# Military Trucks on the Road

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/military-trucks-on-the-road/32537>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Created:** [June 28, 2009, 6:47pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/military-trucks-on-the-road/32537 "2009-06-28T18:47:21Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![jtsanders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c2a13f/32.png) [@jtsanders](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jtsanders)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2009, 6:47pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/military-trucks-on-the-road/32537/1 "2009-06-28T18:47:21Z")

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Has anyone seen military cargo trucks licensed to civilians? I’ve seen 2 that look like they are at least 5-tons in the last two weeks. Is this military-chic? I’m glad I don’t have to pay for diesel fuel.

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**Author:** ![MikeInNH](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a587f6/32.png) [@MikeInNH](https://community.cartalk.com/u/MikeInNH)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2009, 7:19pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/military-trucks-on-the-road/32537/2 "2009-06-28T19:19:09Z")

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It’s done all the time. There’s a Military Car club in NH. People buy the old trucks for pennies on the dollar and refurbish them.

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**Author:** ![GreasyJack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/df705f/32.png) [@GreasyJack](https://community.cartalk.com/u/GreasyJack)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2009, 7:35pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/military-trucks-on-the-road/32537/3 "2009-06-28T19:35:35Z")

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I had an aquantence whose dad was an attorney in eastern Montana and at one point a client paid him for his services with a 1980’s-vintage six-wheel-drive deuce-and-a-half truck. As it turns out, the thing was basically a license to print money, because during fire season he would rent it out to rural fire departments for a few hundred bucks a day. During bad fire seasons, that adds up quick!