Deuce and a Half Part 1 Journey Across the United States!

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Elliott Ray

2 жыл бұрын

Part 1 of my Journey across the United States! Virginia to Tennessee

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@jeepercreepers2 2 жыл бұрын

Hell yeah brothers!!!! I am a hour west of Richmond And actually just got a 1969 m35a2 multi fuel. Can’t believe I am just now seeing this.

@itsyakoba7537 Жыл бұрын

Ah over by Powhatan? I’m looking for one in Va what did you pay for it?

@davecrombie5679 8 ай бұрын

They loud slow obnoxious but so much fun to drive. Out of all the vehicles I drove in the Army they where my favorite. Want to get one here soon. No where to keep it at the present. Good luck and have a blast.

@Elliott_Ray 5 ай бұрын

Thank you and hope you get one soon!

@jimsmith9819 4 ай бұрын

my favorite was what i drove, M113, liked the deuce though

@OldMotorcycleAdventures Жыл бұрын

I can't imagine your fuel costs. We did a cross country with my wife's 4runner and a 20 ft camper last summer, was paying over $4 a gallon for 87 most states. Currently in CT we are at $6 a gallon for diesel

@markyuzapavik-nm5je 3 ай бұрын

These deuce and a 1/2 smite be slow, but they are bad a**They will go just about anywhere.You have the balls to hang on to

@andycox1793 6 ай бұрын

I drove a m35a3 towbar pulling a m820 5 ton Expando Van approx 250 miles. Not the smartest thing we ever did… The 3116 cat did not like it but I was really surprised the trans never got warm. I wish whoever designed the repower options for the m35a3 program would have picked a trans other than the 1545 Allison with only a 1:1 for top gear as the approx 50 mph top speed empty is brutal when coming from an m35a2 that will run 59mph at 2600rpm even with the smaller 9:00x20 tires or approx 18% faster.

@Elliott_Ray 6 ай бұрын

Woah that must have gotten a lot of attention!! Yes I really wish the transmission had a 5 speed automatic. They had the technology…but military contracting goes to the lowest bidder

@gordonjohnson405 Жыл бұрын

I have Deuce. Not quite back to "mint" condition. I still have 3 more pinion seals to replace, one rusted spot on the cab to cut-and-but, and the cab to paint. Strangely enough...I like driving it. It's slow speed bothers me. And in hot, humid NC weather it is horrible to be stuck in traffic with the engine heating the air around you. But as long as you can keep moving, and don't need to go faster than about 45 mph, it is a very capable and easily handled vehicle. I hope your trip was successful. Before the Ukraine thin blew up, I considered driving my Deuce around the world for peace... Naive. Yes. But as retired military, you have to put away your gins sometime...

@Elliott_Ray Жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing! Good luck on your Deuce build. Yeah the 55mph max really made the road trip a lot longer than it needed to be

@mudpuppy0984 2 жыл бұрын

Nice I want to do something like this in my 1952 gmc m211

@mikehollis1626 2 жыл бұрын

Safe travels

@Elliott_Ray 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! I’ve already made it spoiler alert. Just had to edit all these videos

@victorcarreras2499 6 ай бұрын

M35A3 automatic transmission

@Elliott_Ray 5 ай бұрын

correct!

@Robbie_Prz Ай бұрын

Any idea what the music is called at 7:55?

@GUARDIAN6B 10 ай бұрын

How did you mount a trailer hitch to the truck?

@Elliott_Ray 9 ай бұрын

The Hitch comes with eight, massive Grade-8 bolts, took me I think 3 drills bits and a lot of drilling to get through the 1/4” steel

@williamworth2746 11 ай бұрын

They have wawas down south now ?

@Elliott_Ray 5 ай бұрын

Well in Virginia they did

@o0RageCore0o 2 жыл бұрын

You got an A3? Not as fun as an A2 with shifting and no power steering ;)

@Elliott_Ray 2 жыл бұрын

I wanted the automatic for Convenience purposes with driving it a lot, but yes the 5-speed would have been nice to hit 60mph on this long journey. But I made do

@hummerguy 2 жыл бұрын

The no power steering on the A2 is annoying but I can live with it. I just wish overdrive kits were still made. I keep my A2 around 45-53 mph, I'm pretty sure if I changed the tires out to the super singles, I'll be able to do 55-60 which would be much more practical for me, and if I had the overdrive kit plus the super singles, it'll probably do 75. I know tactical repair has an overdrive kit plus the G177 tires and he done 75

@o0RageCore0o 2 жыл бұрын

@@hummerguy I have 395s singled out. I am only brave enough to drive 60.

@hummerguy 2 жыл бұрын

@@o0RageCore0o Nicee, Im on NDTs currently, that beats my 45 lol. At the most I took it to 53 going downhill a little with the wind helping me lmao

@foolwithatool2052 11 ай бұрын

@@hummerguyI thought they were already overdrive? I heard 4th was a 1:1 and 5th was an overdrive. They definitely have the torque to pull 70 though, just can't get there with stock gearing because it runs out of the powerband so early.