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Third From Texas

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chucky said:
Well thats a new one on me . Ive never herd of a automatic with a park are you sure you dont have a shoe draging kind of holding your truck still?
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It's not so much a "park" as a roll lock. A failsafe when stopped at an angle (to prevent hopping out of the cab w/o brakes and rolling over yourself I suspect).

It's a thing, not just stuck shoes.

:)
 
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Third From Texas said:
It's not so much a "park" as a roll lock. A failsafe when stopped at an angle (to prevent hopping out of the cab w/o brakes and rolling over yourself I suspect).

It's a thing, not just stuck shoes.

:)
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I beleave ya ive just never run across it before and i ran automatic allison and zedef transmissions for 35 yrs all the way up to 2018 models and never even read of it and it sounds like a safety component so i would think it would be on commercial buses ! is your truck an A-1 ?
 
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Mullaney said:
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After I let my M1088 sit for about a week after raining - the truck didn't have the power to break the shoes away from the drum.
Solving that problem required a BFH (Big Freakin Hammer).

If you drove the truck into a creek, then drove it out of the creek and down the road
a few miles the shoes and drum should have dried the water.
[/QUO You would think so!
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Third From Texas said:
It's not so much a "park" as a roll lock. A failsafe when stopped at an angle (to prevent hopping out of the cab w/o brakes and rolling over yourself I suspect).

It's a thing, not just stuck shoes.

:)
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Hey next time your in your truck tell me how tall of a vehicle could you put under the bows and soft top on your truck?
 
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chucky said:
Hey next time your in your truck tell me how tall of a vehicle could you put under the bows and soft top on your truck?
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Stock is about 68" to the base of the center bar.
The cover sets down about 6" from there.

I raise mine a couple inches via collar to space it up a bit, so mine have a few extra inches.

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I think 3" is the max that I would go using a collar. You could go further by making extended feet but you have to allow for some cover overlap else everything gets all floppy with the cover. But honestly, if you needed more elevation there are ways to achieve it.
 
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Third From Texas said:
Stock is about 68" to the base of the center bar.
The cover sets down about 6" from there.

I raise mine a couple inches via collar to space it up a bit, so mine have a few extra inches. I think 3" is the max that I would go using a collar. You could go further by making extended feet but you have to allow for some cover overlap else everything gets all floppy with the cover. But honestly, if you needed more elevation there are ways to achieve it.
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Third From Texas said:
Stock is about 68" to the base of the center bar.
The cover sets down about 6" from there.

I raise mine a couple inches via collar to space it up a bit, so mine have a few extra inches. I think 3" is the max that I would go using a collar. You could go further by making extended feet but you have to allow for some cover overlap else everything gets all floppy with the cover. But honestly, if you needed more elevation there are ways to achieve it.
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Third From Texas said:
Stock is about 68" to the base of the center bar.
The cover sets down about 6" from there.

I raise mine a couple inches via collar to space it up a bit, so mine have a few extra inches. I think 3" is the max that I would go using a collar. You could go further by making extended feet but you have to allow for some cover overlap else everything gets all floppy with the cover. But honestly, if you needed more elevation there are ways to achieve it.
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So i could drive a 68 inch tall jeep/whatever inside to the bulkhead ! maybe a 71 ok that gives me a base to start with if i can find a tarp/top for a decent price ive got to figure out what a factory 1082 top would look like with a dovetail ramp sticking out the back?
 
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chucky said:
So i could drive a 68 inch tall jeep/whatever inside to the bulkhead ! maybe a 71 ok that gives me a base to start with if i can find a tarp/top for a decent price ive got to figure out what a factory 1082 top would look like with a dovetail ramp sticking out the back?
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Not sure about the height, but the dovetail shouldn't be a problem behind the tarp. Most jeeps aren't taller than people - unless they have big tires - so you could be "home free" so to speak.

I can't find the picture to save my life, but the most useful thing I have seen recently on a M871 with a drop and a set of dovetail ramps attached to the back of it. The long version of that trailer (A2) is only 32 feet long. Enough room to put two jeeps (or M37's) on the back of it with room to spare! I need to find that picture again. AND overall length for the DOT man won't be a problem either!
 
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68" is the center point. So roughly a inch less outboard.

I forget how long the 5-ton bed is, but you'd add like 4' of cover. You would have to customize the frame mounting points (or get busy with the scissors and sewing machine). It could work, though.
 
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chucky said:
It looks like you could hook battery cables to it to power (a 15000 dollar cooler) or anything else needing 12/24 volts?
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Yep. My space heater has internal power. The battery recharges itself thermodynamically.

This is in case you want to charge the battery manually. Plug it in and clamp your cables to the shiny bits.

I chcu7kled because this it the most high-tech heater I have ever seen. With a very low tech accessory.

LOL
 
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Mullaney said:
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Not sure about the height, but the dovetail shouldn't be a problem behind the tarp. Most jeeps aren't taller than people - unless they have big tires - so you could be "home free" so to speak.

I can't find the picture to save my life, but the most useful thing I have seen recently on a M871 with a drop and a set of dovetail ramps attached to the back of it. The long version of that trailer (A2) is only 32 feet long. Enough room to put two jeeps (or M37's) on the back of it with room to spare! I need to find that picture again. AND overall length for the DOT man won't be a problem either!
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lol i just want to pull a 82 or 95 if i could find one ! If i get a 1095 i can take some fat girls camping !
 
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Third From Texas said:
Yep. My space heater has internal power. The battery recharges itself thermodynamically.

This is in case you want to charge the battery manually. Plug it in and clamp your cables to the shiny bits.

I chcu7kled because this it the most high-tech heater I have ever seen. With a very low tech accessory.

LOL
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Hell of a good guess wasnt it!
 
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Third From Texas said:
68" is the center point. So roughly a inch less outboard.

I forget how long the 5-ton bed is, but you'd add like 4' of cover. You would have to customize the frame mounting points (or get busy with the scissors and sewing machine). It could work, though.
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The 1082 is like a 1078 bed /1095 like a 1083 bed 14 ft something and i havnt botherd to measure my 1082 floor im sure its long enough for a cj 5 or m38
 
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Third From Texas said:
Yep. My space heater has internal power. The battery recharges itself thermodynamically.

This is in case you want to charge the battery manually. Plug it in and clamp your cables to the shiny bits.

I chcu7kled because this it the most high-tech heater I have ever seen. With a very low tech accessory.

LOL
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Why do you need a heater in corpus?
 
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