I got my Humvee for 16,000 from gov planet and I have done a lot to it to make it Me. Something I’m proud of driving. I love my truck and I don’t regret spending over 36,000 to get it there. Thanks again for the video, it shows people that they are not 4,000.00 like they see on the govplanet.👍
I have been watching gov planet and many of the 4-doors are bidding out between $20,000.00 and $35,000.00. 2-door versions are considerably cheaper. You did good getting it at $12,000.00.
Learning how to weld is pretty easy, you can pick up a hobart 210 MIG welder for under $1,000, and you probably would want a plasma cutter also but it's not a hard skill to get the basics down on. Every town, even the small ones, has a metal supplier and a welding supply store to refill cylinders with argon and co2. It's a fun skill as well.
I knew you could not weld when I saw your dog... 😅😅😅 the truck is pretty sweet. Some times its better just to spend the money then fab it up your self and have it not as good. The fact is if some one makes bumpers all day they probably do a better job then 99% of the people out their.
I have to ask what do you do for a living? Much appreciated you sharing the cost!! Has your channel supported the build cost? I honestly wouldn’t be interested had you not been so successful with your build. Stellar work sir!!
So has the price on these just drastically changed lately or did I just happen to get a screaming deal? I bought 2 M1097A2's yesterday on govplanet for $5,600 and $7,000, each running driving rigs with no blow by or leaking oil that just need a battery.
hi i was wondering why are u selling ur dream car as u said before? ull let her go? i need to knw why every1 has got a humvee is selling it after only few months? is it because soo much issues and problems poping out? or wt exactly plz
Holy crap dude, how was this thing brand new when you had so many bad parts you had to replace? Is it the "military lowest bidder" issue or was it just privates railing on the thing despite the low use?
Easy Answer: NO! I've yet to see a single Ex-Mil. (surplus) HMMWV on the Internet that complies with DOT/FMVSS Regs. NOTE: Yes, many have thus far gotten by with those shortcomings, but it's only going to take one case in one State for the HMMWV Street legal "House-of-Cards" to all come tumbling down in the U.S. at least. Some owners are already saying "We're Grandfathered In" so that won;t effect us, but these Military HMMWVs never did meet all DOT/FMVSS Regs. ...not even the HMMWVs coming off the assembly line today because they are designed AND built for a completely different scenario.
Good question. In my opinion the A2 trucks are best. They aren't turbocharged like the newest trucks unfortunately, but they have the transmissions with overdrive (4l80e), the 6.5 engine, and beefier suspension with higher load rating. I could be wrong, but I think they also have bigger axle shafts. I would avoid the A1 trucks such as the M998 mainly because they dont have overdrive meaning max cruising speed is only about 55, they have none of the aforementioned upgrades, and from what I've seen most tend to have far more use than the average A2. The latest gen trucks with turbos are the best but are usually crazy expensive and not worth the investment. They also have a real ugly front grill often referred to as the "guppy" style.
August 2020 I bought a 1999 m1123 at auction for $10,400. It had 43 miles on it. It was a 2 door, no top, and no doors. So now I'm going to put a aluminum hard top, aluminum doors, and back with window.The top and doors will be about $8000. So at that point I will be at about $25,000 auction fees included. The m1123 has a 6.5 diesel, and 4 speed transmission, and park, which the earlier ones don't. I have had it up to 65 miles an hour, no problem. I live in Oregon and with the sf 97 It was easily made street legal.
Billy Rae Matthiasonian did it go up again? I know it was 10% then they changed it to purchases under 10k to 15% and over 10k to 10% with a minimum of 1.5k charge. Plus the additional california tax or where ever the location tax is from. You need to provide some kind of resellers form if you want to be tax exempt. I wouldn’t be surprised if these rates increased. Keep in mind if making a purchase, another guy did a video on how they purposely miss photos of major issues. They did the same for my truck. Kind of a scam they are running in my opinion. Iron class assurance is void if you add a part or take off a part.
