It was! Living here off and on since 1999, I'd never been up there!
Thanks! It's apparently in running, more or less air-up (air assist brakes) and drive away condition from what I'm told. They're not totally maintenance free by ANY stretch of the imagination, though. A few people I worked with over the summer were constantly teasing me about wrenching on it in the Walmart parking lot, etc. 50% of people think it's the most ridiculous thing they've ever heard and laugh at me, whereas the other 50% think it's the neatest thing they've ever heard. (This doesn't include other MV (Military Vehicle) enthusiasts...there is a forum for that I'm on. So, just like LG and GOL for lighting enthusiasts, it turns out I'm far from the only weird one. In fact I'd say this one is much more widespread than the lighting hobby! In fact there's multiple people my age wanting a Deuce 2-1/2 ton or even a 5-ton as a first vehicle, as a daily driver..."Do I need a CDL?", etc. The most common (80s-90s) version of the 5 ton at least is an automatic, whereas the most common Deuce is a manual, with, get this, not the typical shift pattern either! That's going to be a bit of a pain in the neck in rush-hour, stop-and-go, light-to-light city traffic, which I will be driving in a lot of. (And lots of open highway too, where it won't be so bad). Except for going down the freeway in the slow lane at 45MPH! That's another thing, the newer 5-tons actually get a somewhat decent 12MPG and 60MPH, so you can actually drive on the freeway comfortably.
I laugh at myself though whenever I think that while in college my commute may switch from walking about a mile each way, and paddling a kayak, often in ugly weather, to going down the freeway at 45MPH in a 2.5 ton 6X6. On a side note, one of my teachers and I have this stupid running joke about commuting to school at 70MPH on the interstate in Ford Excursions, "thumping bass" (explicit rap music, etc).
Your comment about waxing cracked me up though. I'll hopefully see how much rust this one has in a few weeks (In pictures, not in person).
I know one thing I'll have to add though is a block heater, for those -40F Fairbanks, AK winters. And I'll probably install a radio as well...it'll be nice for possibly an hour-plus-long commute (Trying to live outside of the metro area proper, being a ruralite) and planning to do about 15,000 miles a year, including commuting, driving between interior Alaska and Southeast Alaska and central California, and whatever else.
If you want, I'll link to the story I posted elsewhere, if you want to see it in context.
LOL yeah, this one was mainly intended for "those" plants, but it would work well for anything else too, and I won't be growing "those" anytime soon. Although, my current house was at one time a grow-op, and came with a bunch of 400w MH higbay heads and lamps, and some 1000w MH and HPS lamps, and a 1000w HPS ballast (The 1000w stuff I've never tried firing up).
I just can't picture you smoking that stuff to be honest.
Then you didn't see how both the wraparounds in my kitchen failed...same thing.
Score! Wow, 3 lamps in series? What color temp will you guys use? Or is this a "Whatever is cheapest at Home Depot" kind of deal?