I was a logistics clerk for the Marines in 1st Battalion, 11th Marines and I worked for the motor T guys. Those 5 ton trucks and dueses (humvee's too) would break down all the time. It was usually three things that would do it.., the alternator, the starter or the glow plugs. We were always short on our budget for parts, so the mechanics would go out on expeditions at night and "acquire" the parts they needed from the other battalions that were better funded than we were. 🤣 Ah, those were good days!

Diesel Dave and you are 2 of the most talented hoarders on KZfaq!!

man seeing new videos from diesel bros and now MtnFortressLabs reminds me of the joy i got watching Saturday morning cartoons growing up......

One of those trucks with a tank could be a handy vehicle to have around cero Gordo to haul water and maybe set up as a brush fire truck

When you have a passion for collecting, it's tough to let go. But after letting go, the relief can be very comforting.

Everyone has the same question "WHAT'S THE PLAN FOR TRUCKS ALAN "?🤣🤣🤣

Please Alan, make a video of you personnal History! Your job, life, where and when did you buy ALL those vehicules Thanks Good video again

They look so unfashionable, but they keep looking outstanding

It's a good thing that it doesn't take much to make Allen happy.

In the sixties, my friend Gary and I would play with our diecast trucks in a covered sand and gravel area his Dad had built. We would line them all up when we were done, stand like giants, and admire our collection. The crazy thing is I think Alan has more of a collection of actual trucks lined up, ready to come alive with fluids, batteries, and wizardry.

So glad to see a real mountain mechanic doing good sharing knowledge thank you

I love the idea there is some serious work / changes going on this year. You have mentioned getting help this summer it would be amazing if you end the year with a functioning shop and a fleet of working heavy machinery / trucks

So cool to see the old truck fire up and move after all these years.

Alan you’re awesome. You remind me of my dad I always said he would buy a 1000 things for a dollar instead of buying one good thing for $1000 lol 😂 . Love your videos you’re always working hard.

It's so great to see you and Les back in action. I've been waiting for the weather to get nice again so I can watch and learn. 😊

I’m jealous of all your military equipment I see the stuff pop up on craigslist or offer up but it’s always extraordinarily expensive after it leaves the auction.

Amazing to see those old engines run again.

What's the plan with all of the old military trucks? It seems like you might be wise to sell as many off as you can to raise money (and clear space) for other stuff.

Cool to see you moving your inventory around. It will be exciting to watch you shape the landing.

We had some GREAT weather... for a day or two. And then back to snow!! LOL But only the locals will know that.

Alan, I love your channel. I wish you would give us some info on why you're moving those trucks and what's your plans for more stuff coming in.

It's awesome seeing your vids but man how i miss driving those trucks , i was a motor transport operator and drove everything on wheels and tracks during my time military time .

Alan, you are a very intelligent, motivated, and interesting man! It really would be neat to hear a little bit about your history and how and when you purchase the mountain and such. Thank you for the videos!!

Worked for a Company that ran a Pipe line from Northern Salt Lake to Vegas. We purchased 5 6x6 from an old boy in Toole. They where great machines. The breaks had a little to be desired. But I will always Love running them trucks. They where a Bladt.😊

Thanks for sharing !

Great job guys. Thank you 😊

Outstanding!

Great work.

Thanks Alan

I have waiting so long and here you are with a new vid, spend some time see old Sparks-videos meanwhile waiting to....

I ALWAYS enjoy watching your shows.

Looks like fun running those military trucks. Thank you for sharing with us 🙏 God Bless

You're awesome Alan!😊

Great video!!

Good Job...

Keep up the work

keep them coming 👍

Doing a great job Allan.

Always loved the Deuce and Halfs!! :) .. I was in the Canadian Reserves bak in the 70's .. I never got to drive muh except to say I did it :) .. But road in the back MANY hundreds of miles!! :) ... And collected many tons of trash on the garbage runs to the nearby Dump :) There was one spot on the run I'd switch from one trucks running board to another going the opposite direction without stopping :) Always wanted one for myself, with the multi fuel capacity!!

Keep up the great work my friend!👍

Love seeing all your vehicles. I always wanted a deuce and a half. They look and sound awesome. Can't wait for more videos

All those 5T Trucks are really cool Wizard

Great content, looking forward to more ❤. 👌

Great video, keep up the good work.

Great video ! I love the content you put up here. I’m excited to see what’s next!

I like your channel and love those old duece 1/2s.

Very KOOL Alan and Les Getting interesting

Great video

cool!

Definitely a wizard 😂 love the vids can’t wait to see the fortress 👍

You my friend have "the patience of Job"!

lets get the fortress upgrades going!! 😁

I love all those dodge pickups 🙂

I would love to own one of them suburbans!

Should build a off road wrecker with all those military trucks and compete against matt off road recovery in their competition

Wow over 100K your at 133k now looking great and moving up Thumbs up 👍

Who else is amazed these old diesel motors just start after many years with not much fixing?

love it. im so excited to see all this progress. i'd love to come out and help

the E-48 (Engin number 48) was the truck designator. It was a fire suppression vehicle.

Dude, you need a big hangar digged in the base of your mountain for all this beasts ! Another life work !

