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Lucked out with the first one I bought. It came with everything, including the jack. Maybe because it was in Washington, not Texas?
After that, the only thing one of them came with was the ripper. Bought a new 3/4-inch impact for the HMMH for about $300, then paid a bit more for a used 1-inch...
When I realized that I had to have an M936 I went to Google and typed in "M936 for sale".
The only "problem" was to decide on which one to buy after finding quite a few for sale.
You'll love the impacts. Especially the 1" when removing the loader (but I would still start soaking the threads with acetone and ATF a couple of days ahead of time).
You might find both new and used tools on eBay. I did.
I do have to give those Toyo M55s some extra credit.
They've been on there for about 20 years and still look like they could be a year old, despite our brutal UV. And the thread is in great shape, except for where the tire chains have left some marks. Needless to say, it doesn't get driven on...
It does indeed affect the suspension on my Ram 3500 DRW quite a bit.
But it's not so much that the trailer is heavy (just over 10,000 lbs. as I recall) as that the rear 20 feet are empty space. Most of the weight is in the living quarters up front.
With the axles centered under the garage...
It's a toy hauler. There's a 20-foot garage in the back.
Over 4K weight on the coupler (by how much I don't know), so the M1008 goes down to about two inches from the bump stops.
I might have stuck with 10 weight oil, too, had it been readily available and affordable.
Also, it just made sense to me to use hydraulic fluid in the hydraulic systems, especially since I don't need to standardize things to the extent the military does.
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