HISTORY OF OSHKOSH TRUCKS Fire engines, military and rescue vehicles 3390

[@SuperHigear]

Back in the early 1970s I took a winter job working for the highway dept in the small town of Virgil in upstate NY. The town was located at the highest elevation in that part of the state, and brother did we get snow! The two best by far pieces of snow removal equipment we had were two all wheel drive OshKosh snow plows, those things were unstoppable! The only down side was the fact they were built to move snow and were of no use for anything else.

[@jm1551701]

I was a Hemmit Operator with an Armor Division US Army, and I can tell you that truck would go any where the M1 Abrahams would go, operated my Hemmit in Desert Storm w/o flaw, I trusted that truck with my life, she never went down, "I LOVED THAT TRUCK" thank OSHKOSH your the best 4x4 builder..

[@dukesjeepsandtrails8511]

Drove an m977 for 13 months in iraq. Logged 24,000 miles over there. Multiple small arms rounds in the side, I.e.d. shrapnel and "bonus" took an r.p.g. to the frame between the rear duels. Luckily it was a dud. But that truck brought me back home!

[@PeriscopeFilm]

God bless you for your service to our great nation.

[@raymondvesty2868]

These trucks made it 2 new Zealand..remembering correctly back in the early 80s freightways transport owning several cab overs throughout the country.my neighborhood in flaxmere (same era) ther was a long nose logger that parked 11 houses down.could hear her drive of every mornin 5am..i was 10..it was a tough lookin truck..

[@acersalman8258]

God bless you and protect you

[@caterpillarslim1288]

I love these old promotional videos! Especially when there is all wheel drive critters crawlin through the mud!

[@acersalman8258]

Very very beautiful trucks ❤

[@JnRlove678]

That cabover was absolutely Majestic to look at

[@stagergamer4172]

crazy how you can see some of these trucks starring in these films still on the road to this day, oshkosh did it right

[@karlk6860]

I collect Military trucks and a couple in my collection are OshKosh, their blower trucks are extremely powerfull (2206) right along with the plow trucks. I also have an M977 HEMTT 8 wheel drive cargo with a self loading hydraulic crane on the rear. I have found their trucks to be incredibly well built for the purposes they were designed for, the company support is a wonderful change compared to the rest of the world and their products are top notch in every way I need them to be! One of the best companies in America, and has been for the last 50 years!!

[@karlk6860]

@ Hello Mathew and you are correct on the status of the HEMTT. When Govt Planet started releasing them 3 years ago or so my information says they sold 41 HEMTT trucks, well OshKosh got wind of this came over IMMEDIATELY and affered the Govt a Zero Time rebuild for the trucks, essentially the military turns over all our old HEMTT trucks to OshKosh and they upgrade the trucks to all the brand new trucks specs, the truck is also then counted as brand new stock and OshKosh was doing the for around 250K or about half the price of buying a new non-rebuilt truck, well as you can guess all sales of these units was immediately stopped! On my truck it came out of Govt Planet out of Texas a buddy of mine was high bidder on it and won then had it shipped up to his farm Near Roseau MN, he then found a woman that he wanted to marry and needed money and that is where the truck came into my hands Mathew. If you go to Utube and type in M977 you will have about 5 videos that come up and the Desert Tan truck is my actual truck. I drove it about 800 miles last year and its without a doubt one of the most fun trucks I own!

[@karlk6860]

@ Mathew when I bought mine I had a couple things going my way, 1 was they had not stopped sales yet and 2 the fellow I bought mine from felt he really needed money to get married. When I bought it off Govt Planet I think he only paid 20K for the truck it needed a new front protective piece, it goes over the whole front of the truck and the crane needed a few hydraulic lines and one cylinder needed to be rebuilt. When he sold this one to me I paid him 30K for the truck. Mathew you may not be aware of a website called Steelsoldiers.com but there is at least 2 or 3 HEMTTs for sale on that site right now, you should take a look, If you weren't in a hurry to buy one and did a fair bit of looking about you should be able to find a pretty good one in the 35 to 45 range I would think. The other thing is you can feel pretty good driving the trucks a fair distance also, they will cruise down the interstate at 55 mph and that 2K RPM on the tach. I was looking around/dreaming of finding a MG turret for my HEMTT and this winter I struck gold and fount the legs for one (hardest part to find) so over the next year or so I will get that all mounted up on the truck, and that HAS to come AFTER I pull the radiator and have it rebuilt this Spring Mathew! If you have more questions or If I can be of more help here is my direct email address Mathew its [e-mail] Feel free to use it!! Karl

