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And now we know the rest of the story! Thank you for joining the site and I look forward to seeing part 2 of your progress! Your wife's a good catch there! Mine wants a slantback HMMWV, but it's been a bear convincing her into getting a 5-ton wrecker :ROFLMAO: I guess I'll take what I can get!

If you know what you're doing, you can get a title for a titleless truck. A guy up near me did that for an old 5-ton. But I think it's almost always easier to get something that comes with a title. Otherwise you jump through hoops to make it legal or you're buying a parts truck.

Maybe he's one of those types who'd sell it for the right price.🤷‍♂️ I'd sell mine for $60K :LOL:

The prices I observed are from trucks with titles or transferable registrations. I've seen M105 trailers go between $1000 and $3000. The more expensive ones appear in great shape and often include tarp and bows. The M105A3 trailers tend to be the most expensive regardless of the seller...

I've still seen deuces running and driving from $6000-$10000 depending on body condition. One yahoo near me has a beat-looking M109A3 for sale for $18000 - they clearly don't know what the truck's worth :rolleyes:

That's a neat machine! What plastics can it print with?

My leaks have been pretty consistent since I've done this project. Three tires barely lose air over months of storage. Two lose a bit more air but not enough to go flat over that time frame. One tire loses all its air in a month and has a jack stand under the axle any time the vehicle isn't...

Good to know, thanks! A good thing for the heavy truck crowd to know (y) And nice truck you have there :cool: Whenever I may get a 5-ton I'd consider a wheel-tire combination like that!

He's on here as @Jeepsinker . He's made excellent videos! Also - trunion! That's what the spring seat pivot is called! Thanks for the reminder :) I love how Firefox thinks that "trunion" is a misspelled word. "Grunion" - really? :rolleyes: What is that even? :ROFLMAO:

Last year I bought the $60 1/2" impact wrench from Harbor Freight. I haven't tried it on the rims yet, but it got the lug nuts off like they weren't there! Whenever the wheels come up in conversation, I always tell people that the tire swap made me lose 10 lbs, which is true! :ROFLMAO...

The tandem axles pivot vertically on what's called a "spring seat". The spring seat bearings are under round caps on either end of the spring seat bracket, which holds the whole spring seat assembly together to the frame. The spring seat bearings need to be adjusted every 6000 miles, I...

How close are 5-ton rims to the 10-lug rims we see on most heavy commercial trucks? I thought they were interchangeable.

Is the deuce the only truck that uses this Continental motor? I thought other antique medium-duty civilian trucks used it too :unsure: But I don't know of any off-hand.

I think so. I believe parts for the old Continental truck motors are pretty scarce these days, so a running example would be valuable for someone restoring a truck with one of these.

I don't believe the gearing in A3 axles is different. The lower top speed is because the automatic transmission doesn't have an overdrive.