Billy Rae Matthiasonian got mine from cali so it was more like 22.75% for me. No different from my state so I didn’t bother with the BoL paperwork. But I see why they would get it from GA now. My thing is that the odds of rust is much less in the deserts than the moist climate of GA. I know these were all USMC so they were probably driven in the ocean at some point but even more of a reason to let it sit in the dry desert.
For sure, I got a bit lucky because when I originally finished this project the truck market wasn't going crazy yet so I was deep in the hole. Then prices came way up and I sold it for basically what I had in it.
I did the math and the totals were off from the amounts you said for each line item. Also, it sounds like you replaced a lot of parts and could've bought one that wasn't as put together and saved yourself a couple thousand.
Lol.....I knew there would be at least one commenter like this. After going through the list I added and subtracted a few things and it changed the math a bit. I highly doubt your point about buying one less put together for several reasons and actually advise people against this. Mainly because Humvees that are missing parts = donor Humvees.... and the overwhelming majority of donor Humvees = bad news. If you buy a donor Humvee be ready to potentially replace an engine, transmission, portals, diffs, master cylinder, power steering pump, steering boxes, engine fan, chassis, or some other major part. The US military is just not going to take parts off of good running units and neither is gov planet.
@@Kevin24Seven You could've done a Duramax conversion for $10k from Xtreme Hummer Performance and sell it for way more than a normal humvee. The kit comes with everything to do the conversion.
@@JDCrain Yeah that's a hard pass for me. You are talking hundreds of hours of time and a shop with ample room not to mention buying a Duramax which would run at a minimum 8-10 grand for one that wasn't a 200k mile piece of scrap. At that point I would have about 45k or more into a Humvee and it wouldn't be work my time to sell it for anything less than 60k. When their are good H1s out there for 60k, why anyone would spend that on a surplus Humvee is beyond my comprehension.
the video you had running in the background was painful. you driving a humvee following some minivans in the woods. you gotta break that bad boy in, man!!!
35,000 dollars is pretty cheap for a 1 1/4 tonn truck! Have you priced pick ups lately???? 30,000 gets you high mileage used junk! I went surplus HMMWV, not at all disappointed!!!!
I love this truck, but knowing this is an old vehicle, a pain to buy, a gas drinker, and a pain to maintain or fix.. i would not pay more than $5000 put in my garage. This is not a daily driver, its a hobby car.
@@Kevin24Seven yeah, I don't own one. I'm just a fan of them. Hopefully the price is right for me to buy one someday. I just can't justify the cost now. On another hand, I really appreciate you sharing your thoughts on the purchase journey!
I got my Humvee for 16,000 from gov planet and I have done a lot to it to make it Me. Something I’m proud of driving. I love my truck and I don’t regret spending over 36,000 to get it there. Thanks again for the video, it shows people that they are not 4,000.00 like they see on the govplanet.👍
Thank you for sharing. You are right not many UA-camrs want to share info like that and I appreciate you doing it for us. 👍🏽
9:04 - $17,777
9:43 - $35,500 for the one in the video
Thanks brotha waiting for my humvee euc to clear! Bare bones tan 2dr truck $11k
I like your videos, I’m prior Military and I know how to work on the humvees and I spent approximately 36,500 On my truck. Very accurate. Thanks.
I have been watching gov planet and many of the 4-doors are bidding out between $20,000.00 and $35,000.00. 2-door versions are considerably cheaper. You did good getting it at $12,000.00.
Learning how to weld is pretty easy, you can pick up a hobart 210 MIG welder for under $1,000, and you probably would want a plasma cutter also but it's not a hard skill to get the basics down on. Every town, even the small ones, has a metal supplier and a welding supply store to refill cylinders with argon and co2. It's a fun skill as well.
I knew you could not weld when I saw your dog... 😅😅😅 the truck is pretty sweet. Some times its better just to spend the money then fab it up your self and have it not as good. The fact is if some one makes bumpers all day they probably do a better job then 99% of the people out their.
