Hi guys, I'm Lymm, a retired Army Veteran.We used the M977 in the Ammo section when I was in Field Artillery to haul in Artillery ammo and dunnage once the firing was done. We also used them to carry material as well. You should have a remote to operate the Boom hoist loader as well. One bad thing is it doesn't swing to the right wide, it's not a 360 degree boom. The side panels and eithr be lowered down or removed all together. I was extremely happy when we went to the PLS system, made work much more easier!

After watching the beginning of this video. All of my memories of operating this hunk of power came back to me. Only "Big Boys" can handle this monster. It is a beast. Army Retired.

Another brilliant video. Kevin is like an anti-depressant. Always cheers you up with his smile and banter

That Detroit is just marking its territory

I love the the 977 Hemett. They are basically a cargo hauler. Our rebuild center for the Maine national Guard had one as a support truck. It pulled my butt (after it got chewed out by a Master Sgt) out of a snow bank cause I tried to climb a snow bank with a Slant back 4 door Hummer re-enacting the invasion of Iraq. I'd love to have me not only a M925 5 ton, and a M1070 HET but the Hemett falls in that group too. 8v92 the Sound of 'Merica. Hear it scream.

As an Army Cobra Helicopter mechanic and crew chief, the M977 was used an ammunition carrier for attack helicopters. Some units used M813 5 ton trucks for hauling ammo.

No... Don't send Hunter back to the orphanage - we love Hunter. Seems to be a lot of partly cloudy days there. And cool to see you get another snowmobile for Hunter. Another AWESOME video, Clint. Cool test drive. I love you guy's sense of humor.

The purpose of the M977 is to provide heavy transport capabilities for supply and re-supply of combat vehicles and weapons systems. Compared to earlier generation 5-ton trucks in U.S. Army service it offers an increased payload and mobility.

That M977 is a BEAST! I bet there's not allot of places that thing cannot go. I predict you won't have that thing long. AWESOME video, as usual. Stay safe out there fellas.

First crossing of the tracks was epic. 😊

You guys are having too much fun and calling it WORK!

Gotta love Kevin you know they a spin on filter conversion kit for that great video thanks Clint and Kevin and Mason and Tucker and Hunter

Hunter is definitely getting teller then sauge finger😂😂. Love that El Camino....my favorite color. Thanks for sharing.

I would like to Thank the Young Men. That ran these Rigs in there day. And Those That still are. God Bless America. May He Bless Us Always. “Amen”

"Oh, this is going to hurt!" 🤣

As the driver of 977s and the bigger brother the 985 Hemmett for A company 44th Engineers they are true beasts for power and capability! Great times for me 28,900 miles drive time in South Korea without accidents! Have the awards❤!

Heads up.... try our old trick... don't engage the 'High Idle'.... crane operates slower, but much smoother! We used this for removal/installation of multi million dollar aircraft parts in a field environment... was the best crane ever! I amassed over 20,000 miles in this type, most often carrying explosives!

The 977 was designed as a replacement for the GOER series trucks. They were designed to haul artillery/tank ammunition. My unit in West Germany got the first ones sent to Europe in early 86’. Those trucks would fly down the Autobahn. They had 2 different ammo haulers, tankers, and wreckers. Later they added tractors for all sorts of trailers.

Hauled a bunch of hummets in the last 45years. Picked up a lot of brand new ones right from the plant in Oshkosh 😊Wisconsin. Nice machines. 🇺🇸👍

I drove one of these in 86 thru 88 when i was in the army stationed in Germany. I was in an attack helecopter unit, we hauled rockets and misseles for the cobra helocopter we also had the same truck in the tanker version hauling jet fuel, they are great trucks on tank trails

Favorite comment of the video-"this is gonna hurt" going across the RR Tracks! Love it. Neat Truck.

My understanding is this truck was designed as an engine extractor for the tanks with turbines in them. It was used for everything once it hit the ground. What a beast!

She's like a Harley; she marks her territory.

Used to haul rocket pods in these when stationed in WA. Awesome trucks. If you ever get an A2 model, boy she rides so much better with airbags. Lmao.

