Recent content by msgjd

thanks.. i never did have the opportunity to picture all of them together, there's about a dozen more elsewhere .. they work (or sleep) at two locations 3 hours apart .. sometimes they swap locations but basically i have at least one of everything at each location , except dump trucks, there's...

you should be able to find 900x20 radials or 1000x20 radials with no problem , they will help considerably with the bounce.. 20" radials are still fairly common around here, especially on pre-1990's semitrailers which some also have all-season tread patterns

1: Others here pretty much have answers to your questions under control .. 2: There are the terms "lug centric" and "hub centric" , meaning, the rims rely on the lug nuts to keep them centered on a hub, versus a rim relying on a tight center hole that press-fits onto the hub flange to keep it...

how does the adapter you had mentioned also step down the input voltage? .. I was unaware there was such a thing, so, thanks for mentioning it .. Back when i was messing with these i didn't have any vehicle radio mounts, but I have a couple now that came with the trucks

I sure can collaborate your info .. In the early-mid 70's around here right before I enlisted the Jimmies could be seen lined up in droves at DRMO's as Guard units turned in the last of them. Several local highway depts and village depts had been already receiving G749's for several years via...

Yep, hang it like a stuck pig ! ;)

I learned in the 70's as a teen laying underneath a car stranded in a store parking lot during a snowstorm that we should also always test a rebuilt starter's function before installing it .. (y) Luckily a NAPA was only a half-mile walk and i had my tool box in the trunk , but still ! ... I...

Yes there are people that have been doing D cells for a long time now.. The commo helper had also offered to make me a D-cell box that fit inside the radio battery case, but being i was using the pricks in military vehicles, well, no D's (or OEM batts) were wanted ;)

About 15 years ago I had a weird situation on a M52 where i was using it a couple days a week in winter thus i rarely disconnected its ground cable.. Went to start it one day and they were deader than dead so they got swapped out and all was fine. I discovered one battery had shorted plates ...

about 20yrs ago i had a construction helper who claimed to have been in a company commo section ... He talked the talk and likely had been commo.. I had two PRC77's which worked fine except, of course, batteries were sometimes an issue.. He offered to build a vehicle power adapter (24 to...

I have a 45ft stepdeck haul to/from Bloomsburg (pa) two weekends from now, detouring into the berkshires on the return leg but am loaded both ways, sorry I have no room for your gennies :( It would help others here if you indicate whether or not the site will load your gennies

1: I save all larger / heavier batteries (typically everything more than 700ca) and they go to a scrap yard.. Price ranges from twelve to twenty-five cents a pound here depending on the market . About 10yrs ago I was at a point where I had accumulated enough to fill a M100 jeep trailer and...

everyone has good suggestions and experience of what works for them ... what works for me is simple... I keep mine hooked in series however the ground cable stays disconnected at all times except when i go to run the unit .. Have gone through 3 or 4 used lead-acid junkyard batteries...

the only time i've had the button fall off is when a multifuel has sat a long time and as Floridianson said, it's probably because the plunger is sticky and created a gap .. My thoughts are that and,,, perhaps the button was also stuck to the opposing mating surface and got pulled away from the...

1: M870 lowboy is of course too heavy for what you want 2: M269 is a decent vintage trailer but no ramps .. 3: With ramps, the M172 (15T) and A1 version (15T/25T) are the typical match for a M52/M818 5T tractor 4: There's a ramp trailer similar to M172 but is lighter WW2/korea-era with single...