Actually lower than I thought you had in it. Hope gov planet is still selling them next year. I’m still a year out from bidding. ✌️🤟
Thank you for sharing the cost of your build...it looks great!
Great Information!!!!
Keep Making More HUMVEE Content!!!!!
Start a New HUMVEE Series Again!!!
Your Work is Fun!!!!
Lol I already did, check out my latest videos :)
Great video!
Really not bad. Curious to know how much my build has run now.
Still way less than a brand new wrangler.
I’ll take the Humvee
Thats why I am building a much more capable Wrangler YJ for a 3rd of the cost :) But the Humvee will always have the cool factor for me.
I have to ask what do you do for a living?
Much appreciated you sharing the cost!! Has your channel supported the build cost?
I honestly wouldn’t be interested had you not been so successful with your build. Stellar work sir!!
What trails are these? Really appreciate the info. I've been close to taking the plunge. I think I'll pass and prob do a cheap jeep
Very true there won't be many left..
Solid information.
Give breakdown in the description
Compare it to an H3 that's legit. In the end, probably not a bad deal if you weren't looking for a luxury vehicle.
So has the price on these just drastically changed lately or did I just happen to get a screaming deal? I bought 2 M1097A2's yesterday on govplanet for $5,600 and $7,000, each running driving rigs with no blow by or leaking oil that just need a battery.
Bro are you serious? Are those 2 door or 4? Ive noticed in about 6 months vehicle prices have gone down
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Nice truck.
hi i was wondering why are u selling ur dream car as u said before? ull let her go? i need to knw why every1 has got a humvee is selling it after only few months? is it because soo much issues and problems poping out? or wt exactly plz
Military guys how reliable are these Humvee's while in military service?
can you share where you buy your parts?
what trail is that?
Holy crap dude, how was this thing brand new when you had so many bad parts you had to replace? Is it the "military lowest bidder" issue or was it just privates railing on the thing despite the low use?
Is the truck street legal to register upon delivery?
Easy Answer: NO! I've yet to see a single Ex-Mil. (surplus) HMMWV on the Internet that complies with DOT/FMVSS Regs.
NOTE: Yes, many have thus far gotten by with those shortcomings, but it's only going to take one case in one State for the HMMWV Street legal "House-of-Cards" to all come tumbling down in the U.S. at least. Some owners are already saying "We're Grandfathered In" so that won;t effect us, but these Military HMMWVs never did meet all DOT/FMVSS Regs. ...not even the HMMWVs coming off the assembly line today because they are designed AND built for a completely different scenario.
What's the best year of humvee to build? Which is not very expensive and at same time not very old?
Good question. In my opinion the A2 trucks are best. They aren't turbocharged like the newest trucks unfortunately, but they have the transmissions with overdrive (4l80e), the 6.5 engine, and beefier suspension with higher load rating. I could be wrong, but I think they also have bigger axle shafts. I would avoid the A1 trucks such as the M998 mainly because they dont have overdrive meaning max cruising speed is only about 55, they have none of the aforementioned upgrades, and from what I've seen most tend to have far more use than the average A2. The latest gen trucks with turbos are the best but are usually crazy expensive and not worth the investment. They also have a real ugly front grill often referred to as the "guppy" style.
August 2020 I bought a 1999 m1123 at auction for $10,400. It had 43 miles on it. It was a 2 door, no top, and no doors. So now I'm going to put a aluminum hard top, aluminum doors, and back with window.The top and doors will be about $8000. So at that point I will be at about $25,000 auction fees included. The m1123 has a 6.5 diesel, and 4 speed transmission, and park, which the earlier ones don't. I have had it up to 65 miles an hour, no problem. I live in Oregon and with the sf 97 It was easily made street legal.
Did you include your 10~15% service charge with your bid?
I think you mean 20%
Not sure I remember having that.
