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I moved 30 loads of millings and concrete today. This truck loves weight. Once I get done getting the site work done for the new 60 X 125 building this dump will get redone and i plan on driving it alot. It drives great I really like it. We have been blessed with good weather in the Buffalo area...

I got my Dump out of storage. It hasn't run since 2005 when I drove it home from Columbus Ohio and then parked it. I greased it flushed the brake system, new batteries Put on some 53's I picked up in Cape Cod last month. Yesterday I put the wood sides on. The plan is to move a 100 loads of...

When I picked up one of my trucks years ago I had to use some dot 3 to get it home. Later on I blow air through the lines with the bleeders open. It seemed to get all the liquid out of the cylinders. I then power bleed it with fresh dot 5. I agree that the power bleeder wont move enough fluid...

MVpartsstore,com has the adapter plates for $87 each and for 95 each you can get them powder coated green or black. They look nice but haven't seen one in person. Hope that helps.

Really nice job Rusty. That's a great addition to the truck.

I bought a waste oil heater in 1998 to heat my shop. It required maintanance and over time i found many short comings of its design. I wound up building one with a vertical heat exghanger with 5 inch core tubes that could be more easily cleaned. A few things I learned from using them for 20...

Thanks Rusty. I am really looking forward to starting a project like this so i have a more comfortable driver as i plan on using it once a month to camp at a rocket launch which is about 110 miles away. The bus drive train answers so many short comings and things that are benifits to the 6x6...

Andy & Rusty thanks for that info. Is it better than to use a bus that has Hyrdo brakes. I did find a few some had manaul trannys as well. I think one pic looked like a hydro boost set up but i might be wrong on that. Whats the best way to integrate upgrading the brakes. Tks Larry

Nice. That looks very practical. Iam amazed at how well built the bus body is with the rivets.

HI Rusty and thanks for the info. I found some with hydro brakes and some with the Air. What are your thoughts on that. I was told the 98-2004 were the better engines than the newer ones but know little on it. With the auto trannys are there certain ones or year combos you prefer this seems like...

I like that idea the trucks are high and getting things in and out at 58 gets old quick. Wondering if you could run it off the hyraulic pump for the power steering and brakes and could you also run the winch with a hydraulic motor so you didn't have to add a pto. I never messed that stuff on bus...

Hi Guys. Thanks for the replys. I was sort of thinking of using the lenght of bus frame inplace of the deuce frame. so you would have to mount the transfercase, axles and body. I read that thread link and found it interesting. I didnt realize it sounds like the deuce frame is more flexable. I...

I have been following many of the mods to benifit the deuce on many threads. I found a 98 bus with a DT466 manual tranny and hydraulic brakes. I am wondering what the thoughts are of actually using the chassis frame and maybe the firewall portion that contains the pedals and steering support...

Eagle well said. This site is what has gotten me going that and retirement. Back in 2009 I got heavily involved in a rocket club. They launch big stuff to 18 K. I got sucked in as green and rockets work well together its natural. I wound up being a heavy hand in the club and now that I am...

Tks for the feedback Iam sure then the speedo must be wrong. It reads past the 60 mark by the same distance from between the 50-60. I just noticed this is why different then the others when I brought them home. 4 were stored inside there really nice so I don't want to mess with them yet. I feel...

Nice Pics eagle looks like you had alot of fun with that truck. TKS for the feedback on the rubbing. TKS porky for the feedback on the rpms. The guy at the sub base when i picked it up said this truck was worked on and a favorite we used it to run loads over the highway. I drove it home back...

Hi Eagle. Tks for the reply. I was afraid of that the third axle with those big tires probubly sucks power. One of my Dueces came from Groton RI the sub base. It has single 1100's on it with the hubs swapped thats the way i got it. It does 70MPH and the only one that has some sticcker saying its...

Welcome aboard. I am just getting started on finally doing a project on one. You live out in rustystuds state. He has many posts with very useful info. This is a great place to get tons of help and info from. Its cool to see what everyone is doing as well. Good luck on your rig.

Hi Team. I have several trucks i bought back in 2000-2005. I finally retired and want to start working on them. I wanted to do somethng with one of the M35a2s to start using to camp and daily driver. I have been following and reading many of the threads for some time now. Has anyone just...

So Iam looking into getting some plates water cut. Gerhard sent me some specs. I am curios it looks like there are other applications could they be made to work with more than one. If so does anyone have additional info learned in making these so I can offer the best quality and options...