M923 5 ton 6x6 cutting up for axles?

**hills** · 03-22-2018, 01:15 PM

I wouldn't be at all surprised at the 75 k price to buy new. Couldn't find anything on the M923 but the base price for a new Hummer was about 70 K. The " armored up" versions were closer to 200 k.

I'm just a working man so the M923 wouldn't be feasible as a daily driver. It would just cost too much to own. Fuel mileage is somewhere between 6 - 10 MPG. Twin 50 gallon fuel tanks so about 300.00$ to fill them up ? Oil changes are 21 qts ? Six to ten truck tires that have to be replaced every so often ? ( About 900.00$ each) The batteries must be big and expensive. Oil change,battery and tires are just common wear items that you would probably have to replace before putting it back into service going over the road.More due to age than mileage.

There's a lot of heat that comes into the cab from the motor & transmission. There's a lot of sound too.

On the upside ... there's a million kool points for driving around in a 6 x 6.

I guess it's all situational. If it's something you can afford, and it's something you really like driving, why not go for it ?

You only go around once ... might as well make the most of it and have some fun while you're here !

**M923** · 03-22-2018, 04:17 PM

Originally Posted by hills

I wouldn't be at all surprised at the 75 k price to buy new. Couldn't find anything on the M923 but the base price for a new Hummer was about 70 K. The " armored up" versions were closer to 200 k.

I'm just a working man so the M923 wouldn't be feasible as a daily driver. It would just cost too much to own. Fuel mileage is somewhere between 6 - 10 MPG. Twin 50 gallon fuel tanks so about 300.00$ to fill them up ? Oil changes are 21 qts ? Six to ten truck tires that have to be replaced every so often ? ( About 900.00$ each) The batteries must be big and expensive. Oil change,battery and tires are just common wear items that you would probably have to replace before putting it back into service going over the road.More due to age than mileage.

There's a lot of heat that comes into the cab from the motor & transmission. There's a lot of sound too.

On the upside ... there's a million kool points for driving around in a 6 x 6.

I guess it's all situational. If it's something you can afford, and it's something you really like driving, why not go for it ?

You only go around once ... might as well make the most of it and have some fun while you're here !

You have to be a special kind of crazy to own one of these in the process, and I literally know people who have driven them daily for months/years at a time as an ONLY vehicle, or their sister variants anyway.

I read 75K for the M925A2, a sister model M939-series truck.

-Fuel tank is 85gal I think...

-Batteries: Two 8Ds or two or four Group 31s

Tires: About 300-400-500 each actually.

About 5-12 MPG, depending if you have the NHC250 Cummins or the 8.3 Cummins.

I'm talking about scrapping it above but you best bet I'm driving it as is for awhile first...For one thing I wouldn't do it until prices hit $400/ton again.

Hills- if you're looking into getting one, shoot me a PM. I run/admin an entire Facebook group devoted to M939 series trucks, others who know their stuff when it comes to these trucks.