Northwest trip 2012

[GA_Dave]

This Oshkosh J-series 6x6 was sitting in the FD shops area. Maybe a new candidate for a tender ?

After looking at photos of other J Series rigs, I believe this to be a modification of the Army's M-911 Heavy Equipment Transporter, which was introduced in 1978.  The problem in identifying Oshkosh trucks is that so many of them used similar componants.  Pull up a photo of an M-911 and you can see several similarities in the grille guard and the extra set of rear fenders for the retractable wheels, which may have been removed from this one.  The M-911's headlights were mounted in the square frames on either side of the grille guard and the blackout light was mounted in the bottom square below the headlight on the driver's side.  Typical J Series rigs had a different grille guard.  I have fond memories of the many M-911's I saw while at Fort Hood (1979-1981), they were BEASTS!