, hyuk, hyuk!", this 'just wire up that dogbone, add some fluid to the master-cylinder, make sure the e-brake works and it'll be alright' is BS; these aren't used Toyotas from the auction with redundant safety features, 12,000 lbs less weight and bumpers that don't fit nicely THROUGH the windows of most other vehicles on the road, including the one my kids are in...
Then there is the liability (I'd like to keep what I own) angle to this, maybe you don't own s^%t so you figure you're judgement proof like these fools around here with 5,000lbs of junk on a 1/2 ton pickup gently swaying from side to side all the way to scrappy's place on a suspended license and lapsed insurance. Not owning crap and not giving a **** is still no excuse to put others at risk.
WISE UP, all it takes is one tragedy and all these wonderful tan and green machines will be 'off-road only' or will go the way of the M151, there is your precedent. It's not funny, it's not 'an adventure' and there are plenty of folks that would like to see these vehicles out of civvy hands altogether, will YOU be the f@#%ing fool that gives them the ammunition to make it so!?
Ahhhh, I feel better now the caffeine is beginning to work... Have a blessed day!