Best MRE heat the Army ever had .

Love them ol screaming Jimmy's.

Watching this video while relaxing and enjoying a favorite beverage is absolutely entertaining! Well done Clint! Kevin & you may not be blood, but the two of you are family IMHO

Love that truck!!!! I laughed so hard. You and Kevin really rock! 😂😂😂 Thank you for sharing! 👍

That truck brings back memories. We had some that would actually run about 70 mph. Very rough riding. Would haul a good load. They also had a tank truck and a wrecker variant.

I drove the cargo hemtt and fuel hemtt when in the military in 1986 & 1987. They also made a hemtt wrecker. It was a beast. Your cargo hemtt had a slave cable and controls that you can hang around your neck and operate the crane remotely. There should be outriggers on the back also when you operate the crane. I’ve driven and used the cargo and fuel hemtt. I’ve driven the hett also. My mos was a 64 echo. I drove a lot of other monsters also.

I need one of those to drive on my 2 acre lot, and I could pack my driveway gravel....Great Vid👍👍👍👍👍👍

One of our volunteer fire departments have one of these for an off-road water tender, works well for them

If it was a side dump, DP would want it. 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

A behemoth for sure.., in that “HEMETT”. “Liquifier” series for sure. Thank you gentlemen.

I got certified to drive one of those when I was in the Army. My instructor was a Specialist that had like 4 months left in the Army and didn’t give AF. We both took turns driving as fast as we could west of Gruber and Chicken Road at Bragg. Was such a fun day

Ok Hunter you have had a long enough break.. Time to attack the snowmobile again. You got this.

Good to see that you are all prepared for snow!

What's the turning radius on that thing, about three football fields? 🤣

What a beast. That lift system is very impressive. I personally would have been reluctant to walk underneath that truck. PS: Don't worry Hunter, some of us wants to see your truck finished and going down the road.

This promises to be a good episode, greetings from Germany

I found 3 brand new John Deere snowmobiles and one was a black Liquifire with a 440 engine with twin carbs on it. I know for certain it would go 127 mph because a Missouri State Patrolman clocked me on the opposite medium on a dual highway. It took him 20 min. to get turned around and catch up to me at the gas station filling up. He was one hot Comanche when I said how do you know it was me with dozens of snowmobiles zipping around. He yelled just obey the speed limits and stop signs. I said I always stop at the stop signs so I can race my friends with snowmobiles to the next stop sign. I think he just went home!

i have drove tractor trailer over the road trucks with Detroit in them - they would run, they also will run backwords, 75 was a good yr. year i graduated from hs

That El Camino on the back of that Ford Roebuck made it look like it had a lot more horsepower

I would be happy to watch a Video on BOTH the Snowmobile and the El Comino!!

Would love to add a 4,000 water tank to that. I fought forest fires and would have loved to have an 8x in the mountains for fire support. Please finish the snow machine, after all the effort you guys put into it. Would like to see you solve the mystery with it!

Nah, it's not "leaking oil". This is an advanced integrated feature called the Easy Oil Check 9000™️: if it leaks oil that means it has some in it. Easy. 😁😜🤟

While stationed in West Germany I was Assigned to drive A M985 HEMTT and they were a blast to drive.

Clint, that M977 is a beast! Awesome job Hunter! Kevin, you the man! Take care and I’ll see y’all down the road…

With that knuckle boom on the back, it would be a great truck for a scrap metal guy 😎

It's about time you something good that's worth working on love me an El Camino.

Hold the transmission in the lower gear and run engine at maximum RPM at all times,,,, change Up a gear to increase ground speed,, always run engine on the governor,, flat out to get fuel economy

Why not build a truck for Kevin.he could show off his talents.im sure he is a great asset to you and your company 😊

The circa 1956 671 Detroit in my patrol boat smoked like crazy at startup till I was advised to install an inline 120V circulating heater and it doesn't do that anymore. Very reliable.

OH BABY!!!!!!!!!!!! I LOVE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! That would cause real havoc on I71 on the way to work!

