A very rare find.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/M1087-AAR-EXPANSIBLE-VAN-ULTIMATE-EXPEDITION-VEHICLE/273120347453?hash=item3f973dc53d:g:XpAAAOSwl5tanxjZ&vxp=mtr
Friend down in FL just finished his build and he was averaging 10.8 MPG on his first trip, 1000 mile to the Smokey Mountains.
He has a M1088A1 (6x6) CAT 3126E with high speed axles and a 330HP tune. He also replaced the HEUI pump with the new version that CAT released recently.
According to his...
Spoke with the Houston Office last week cause I am currently looking to buy one and they are on sale at the moment for around 80K he said.
Its a rebadged BAE M1079 civilian version and sold as "Titan Trucks" XD4400 with the Cummins ISB 6.7 (2010 EPA) around 330HP which is very rare...
I hear ya. My goal is to have lockers on all axles, 2sp TC, and Front/Rear winches just in case. Thanks for sharing.
Good to know. Hope to pull the trigger once I get stateside. Thanks
Got it, will make those two things priority.
Im really gonna try for the Cummins ISB 6.7. Had one of those on a smaller dump truck at my dad's farm and we never had any issues 325K on the clock. But if for some reason i cant go that route, C7 it is. I know a really good CAT mechanic that gave me...
I do want a Cummins but they rare and expensive. The only place that ive found them is wwmach dot com.
They got M1079 and M1088 with the 6.7 ISB 2010 Spec.
Asking price are around 100k for the truck and i still have to swap to higher gears among other things i wanna do to it and it would go...
Great point about the 2sp TC. My father adviced me the same thing. I will contact them and see if it can be done. Thanks again for the tip :D
After talking to them, that was my impression. Will pull the trigger on this hopefully by mid March. The only thing I still need to figure out is which...
Thanks for the tip and ive seen that truck.
Its sweet but i need a bit more space since i will always be traveling with 4-5 plus 2 dogs for 3-4 months at a time.
Regarding the C7, i am leaning towards that engine aswell. I know about the horror stories with the HUEI pump faliures and how...
Hey Guys,
New to the forum and I want to get some info on this company if anyone has purchased one of their trucks or knows a bit about the company.
Background on what I am planing on doing:
In the market for a M1088 6x6 truck that i will be converting into an EV and tour North/South America...
Awesome man, thanks for the info. But yeah thats what ive seen aswell while doing my research. Im new to this type of build with a military truck and honestly from what ive been told, i need to do alot of upgrades to the truck to fit my needs before the builder gets it.
If you or anyone else...