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M1070 HET dump truck conversion
Hisham
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Posted: Friday, September 09, 2016 - 03:28 AM UTC
Interesting! Don't believe I've seen a HET dump truck before.



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Posted: Friday, September 09, 2016 - 04:53 AM UTC
Interesting. I have never actually seen one of these in military service. I did find a few for sale at military vehicle surplus companies, but they also call it an M1070 dump truck, which it would not be called in military service. The M1070 is the tractor version.
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Posted: Friday, September 09, 2016 - 06:35 PM UTC
Too ugly !!
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Posted: Friday, September 09, 2016 - 07:17 PM UTC
Here's another 1:1 civilian conversion (using the van body of a M820 5-Ton truck I guess) :



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Just what you need to attract attention at the RV park

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Posted: Thursday, September 15, 2016 - 07:48 PM UTC

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Interesting. I have never actually seen one of these in military service. I did find a few for sale at military vehicle surplus companies, but they also call it an M1070 dump truck, which it would not be called in military service. The M1070 is the tractor version.


That confirms what I was thinking.

Thanks Gino.

Cheers,

Christophe
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Posted: Thursday, September 15, 2016 - 09:36 PM UTC
I agree. I think these are civilian conversions of surplus vehicles. They have been cobbled together for the civilian market. As far as I can tell, neither the dump truck nor the expando van version has been used by any military. A strange choice for a conversion kit from Black Dog in my opinion. They tend to do some off the wall stuff though.
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