Billy Rae Matthiasonian did it go up again? I know it was 10% then they changed it to purchases under 10k to 15% and over 10k to 10% with a minimum of 1.5k charge. Plus the additional california tax or where ever the location tax is from. You need to provide some kind of resellers form if you want to be tax exempt. I wouldn’t be surprised if these rates increased. Keep in mind if making a purchase, another guy did a video on how they purposely miss photos of major issues. They did the same for my truck. Kind of a scam they are running in my opinion. Iron class assurance is void if you add a part or take off a part.
@@clashofclansshield8583 When you add GA state tax and fees it's 20%
Billy Rae Matthiasonian got mine from cali so it was more like 22.75% for me. No different from my state so I didn’t bother with the BoL paperwork.
But I see why they would get it from GA now. My thing is that the odds of rust is much less in the deserts than the moist climate of GA. I know these were all USMC so they were probably driven in the ocean at some point but even more of a reason to let it sit in the dry desert.
I'm curious what does that weigh now with all the add-ons?
I would like to know this as well haha.
@@Kevin24Seven take some scrap metal to a scrap yard and they will weight you in and out
Or you could take it to a truck stop that has a certified scale.
is it easy to make it street legal ?
Dont feel bad bout the $$$. My 96 f250 in its ROUGH shape is bout $8k. Most diesel trucks are anywhere from$10-30k.
For sure, I got a bit lucky because when I originally finished this project the truck market wasn't going crazy yet so I was deep in the hole. Then prices came way up and I sold it for basically what I had in it.
So did you win the auction at $12,500 or does the $12,500 already include the additional auction fees ($1,500) and tax?
Great truck man!!
I won the auction at $12,500, but I've seen others get em for less.
thats not bad ...todays prices a new f150 at least 80 k
What brand led headlights?
I got them off Amazon, they are some weird off brand
I did the math and the totals were off from the amounts you said for each line item. Also, it sounds like you replaced a lot of parts and could've bought one that wasn't as put together and saved yourself a couple thousand.
Lol.....I knew there would be at least one commenter like this. After going through the list I added and subtracted a few things and it changed the math a bit.
I highly doubt your point about buying one less put together for several reasons and actually advise people against this.
Mainly because Humvees that are missing parts = donor Humvees.... and the overwhelming majority of donor Humvees = bad news.
If you buy a donor Humvee be ready to potentially replace an engine, transmission, portals, diffs, master cylinder, power steering pump, steering boxes, engine fan, chassis, or some other major part. The US military is just not going to take parts off of good running units and neither is gov planet.
@@Kevin24Seven You could've done a Duramax conversion for $10k from Xtreme Hummer Performance and sell it for way more than a normal humvee. The kit comes with everything to do the conversion.
@@JDCrain Yeah that's a hard pass for me. You are talking hundreds of hours of time and a shop with ample room not to mention buying a Duramax which would run at a minimum 8-10 grand for one that wasn't a 200k mile piece of scrap. At that point I would have about 45k or more into a Humvee and it wouldn't be work my time to sell it for anything less than 60k. When their are good H1s out there for 60k, why anyone would spend that on a surplus Humvee is beyond my comprehension.
Why can't we get it for free like the ones they give over seas..
the video you had running in the background was painful. you driving a humvee following some minivans in the woods. you gotta break that bad boy in, man!!!
I will leave that to you and your Humvee one day David!
35,000 dollars is pretty cheap for a 1 1/4 tonn truck!
Have you priced pick ups lately????
30,000 gets you high mileage used junk!
I went surplus HMMWV, not at all disappointed!!!!
Way too much for a old used leaky thing
Dog is Zen
I love this truck, but knowing this is an old vehicle, a pain to buy, a gas drinker, and a pain to maintain or fix.. i would not pay more than $5000 put in my garage.
This is not a daily driver, its a hobby car.
For most this is true
@@Kevin24Seven yeah, I don't own one. I'm just a fan of them. Hopefully the price is right for me to buy one someday. I just can't justify the cost now.
On another hand, I really appreciate you sharing your thoughts on the purchase journey!
@@P_double_H Thanks Pablo! Hope you are able to get one someday and that you enjoy the Humvee 2.0 build!
Its cheaper to walk.