You and Kevin were grinning like two boys farting on a school bus driving the beast

Basic cargo hauler. Our unit was a Transportation Company consisting of 60 M915A2’s and 120 M872 trailers. We had one M977 and it belonged to the Maintenance Section. It carried all their tools and PLL. It may have carried their Maintenance Tents etc. They are beasts but worked well in the desert 🐪.

I had an M977 and had to put a new engine in it. Sold it and bought a really nice M985. I think the M985 is just and updated version of the M977. I take it to MV shows and to the local Home Depot, Lowes and auto parts now and then.

In the Marines we called this the Dragon Wagon!

You should send some of that equipment to Texas they can use them right about now

It might ride a touch better if you took some of that air back out of the tires😂😂

All right! A C&C video with a twin steer Oshkosh. Let's go!

What a sweet toy. You guys get all the fun.

There was a spin on oil filter relocation kit for the Deuce that MAY fit that M977. It converted the dual cannister filters of the M35 to the spin on type and it relocated to the fender well. There was also a kit which just converted from cannister to spin on.

Super cool beans on this baby!❤

Yeah man that's how babys are made!

The only truck engine that marks it's territory. Pull into the truck stop and check the fuel and add oil. You started this thing in the shop and I could smell hot oil. Sure brought back lots of memories from when I started driving trucks in 1971 with the Detroit motors. Thanks for sharing and bringing back old memories. Screaming Jimmy's 😂

Guys, it is currently forty five below zero here in wasilla alaska in the part of it I live at. : Story time, fellow bought one of these at a government auction for a thousand dollars thinking someone would bid and he wanted the bids to get over with. No one else bid so it was his! He takes it home at a considerable cost to get it there. He had considerable acreage there and junk cars scattered about in small spruce trees. He would just smash through all those scrubby little spruce trees and load the cars and trucks into the bed of this rig. He also just ripped small trees right out of the ground with the nuckle boom lift on the back of it. He figured because it was a detroit, it just marked its territory everywhere it went and never tried hard enough to fix oil leaks. So the rig on a hillside and low on oil blew up the engine. They used three D8 dozers to move it from where people could see it from the highway, down closer to the shop. This fellow was far from broke and put another engine back into it so they could try and sell it. After a couple years went by, he got lucky and a mining company bought it with a bunch of junk stuff in the back of it. Since someone else owns it and this fello has since moved on to a new location selling property is my guess

These were build at one of the plants down the road from my grandpas farm. All summer long they would be running up and down the road getting shakedowns. Soon itll be just electric motor whine going up and down that stretch of road

Because of the knuckle boom I would guess it was used to haul heavy ammo

WOW! That brought back some good memories!! Our Motor pool mechanics drove them behind our convoys during hurricane Adrew Relief. Too much fun!

Man I’ve always loved the sound of those w stroke 8V92 Detroits. I was always around the 8V92-16V92 TIB and the 8V149-16V149 TIB engines as a kid. Noting else sounds like them.

I say that y'all ought to try to save that old 1975 snowmobile for sure. Especially it being solid aluminum body. If it's been setting up for years. I would splurge on some good 2 stroke engine motor oil to for it. Unless it's A 4 stroke engine then high mileage motor oil with zinc powder additives and some Redline fuel treatment for the fuel tank. It helps clean out and restore Lost power. Red armor 2 stroke motor oil it clean and clears out sludge and grime build up inside of the entire engines and exhaust systems to including the exhaust pipe tip baffles.,an baffling tube and screen. Then you just remove the removable ones to wire wheel them clean. And take the air gun to those parts. I'd start the snowmobile up with the exhaust facing outside of the building. To open it up good once. Then reinstall the baffling screen and filter tube back inside of it. And restart it up let it idle for 10 minutes shut it down to cool back down. So you continue to fix it up more. Different gasoline fuel in those machines makes the world of difference in the performance of them to when you add in the power additives required for the proper application's of the type of engine it has.,or some people call them motors to. It looks to be in good shape for being that old of A snowmobile to for sure. If it was me. Just saying it I owned that snowmobile I would run ethanol free gasoline fuel mixed with either Redline.,or Red armor 2 stroke motor oil in the gasoline fuel tank. Cause if it's gasoline only.,or not premixed inside of the fuel tank. Then I'd run some of that Redline in it only. Cause you can treat the ethanol free gasoline fuel with STA-BIL fuel treatment and injector cleaner before adding in the other power booster additives to it. I'd do A little experiment on the gasoline fuel runs in your video.,or videos of working on it and fixing it up to Ride. I would invest in A riding helmet for sure for it to. And maybe some type of riding gear to wear like dirt bike suits of some sort. Without wearing the kick starting boot. I'd get in the package deal though if possible to for sure. Cause those boots are expensive by their selves to buy. Like $400.00 and up to A $1000,00 now Days.