[@ph11p3540]

The Oshkosh 8x8 Titan Series Crash Tenders were legendary. Always there under the most extreme weather. Easy to take care of and they were lots of fun to drive over rough ground at high speed. I miss them and the base they were stationed at.

[@Manatee693]

I saw a 10 wheel and 8 wheel oshkosh heavy mobility tactical truck, 8 wheel is similar to a MAZ-535

[@Manatee693]

and yes, these were on public roads, driving fast,

[@johneddy908]

This year, Oshkosh Corporation celebrates 100 years of building specialized trucks.

[@johnnyrotten5828]

Beautiful footage !!! Oshkosh is the best truck factory !!!!

[@oriontheraptor8119]

I love old flat faced cab over trucks XD there is this old dump truck cab over (don’t know what company it’s from) that I some times see at the gravel plant near my place before it heads off always nice seeing old machines of any kind still in use

[@EddieDaOnly1]

This video is proof the world hasn't changed that much from 60 years ago. Trucks still do the same thing. What build the world.

[@michaelweis4756]

Baroque music and trucks... am I in heaven?

[@fredmartin3117]

I retired from APS(Arizona Public Service) Company in 1990 as a Journeyman Fleet Mechanic responsible for upkeep and maintenance of rolling stock. We had both Oshkosh and Pierce trucks for the line crews to use. The prior comment about being outdated is not right, they are made to be functional - not beautiful.

[@SamhainBe]

"Functional - not beautiful' - I'll take that over over slick, shiny and new anytime. Quality, Dependability, and Tough - that's what Oshkosh is all about.

[@jimh2061]

To me they are just tough looking cool trucks.

[@codyhaack3294]

I live about half an hour from there, and they own Pierce Manufacturing too which is also here in Wisconsin, about 5 minutes from me. I've seen them make some AWESOME trucks!

[@devinlang89]

I grew up in Bowler well just south between Bowler and Tilleda.

[@mohabatkhanmalak1161]

I saw Oshkosh trucks as at 4.30 and 4.50 in the UAE and Saudi Arabia back in the early 1970's working in 114F desert heat. Very sturdy trucks for sure.

[@retroolschool]

Beautiful footage.

[@joenichols590]

Oshkosh and Pierce both make excellent trucks and equipment in their respective sectors

[@pieromontemaggioreschreibe2615]

Mr Relator has same exquisite accents than Former President R.Reagan. (R.I.P)

[@Captleemo]

Yup. Those Oshkosh trucks are tougher than woodpecker lips.

[@Manatee693]

stronger than peterbilt semis

[@CowSausages]

Anything is stronger than new peterbilts

[@tonilegge6152]

Amazing how things are so different to these days. If only we could show these people our technology now!

[@robertrichardson9953]

If it ain't broke don't fix it

[@efrainberrios8494]

Thanks for posting that great video!

[@emmaelliott5553]

My grandfather used to drive a cabover Oshkosh in Rhodesia until he hit a landmine with it but he was okay

[@jed-henrywitkowski6470]

Glad he survived.

[@donaldbartram6315]

We had a lot of them in CT. either plows or as Mixers,, they were tough trucks

[@pieromontemaggioreschreibe2615]

Frontal versión looks awesome . There s a MACK RENAULT TRUCK early 90 looks great similar to that truck.

[@kevinreed7770]

This video is so damn old. But that's when the trucks actually had real balls compared to the shit the military has now

@Evil Mofo The hemtt was an amazing machine!!!

[@adamzaidi1748]

The military trucks and trucks in general are far superior than anything back in the day. If you're referring to the Oshkosh m1070 then you're smoking crack.

