Search results

It looks like the packrat put a few pieces of cactus in there too? Looks like he was on the defense to keep out the probing hands of the truck owner 😲

Thanks for all the replies so far. @kendelrio - that's a nice rig! Looking to do the same to mine. If shipping wasn't a killer, I'd buy the whole bed from @3up . My guess is the seats are just as long as the bed and thus not much point in trying to ship them separately. I'd like to have...

Looking for a set of troop seats and a full set of tarp and bows for my 923 with standard drop sides. At least trying to understand what a decent set will cost me. Surprisingly, I'm coming up fairly empty on even finding prices from the usual major online surplus sellers. One did have them in...

I tried the bicycle inner tube but couldn’t make it work. Ended up standing the tire up and using a can of starter fluid. Lubed up the wheel and tire pretty good with tire soap, sprayed about 5-7 seconds of starter juice inside as best as I could and lit it with a rag on a pole. All it did was...

Dang- Victoria is a hop, skip and jump from me. You're right- that would have been a good deal. Thanks for the note about International dumps.

I think sealing off the old pump is pretty easy but I can also just reroute the lines to a tee in the pump side of the 925. I'd like to study the plumbing a bit but I think it is doable. Thanks for the support!

I'd be in a full $9-10K to buy one of those, pay the taxes and fees, and then have it shipped to me with no idea of its condition. Not saying it's a bad deal, just saying it's a deal not for me in my current situation. I'm keeping my 923 as is- will be my 'daily driver' since it's a clean...

My 923 does not have have built in hydraulics but my non-working 925 does. The 925 has the same set up as the 929 which is a PTO-to-frame-mounted-pump. Then it's hoses to the winch, dump bed, etc. My bed is from the older 5-tons where the pump was integral to the dump frame. Only hoses in my...

This dump bed has the self-contained hydraulic pump and tank system that is driven by a PTO. This is a pic of the PTO driven system on my bed. I understand the right side is the control system (lift and lower). I thought these were the old style systems from previous generation 5-ton...

You can probably soft solder (like solder for electrical contacts) to seal the leak but it may crack again soon as soft solder has little structural strength. Silver solder and brazing are strong but require some experience to do it without burning or melting your item. At 35 PSI, I like...

That's a fair question. I don't know for sure but I like your idea of letting out the air to see where the wheel settles. Much better on my back than Simp's suggestion! rofl I'm not a spring chicken anymore but I also believe I'm far from over the hill...but damn is it hard on my back to...

That's pretty impressive. I can't remember if the original M939's (not A1 or A2) had this but this is good info.

Thanks for all the inputs. It's the steering axles I'm concerned with regarding a blowout so would like to have runflats up front for all the reasons stated above. I'm not too concerned with the rears for obvious reasons. Now I just have to make a decision about what tires I run up front. My...

A few months ago, I purchased a really clean military dump bed that looks like it was taken off a M51 Dump (M35 series 5-tons) as it has the PTO driven hydraulic pump that's integrated into the dump frame. My goals was to put it on my M925 after I shorten the frame a bit but since the M925 has...

It seems like almost every surplus tire dealer removes the run flats from the tires they sell. I'm referring to the big rubber donuts that can't even be given away for free afterwards. My question is because I bought two XZL 16.00R20's already on HEMTT wheels from GP so I assume they have...

Was that bead lock from a 16.00 tire? I see you're keeping the rubber strips on the outside so I assume it was designed for a 16.00. The bead locks I have were designed for 395's so I have to remove the rubber strips since I'm replacing the old 395's with 16.00's. Also, I had two bumper/...

I picked up some unused Goodyear AT-3A's at my local govplanet. Tires are good shape and less than 3-4 years old on average but they were stored flat on a pallet so the tires are collapsed some. When I try to mount them on my combat rims, there is 2-3" inches of space between the bead and rim...

On another forum that I use for my Caterpillar excavator, (heavyequipmentforum.com), they highly recommended the local Cat dealer for my Cat 3116 w/mechanical injectors. They said Cat has an extension knowledge of wear components and symptoms since the engines have been around for a long time...

Between the M923 and other items in the motorpool, I probably need about 4-6 oil analysis samples done each year, if I'm lucky. Just need the usual data of high metals, fuel dilution, etc. to know if I got a failing system. Would love to see my data online and have it stored permanently for...

Does the M817 bed have the built in pump that is run by a PTO? If so, why not attach a 24V motor (like a starter) to the pump shaft in order to operate the bed?