Recent content by rossbart

thanks for the feedback. I’m relieved to hear that it’s normal. Sure am enjoying working this rig!

Thanks for the followup. I’m kind of embarrassed to expound but, basically, the bulb was bad. I tested it direct to battery and both high and low beam sides were bad. The reason I didn’t check earlier was that it was a brand new bulb right out of the box from a big name military vendor (who I...

I’m definitely confused on the ground issue too. Was sitting here reading through troubleshooting (no help) and then the wiring harness picture. Like you say, would seem all grounds would tie together. And, yes, that harness looks to be in pristine condition. Looks like a couple chassis grounds...

Mind if I add an inquiry: have new M1123. All lights work except passenger headlamp - and it worked intermittently initially but never now. Changed bulb. No change. Confirmed wire numbers are correct on both sides of hood. Odd thing is that on that bad side if I do a continuity test on the...

Back. Picture a heavy duty tailgate, hydraulically actuated. Mechanically not much different that our flatbeds.

Yes Sir. Will probably either buy a 24v hydraulic pump or else do the Orion that you guys have recommended. But, have a bit of metal fabrication to do before I have to deal with the electrical component… And, PS, not big into unrollers. Usually drop round bales into round bale rings. Have...

That’s funny. Here’s this same feeder on a generator trailer as I’ve been using behind an M1009 for the past several years. Just got tired of heavy trailer yankin my ass around. Just filled the feeder with 1,500 pounds of feed on humvee (on top of 700# feeder). Actually can’t even feel the...

Yeah. I think someone painted over it…

Having difficulty Finding amp draw from mfg of feeder. This is what that say about the motor: “These are not starter motors. These 12 volt motors are Constant Duty and are C-Face bolted to an oil bath gear reducer.They run for power and not speed.” That said, they spec 6 gauge wire through...

Are you saying that the 200 amp dual voltage alternator setup (as factory setup) will maintain the “lower” battery as is - or is there some wiring setup that needs to be done? I have an M1123 that I’m wanting to run my 12v cattle feeder off of. Would it be correct to just wire it to the “lower”...

Have a new (to me) M1123 that I’m transforming to a farm truck. Coming along nicely. Even beginning to ride well WITH the MAK springs. (Full cube feeder is about a ton). Will be adding round bale hay spike too. So, weight ought to max out about same as it was up armored. My question: my cube...

Thank you for the advice. I’d think that when I’m loaded with feed and a round bale (about 4,000 lbs of payload) it might ride similar to the armored truck. Of course, I’ve never driven one of those to know what that’s like. But, when empty of feed it’ll only be 1,000 lbs and I’m betting that...

I also was reading through this thread and had the same question: if ride quality improved more with shocks removed that from anything done from coil spring modification. But, if shocks are needed for travel limiting purposes, could you just drill out the factory shocks (to drain oil) and call...

Have an m35a3 with stock a3 wheels running 395s. Have a 1,000 gal water tank on it and using it daily (hauling cattle water) plus as a ranch grass fire truck. I don’t like how narrow the track is. Would like a wider footprint with this much water onboard. Anyone know if the factory a3...

Will do. Thanks for the tip. 👍🏻