I once packed a Lieutenants lunch in the passenger seat because we was completely off road with no load on back and he wanted me to go faster, i said sir, as a experienced driver this will launch you thru the cab ceiling without a load on and air seats , he said go so i did , we hit a abrupt perpendicular ditch and he almost broke his neck hitting top of cab lol i aid i told you so , he was like ok go slower now lol - US Army

What do they say Clint..."The bigger the boys, the bigger the toys". The HEMTT is quite the beast

That is one sweet army truck. When y'all lifted it the amount of flex between the axels was awesome they didn't even raise up high enough to walk under. A lot of the videos especially recently with the red Ford I listened to at work then I get home and watch them. Great content guys. Looking forward to see the Hemet more.

Hat is a pretty cool truck. By all means. Take some time to get the snowmobile goung. I have owned 5 ElCaminos in my lifetime. So, lets do some work on the ElCamino.

New kind of vehicle awesome,go for it guys

That Hemtt 8x8 was awsome. Thanks for letting us watch.

That would make a hell of a log hauler

Toys just keep gettin bigger and bigger😄

In my unit, we used that style of truck to conduct missile reload operations on the patriot missile system

Two new windscreen wiper blades and the LH headlight repaired (bulb?) and she Will be right fine and dandy 😉 Thanks Clint 👍🍺

They also made a HEMTT tanker. My unit had M985 and the Tanker version.

Them: "We get out on this smooth road, it'll be like a Cadillac" Me: "lol, no." The M984e1 wrecker version of the hemtt was my office for 3 years. If you get her stuck I'll be impressed. If you get anything else stuck, she'll be there fix your problem.

Now that is a beast of truck nicely 👍😎🇺🇸 NY

Super Dad Clint please take Hunters snow mobile somewhere and have it fixed so everybody can see that big smile on Hunters face like Tucker had when you started his truck for the first time. I know you could fix it but you’re so busy it would be one less worry for you. He might even let you ride it.

The Hemmitt cargo body was used to transport ammo in artillery units.

When I see that El Slowmino in harbor freight parking lot i can't wait to key it

That M977 is a rad ride

Awesome 8x8 operational crane truck y'all got there for sure. Those are definitely some high dollar machine's to own also.

It resembles the military version of an El Camino

Always been a fan of DDs. 😁

Love the yard toys, awsum .

beauty ...she turns on a dime...that is a TEN YARD circle , this would be great in the flood country area for rescues

great video first thing i thought of have seen one turned into a wild camping hunting truck in texas i havent seen a john deere snowmobile in years

I love it I hope you get more to play with

Wow, another week end who start with your dream team and your project, thank you for sharing, always a pleasure start my week end with you, have a nice week end you and your dream team 👍👍👍👍

Man, that thing is awesome. My practical side of me says no real use for this, but the inner teenager says I need it. Man the weight vs the actual capacity is nuts. If its 48k & MGVW is 62K. That’s only 14 k of payload

This brings back memories of operating the M985 variant of the HEMTT. The main differences between it and the M977 are the crane is rated at 5400 lbs, and the cargo bed has slots for hauling rocket and missile pods.

you should make that thing into either a road legal offroad dump truck, make it a roll of dump container truck or put a flat bed and ramps onto it , make it heavy haul truck to recover maschines from "ran til "parked" in the swamp behind the woods" scenarios where a lowboy is unwhieldy