Posted by Chris Lube Lublin on Sunday, November 07, 2004 at 2:37AM :
In Reply to: Military off the shelf Trucks posted by Sparky on Saturday, November 06, 2004 at 10:22PM :
The Chevy CUCV trucks make good strong work trucks, but do leave some to be desired. They are 1 tonners with heavy axles (14 bolt FF rear, and Dana 60 front) They have 4.56 gears which is excessive for the Diesel, as the Diesel does not like going faster than 60 with the 4.56's Also due to the low gears, these trucks get 12MPG which is terrible for the Diesel. Id put some 3.73's in one if I had it. They use a TH400 trans which for an automatic is strong, BUT most of these trucks had a NP208 Chaindrive case. All in all they are decent trucks. The 6.2 is not the best engine in the world, but when maintained, give good service. Good luck!