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A little bit of sag on the truck, the trailer does not even budge.
In defense of the truck. It is a 1987 M1028 and has a load of Sycamore logs under the Maple. Sycamore is what they make chopping blocks out of. Very dense and heavy wood. Besides the springs are OEM springs and all CUCV's should have new springs by now. I have a set for this truck. I will get them on in the next 10 years. Sometime before I expire. Have a Great Day.A little bit of sag on the truck, the trailer does not even budge.
When I pull my M1008 into a materials yard and tell them to load it with a yard of sand or rock, they ask me if I want half now and the other half later. I tell them I will take it all now. The operator starts placing the material slowly into the truck as several yard people look on waiting for the truck to start to sag. After about half the load going in slowly, without any sag, the operator quickly dumps the remaining material, realizing that the truck can handle the weight. The yard guys walk on, feeling a little disapointed that they missed out on a little laugh that the truck didn't bottom out.In defense of the truck. It is a 1987 M1028 and has a load of Sycamore logs under the Maple. Sycamore is what they make chopping blocks out of. Very dense and heavy wood. Besides the springs are OEM springs and all CUCV's should have new springs by now. I have a set for this truck. I will get them on in the next 10 years. Sometime before I expire. Have a Great Day.
No defense needed, that is an impressive amount of weight the truck can carry.In defense of the truck. It is a 1987 M1028 and has a load of Sycamore logs under the Maple. Sycamore is what they make chopping blocks out of. Very dense and heavy wood. Besides the springs are OEM springs and all CUCV's should have new springs by now. I have a set for this truck. I will get them on in the next 10 years. Sometime before I expire. Have a Great Day.
Nice.I sagged the leaf springs on my 1031..tools and parts plus towing heavy trailers. So I installed air springs, ditching the over load springs. Much better ride all around and easily adjusted. The tongue jack on my travel trailer needs a bit more height, dropping to 30 PSI does just fine. Once connected, add 75 PSI, tension weight distribution bars and it is connected.
Air spring assist, and airbags, definitely have some downside. Prepare for maintenance and dollar outlays. And potential failures at times.My experience with air spring assists was never good. I have friends that swear by them on smaller trucks. I had them on a CUCV M1028 salt spreader truck and in the middle of a storm one of the connections leaked air and the truck was not usable. That was when I installed the new leaf springs. I also eliminated the auxiliary springs on that M1028 and the new springs all the way around made it sit, ride and drive like it was a new 1984 K30. Never made it ride or drive like a new modern truck, but it did get the firm sag-free drivability back into the old truck. Then a few years later the differential rusted thru and that was the end of the line. Rust had taken another CUCV to the shredder. Have a Great Day.
I remember that year had a couple foot droppers of snow! Shut down york for about a week...Hey, don't forget to keep cleaning up the barns for parts finds...We gotta make it up there again soon!View attachment 867567
Take me to that special place. My M1009 Mule 6 years ago 2016.
So cool, timeless.View attachment 868238
I will just park this here for your viewing pleasure.