[@rogeralsop3479]

Beautiful vehicles.

[@rogeralsop3479]

Excellent!

[@camshaftP16]

Oshkosh the musical. not much history said.

[@davecrawford296]

Great film nice footage saw in Antique Power land here in Oregon at Brooks☺

[@leosypher9993]

Easily my favoret big truck brand, and early my favored brand out of any brands that make any specialized equipment

[@JasontheFolf]

Near me there is a dirt company that has an old Oshkosh M911.

[@aaronbays4]

Interesting how that concrete truck hasn't changed in basic design in 30-35 years. I thought those weird looking rear engined, 3 or 4 axle with those huge, wide single tire type jobs didn't become popular until the late 90's/00's. Before that I thought concrete trucks were a conventional truck like an R model Mack with the discharge at the back.

[@danathompson3344]

What Happened To The OSHKOSH Company ?? Are They Still Out There & Are They Still In Production... Awesome Trucks!!

[@frankrizzo8175]

Yes, and they own Pierce fire truck manufacturer now.

[@ph11p3540]

They got bigger. They currently build the worlds best crash tender the Striker. Their HEMMET military trucks are wonderful to hull heavy gear over anything.

[@mattzeimys945]

We use Oshkosh in the marine corps we love em

[@wvboy0311]

In 2005 i was in saqlaweha Iraq marine infantry and i was in the turret of the troop transport and we hit a ied we were 20 miles from our firmbase and the back half of a 81 mm motar was sticking out of the radiator but it brought is home i love these trucks

[@garlinmiller5808]

awesome video.

[@maxpayne2574]

IT"S TRUCKS IN SPAAAAACE

[@nobilesnovushomo58]

Beautiful music.

[@JeffersonMartinSynfluent]

The non-stop music was hard to take.

[@bobibest89]

Model at 5:02 ?

[@jimdevilbiss9125]

When I hear the word Oshkosh I am mediately think of Airport fire equipment and snow plows and Snowblower’s. Next would be the military vehicles. Basically go anywhere or do anything.

[@timeverett7828]

The best there is!

[@Pink-Lightsaber]

That intro tho

[@Giorg189]

I didn't know Soviets were making trucks in USA. Interesting

[@Drewsky840]

Wtf are you talking about

[@sacasanova]

I want an Oshkosh propulse as my daily driver!

[@jasons44]

So called music kills it

[@57WillysCJ]

It should have said it started by a digruntled FWD co founder. Nothing against Oshkosh but they had access to all of FWD designs when they started.

[@celiosilva8320]

🇧🇷⭐👍👏

[@bradleyhouse3180]

5:00 can somebody please tell me what the hell I'm looking at?

[@zfine1450]

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[@bradleyhouse3180]

@@zfine1450 Thank you! I appreciate you taking the time to comment

[@zfine1450]

@@bradleyhouse3180 I was curious too!

[@henrychubbs2823]

Not a history, just a promo.

[@jamesarmijo4046]

I what it to hear the history not some commercial

[@MarkBerg-tk8js]

Unfaithful brother in law of Otto Zaclow founder of FWD left and founder of Oshkosh . All of the major industrial companies are related in this type of connr

[@valentinnagat7729]

Crappy music for such a topic

[@peglegnoid6139]

B'GOSH

[@mortihernandezmora1122]

Its name is nordic

[@circuit-breakermi3865]

tracks are better than huge wheels

[@paradiseroad6405]

...until you have to replace them $$$...

[@ph11p3540]

Wait until you throw a track and see how much better tracks are then wheels to replace in the field. Tracks are easy to throw if you are not trained in driving such a vehicle.

[@robertrichardson9953]

@@ph11p3540 some people only know ignorance

[@chillydawgg4354]

OshCrotch

[@johnvelazquez616]

good brand but it bad are of military,rescues only built trucks and civilian comercial trucks can t innoved desing din t not new desing cabs and hoods for F series and J or R series can not renoved style of cabs is obsolete same by a Peterbilt brand trucks.