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Got a chance to talk to Sergeant Titus today on the phone. He told me he was assigned the position of convoy leader and trainer because he was 1 of 5 out of 200 people in his unit that had experience driving civilian trucks. He picked the truck he did because it had the V8 in it. He said I was...

The truck's main driver was Sergeant Robin Titus and Specialist Angela was the co-driver. Sergeant Titus went on a second deployment to Kuwait in 2003 and he said this truck, along with some others, sitting in storage in Kuwait. So the truck was still in the middle east as late as 2003. I've...

I've found out that is was used in 471st Transportation Company, 2040 Transportation Battalion, truck #104. I've got some more info and pictures from the guy that drove it while in was "in country", but am waiting on his permission to post his personal info and pictures.

No they haven’t.

Just a follow up about this truck. I actually found a picture of it in operation over in the Middle East, and the Sargent who drove it. I’ve reached out the the Sargent but haven’t heard back yet. The truck has blue paint under the white it currently has. I’m 100% sure this is the trucks, by...

Got the 5th wheel mounted today and was able to finally hook the truck up to it for a function check.

I guess I need to take some pics to make this thread more interesting. I have removed all 20 hubs, cleaned everything, packed the bearings, and put back together. Everything seems to be brand new, just frozen from lack of use. I had 10 bad tires and several bent wheels. Picked up 12 new...

How you filtering your oil? That may be what your problems are.

No want ads in the forums, and this thread has gotten way out of hand.

Well today I got all the brake lines and valves repaired, and energized the air system for the first time. Found out that at least on the axles I checked, brakes and linkages are frozen. It appears that this trailer has sat for a long time, and any grease on it has turned as hard as a rock...

You should clean both the terminals and the cable ends every time you remove/replace them. They aren't making a good connection and arcing. Also, they should never be looses enough where you can remove them without loosening the clamp.

Yes, you can do without the regulator. Just take it off and run system pressure.

The PTO rear output is hard to find. It may be easier to get a transfer case PTO, or if your aren’t planning on having a PTO winch, just drive the pump off the front output. I’ve done it both ways, if you need more info. Edit- I see in your other post where you have a factory pump and valve...

I don’t know much about the HMMWV platform, but I’d say a NP208 should work fine. If you want something stronger, go with a NP205. The NP208 gets a bad rap, being a aluminum case chain drive, but the fact is short of hard core off-road, people rarely have problems with them.

Anybody remember the canoes that sold a few years ago that required a EUC?

There will be some slack in the drum. This isn't slack in the gears, it's slack in the dogs, this is completely normal. The dog clutch doesn't have very tight tolerances, if it did, you'd have a hard time moving the engagement lever.

Agreed. I’m not complaining about the cost, I know full well what things like this cost to get operational and maintain. I’m just posting the cost so if somebody wants to buy one, they know what they are getting into.

Pulling 12v off of one battery will shorten the life of your batteries, it's proven science, and any battery manufacturer will tell you this. How long it shortens the life depends on the 12v load. Two or more batteries in parallel will balance themselves out, two batteries in series won't...

I've also looked into replacing the APU seal. According to the Kubota manual, you've got to remove the whole case side to replace the seal. I've thought about some field mods to fix it though. One is to drill through the boss around the shaft, in order to be able to drive out the pin where the...

Spent $1,000 in hoses today, got enough to replace 1/3 of them. Fixing to spend another $1,000 on tires. I'd suspect I'll spend another couple $1,000 before it's ready to go to work. All these expenses were figured in the purchase price, but I couldn't imagine a hobbyist owning one of these...