Abstract: An adaptable material-spreading vehicle includes in combination a truck body frame, an engine mounted on the frame, a cab mounted in a forwardly positioned cab region, a removable hopper positioned behind the cab region, and a conveyor running from beneath the hopper directly through the cab region to a forwardly mounted material spreader with the hopper and conveyor being removably mounted to the truck frame, such that the material spreader vehicle can be converted to some other use. In one embodiment, the cab is provided with a central channel through the floor to accommodate the section of the conveyor passing through the cab region, with the cab being provided with sealable conveyor ports aligned fore and aft through which the cab-carrier conveyor section is passed.