Hooray for Humvees: Here’s how you can rent a military vehicle for fun

  • A brand new business is coming to Padre Island where people can rent authentic retired military Humvees.
  • The Humvees are street-legal everywhere on the island, even over the JFK Causeway.
  • Some residents have voiced safety concerns about the humvees.
  • Padre Island Humvee Rentals plans to have a grand opening in early November.

You’ve seen golf carts rolling around the island and the beach, but what about large military vehicles? Padre Island Humvee Rentals is a new business getting ready to open its doors that will offer daily rentals for retired authentic military Humvees. They are street-legal and can be driven over the JFK Causeway.

“Why is everybody driving golf carts around when you can’t take the golf cart to a restaurant, or the grocery store, or somewhere right after you get done with the beach? Why can’t we get something that will do it all? So, we wanted to be able to take it over the bridge, we wanted to be able to just go wherever,” Sonni Menaldi, one of the co-owners of Padre Island Humvee Rentals said.

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