Recent content by lefty

6in SkyJacker (leafs front, blocks rear)

Finally got my milsurp tires on, one had a leak so I plugged it..

I agree, looks good!

Bought 4 HMMWV 37" take-offs from a milsurp place about 2 hours away, got home and realized one is cut really badly where the sidewall meets the tread. On the hunt for a single in decent shape..

Engine & weight in the front, kinda makes sense you'd want beefier shackles up there if you're lifting the whole truck by them. My 1028 is missing the 2 rears.

2nd truck isnt going to work either, if I was buying them close to home it would be different, but to hop in and drive 1,000 miles, I'm not confident in either of them. I am now just looking for a civvy truck to obuy, and maybe flip after I get up north. Thanks for the help in this thread, but...

Just got done looking at the truck, and to be honest, I'm a bit torn. Bodywise it is in great shape. It seems to run down the road fine too, but at idle there is a bit of a missfire and surging that makes me leery of the drive home. I am not sure if there's a bad injector or something along...

Duct Tape is a given!! Maybe I'll grab a can of "fix-a-flat" too.. The more prepared I am, the less likely something bad will happen!

Just outside Elmira, NY, barely across the NY/PA border. Thanks! I just hope I have an uneventful trip... I'll probably stop by Harbor Freight before I head out to buy some cheap tools for the trip home. I figure a socket set, pair of vice grips, screwdrivers, multimeter, maybe a spool of...

I think I've come to an agreement with the guy selling truck #1, he's planning on installing the radiator this weekend, and I'm most likely going to fly down monday the 24th to purchase the m1008, then I will work the rest of the week at my FL office, spend a little time with some family, and...

I was thinking the same thing, the first truck has been sitting about 3 months due to the radiator, but before that he says he drove it daily for 3 years. There's likely to be a lot less wrong with it. Plus it doesn't look quite as beat up. The 2nd truck has bent bumpers and dents in the...

Here is what I consider option #2, it's a 1986 m1008 which has been parked a long while. the owner says it could use new tires, has a bad front u-joint (could mean bent drive shaft?), and the tail lights don't currently work, at all... (electrical demon!) But the price is more in line with...

I got a pretty good lead from my CL wanted ad. This truck is a 1985 m1008, it looks pretty solid, We just need to come together on a price, he is asking $5500, which seems a bit high to me, and doesnt leave me any wiggle room for the return trip home.. (he included a picture of the brand new...

Round bales aren't that heavy, but they can be fun to try and stack, I had 9 on this load but 5 fell off before I made it to my destination, lol I like your set up though, seems like it would be real handy around the farm..

Unfortunately it doesn't seem that a visit to the Treasure Coast is in my near future, the hunt is still on!