CONSENT OF ERNST & YOUNG LLP, INDEPENDENT AUDITORS


   We consent to the incorporation by reference in this Annual Report on Form
   10-K of Oshkosh Truck Corporation of our report dated October 31, 1997,
   except for Notes 4 and 12, as to which the date is December 8, 1997,
   included in the 1997 Annual Report to Shareholders of Oshkosh Truck
   Corporation.

   Our audits also included the financial statement schedule of Oshkosh Truck
   Corporation listed in Item 14(a).  This schedule is the responsibility of
   the company's management.  Our responsibility is to express an opinion
   based on our audits.  In our opinion, the financial statement schedule
   referred to above, when considered in relation to the basic financial
   statements taken as a whole, presents fairly, in all material respects,
   the information set forth therein.

   We also consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration
   Statements (Form S-8 No. 33-38822 and No. 33-62687) pertaining to the
   Oshkosh Truck Corporation 1990 Incentive Stock Plan of our report dated
   October 31, 1997, except for Notes 4 and 12, as to which the date is
   December 8, 1997, with respect to the consolidated financial statements
   and schedule of Oshkosh Truck Corporation included in or incorporated by
   reference in the Annual Report (Form 10-K) for the year ended September 
   30, 1997.

                                           Ernst & Young LLP




   Milwaukee, Wisconsin
   December 23, 1997