You are awsome Alan ! When I grow up I wanna be just like you.. I would love to come help you play with all those toys. Those trucks are a gem.

I've honestly never gotten so much enjoyment out of watching some rando on youtube. Great work, Alan!

Keep putting in the work, the fortress is coming along

Nice work! You could make a ton of will it start videos with your depot fleet. 😄

wow, Allen you got a lot going on as always be safe god bless

Good luck

Damn dude, you need more stuff!😂

I do enjoy your videos

Love the M35s as well! My favorite truck as well. Like to see u put these trucks back in working order! I'll watch those vids for sure!!!! Hate the white paint on them! They deserve camo or the OD green paint!!!

Ya know how little boys would line up their Tonka trucks on the shelf and pull them down every once in a while. That’s Alan with all these army trucks. Maybe I can’t understand it but that’s just me. They’re cool that’s for sure. But I wonder what the long term plan is.

Alan, sell some of that rusty iron brother, then you have $$ to put in to your fortress, dude !

Hello from Siesta Key Florida

When I was in the military, drove duce and a halfs for many years. When I would drive them around the yard, I would sometimes put the transfer case in low. This would make it start moving easier and make it easier to steer in tight spaces. One thing to remember though is that you have to put it back in high range when you park so that the next driver won't be driving around in low range by mistake.

O Lovely trucks allan

Allen I love what you are doing. Wish I was there and could help.

i wonder about possibly having a concrete slab set up there for storage. it would help possibly keep the landscape among all the vehicles and parts from washing away in floods, but might help lower ground contact rusting issues over long periods. but maybe also to help organize the space, it could have lot lines and space zones marked out for efficiency, and for organization. also, it might help keep the weeds from growing up in and among the vehicles as those are a fire hazard, and fire is one thing i know you would like to mitigate as much as possible eh. also, i agree with some others that you could use some sort of warehouse like building in the depot area, for protecting and maybe even securing (against theft) of historical vehicles and also components that could be easily carried off by the unscrupulous ones in the world with bad ideas over other peoples things. might be costly, but i know you have a budget that you work with for supply runs and such, and daily living needs. so it coudl be worked into the schedule for the next few years or piecemeal slabs as you go, if this a thing you want to do or might consider.

I put a many a mile in the 70"s on a Duce and a Half with a trailer. I hauled some stuff with them Multi Fuel Trucks. I burned JP4 in one plus Gas and a Mix of Oil and turned the exhaust stack Red Hot one night going down the Autobahn in Germany. I could split shift one start in Low Low go to through the gears to Third then grab the arm and pull it up on the transfer case to Third High and keep going. Never got one stuck ever. A gamma Goat yes, a 5 ton NO!. I used to Haul Tanks with a 10 Ton everywhere. Kinda fun.

Lets goo ur vids are awsome

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thks/ God Bless

Well done Alan always enjoy your videos Love you dodges rebuild One please

Double return springs were common on civilian diesel engines also...idea being that if one failed the other could get you to the next post-trip inspection.

Yeah

Love you videos Alan be nice to know what you are going to do with all those trucks you could build a few special ones out of all you have and keep one of each machine and go scrap the others to help pay for more to be done on the Wizards Fortress. Stay safe my friend x

Looks like you need to get the 2.5 ton with the wrecker bed going to move all th others. Just sayin! Love watching the progress of the fortress.

Hi Alan. It might make an interesting video if you went into some details about how you came to acquire such a large collection of rare and unusual vehicles. Hearing about all the deuce and a half's, old Dodges and square bodies must be a pretty cool story.

Wait a sec...... Hahahahah. The Wzrd is a madman, and I'm all about it. Would love to just be there and help whenever possible and soak up all the knowledge Alan has to share. Also, Mr. Wzrd, your sitting on a little goldmine there man and you know it. Need some cash, off a checile or two and back to getting after it! Keep this great stuff coming. Been a subscriber from day one.

Great getting these old units going. Oh don’t mix silicone brake fluid with dot3. You can, but not recommended.

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Surprised that you never use these trucks for hauling up the moutain. Perfect water tanker right there 😊

hope that your seperating them running and non running to make your life easier in the future lol. such a huge collection of 2.5 and 5 tons and square bodys. id get the running ones into one side of the lot and part the others for stuff you need and sell the rest tho selling a collection will be hard it make your life a little easier and get some funds to fix others hope to see more of them running in the future, that jeep truck at the ending tho would love to see that get some love unless u got a better one too but that'd be a nice one to see road worthy again all of them around here are rusted up and so bad they aint even worth the time to try to fix them

Good night

Good morning brother

I’ve always wanted an old 5 ton or deuce and a half bobbed but can’t afford to do it. You got them just sitting around.

I drove a Bravo 1951 Deuce with a 5th wheel, towed my machine shop all thru Iraqi Freedom. That's neither here nor there, I think you should try your favorite one with a RC setup, test out that hill behind you.

Hope to see you again soon with an update video.

I’d like to visit and hang out for a month but I’m sure thousands of others would too .

Bet you could part out most of this stuff.

Allen, did I hear you say 88"?! Leveling that much dirt and area would take forever! Not to mention all the hours it'll take just to move all that stuff out of there.

Things tend to roll? Not much has rolled in the depot for a long time. I will admit I am jealous of your collection.