"Deuce-and-a-half" refers to the truck's 2.5-ton payload rating. That means it could carry two and a half tons of cargo, not including its own weight. This nickname was mostly used by the soldiers ...

M35 "deuce and a half" army trucks are surprisingly easy to come by. If you can't find one rotting in some farmer's field, there are always a handful selling cheap at auctions.

Upgrading to a 44-inch Military tire will help offset the low 6.72 differential gearing and overall top speed of the truck. Another great source for complete trucks as well as Deuce parts is Boyce ...

An older a 2-1/2-ton cargo truck – a Vietnam-era “deuce and a half” -- cost Eggar only $2,500. “They offered me another one for the same price,” he said of that dealer, “and to this ...