got myself a 1985 M1028A3 Dually CUCV with 28.xxx miles

[Jr_Explorer]

Yeah... 28 years old and only 28k miles? No way. It's at least 128k and probably 228,000-328,000 (that's only 8k-12k/yr!). Heck it could even be 428k! If you sell it I think you'd be hard pressed to morally represent that as anything less than 228k.

 

[R-Overland]

Yeah... 28 years old and only 28k miles? No way. It's at least 128k and probably 228,000-328,000 (that's only 8k-12k/yr!). Heck it could even be 428k! If you sell it I think you'd be hard pressed to morally represent that as anything less than 228k.

The Truck is an Air Force CUCV. They mostly FLY , they don't drive much. It is a truck from the gov. They ALL have low mileage. And if I say it's 28.000, it is 28.000. Do you think I am lying?
here is one with 44.000 miles
http://www.ebay.com/itm/1986-Chevro...21242578949?forcerrptr=true&item=321242578949
this one had 15.000 miles
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Chevrolet-C...330deca1c&item=151143762460&pt=US_Cars_Trucks
this one 18.xxx miles
www.ebay.com/itm/1986-Chevy-blazer-...D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557
are you saying all these people are lying about their mileage and should add 200.000 miles because you don't know any better?

 

[Jr_Explorer]

The Truck is an Air Force CUCV. They mostly FLY , they don't drive much. It is a truck from the gov. They ALL have low mileage. And if I say it's 28.000, it is 28.000. Do you think I am lying?
here is one with 44.000 miles
http://www.ebay.com/itm/1986-Chevro...21242578949?forcerrptr=true&item=321242578949
this one had 15.000 miles
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Chevrolet-C...330deca1c&item=151143762460&pt=US_Cars_Trucks
this one 18.xxx miles
www.ebay.com/itm/1986-Chevy-blazer-...D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557
are you saying all these people are lying about their mileage and should add 200.000 miles because you don't know any better?

Assuming the truck sits undriven every weekend that's 3.83 miles per day for 28 years (if it's driven on the weekends that's 2.74 miles per day). And that odometer doesn't have a digit for 100k. So yes... That seems a little too good to be true. But hey... I'm not buying one so doesn't affect me one way or the other.

 

[The Grinch]

You are obviously not firmilar with how the federal government buys and uses vehicals. I belive his millage claims. The military buys and keeps vehicals for a pre set amount of time / millage. They sell there equipment after it becomes so many years old or has so many miles. Iti is extreamly rare to see a CuCv at government auction that has over 50,000 miles. Check out goverment liquidation if your skeptical. search M1008 or M1028 or CUCV. These trucks sit around alot or are used on base where they don't log many miles. on top of that they are a "support" vehical and not needed as much as say a humvee or troop transport. When moved around the country or world they are trucked or shipped.

Once out of the military it is anyones guess but having 4:56 gears and a 6.2 the top speed is right around 55mph. it would take alot of time to rack up 400,000 going 55 mph. Heck my truck was not a millitary rig but was used on a farm its whole life. Its a 1977 and had 34,000 original miles. Not being someones day driver it is possible to have that low of millage. heck my 1956 willys wagon has 28,000 original miles.

My point is with low gears limiting top speed and sitting for long periods of time it is very easy for older rigs to have low millage even if the year to mile ratio seems crazy low.

 

[E Dr. P]

28,000 is not unrealistic for a CUCV, especially a dually shelter carrier. My SRW m1028 has just under 40,000 which I believe to be accurate. I did have a m1009 blazer that had about 7,000 on the odometer, with the last listed mileage at 97,000 so they can roll over in the military. However as with any military vehicle it is entirely possible that someone changed the odometer if the speedometer stopped working, or it got a engine swap with no documentation to record the true miles.

 

[R-Overland]

Thank you 'the Grinch' and 'E Dr.P'

 

[Jr_Explorer]

Well that is truly amazing. Those would be barely broken in then! LOL! I am familiar with the vehicles used on bases such as Camp Pendleton and even the support vehicles get lots of mileage when you have to drive 30 miles to check on a well location. But then again not many Air Force bases are probably even a third as big as Pendleton. I will stand corrected then. :bowdown:

 

[orangeTJ]

The Truck is an Air Force CUCV. They mostly FLY , they don't drive much. It is a truck from the gov. They ALL have low mileage. And if I say it's 28.000, it is 28.000.

I agree. I watch the Government auction sites all the time, and I see many CUCVs with under 40,000 miles on them all the time. I see duece and a halfs with less than 50k, and 5 ton trucks with even fewer miles.... some with 20k.

 

[thebrassnuckles]

The sticker on the side said Hurlbert field. That base is like a blip. Its pretty tiny, the Services on the sticker means it was like a chow hall truck or something of the sort. It was pretty rare to see a CUCV on an Air Force base even when I was in over 6 years ago. I would bet that thing got the vast majority of those miles after they took off the big box on the back, and it was being used as a services truck.

 

[Rebelord]

May not be a ton of miles, however running hours could be a whole other story. Its possible to have the equivalent of 100k miles idling.

 

[R-Overland]

May not be a ton of miles, however running hours could be a whole other story. Its possible to have the equivalent of 100k miles idling.

One never knows, However , the engine sounds very good.

 

[bowstryder]

R-Overland, so have you fully decided what you are going to do with it?

 

[NMC_EXP]

A dual wheel pickup has one advantage - stability when carrying a slide in camper.

Keeping with the GI theme, have you thought of buying a military S250 (or similar) shelter for the truck and modifying it as a camper?

My daily driver is an M1009. The starter relay upgrade is a must, same for the glow plug relay. I did the Roscommon 12V starter conversion as well.

Jim

 

[R-Overland]

R-Overland, so have you fully decided what you are going to do with it?

yes, I did... I am going to sell the truck.

A dual wheel pickup has one advantage - stability when carrying a slide in camper.

Keeping with the GI theme, have you thought of buying a military S250 (or similar) shelter for the truck and modifying it as a camper?

My daily driver is an M1009. The starter relay upgrade is a must, same for the glow plug relay. I did the Roscommon 12V starter conversion as well.

Jim

Yes, the reason the Air Force went with a dually set up was the high center of gravity , when using the S-250 shelter.
If I was going to keep the truck I would also change the Glow plugs for Heat timed units.
RIght now everything works (knock on wood) right down to the black out lights.