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No way could I get wrenches, cheater bar ect on it to get mine off!! I was also afraid of messing up the Cooling Radiator Core!! Removing the Front Glad-Hands on the M1078 the easy way. Take A 38mm Socket and a Impact Driver, work the socket over the end sticking out and it will remove them...

I figured a way to remove the front Glad-Hands using a Impact Driver. Going to find one of my Deep Well Large Sockets that will fit over it and still not spin and Impact them off. No room for a cheater bar on the front ones. If it works good I will change out the rear ones that way too. My...

Installed the 2 Air Brake Valves and they work great now. Went for a ride after I tested them. That was fun they turned the power back on after 9 days being off due to the wildfire/ Happy camper now with the M1078 once more! Parked it next to the road in front of the house.

First problem and it has to be hard to fix a easy thing right off. I need to replace the Parking Brake Valve and the Glad-Hand Valve those are the Red and Yellow push pull air valves on the dash. Problem is there are 10-13 hoses air hoses connected to them but there not long enough to pull up to...

We have no sun shine the smoke blocked it out. I have made Solar Hot Water Heaters before but with all the stuff to do I don't have time nor energy. In a couple days the bigger Gen Set will be here that can run the water heater.

We have had no power or phones for 6 days now and they think it will take another 4 plus weeks to get most the power back up!! All kinds of poles are burned. The flame length in our fire was to long for fighting a front so the firefighters left us to be on our own just us two and we were under...

Unless you have a high pressure well with high volume it probley won't save the place unless your mowed clean out 200 ft from the buildings. The wind from the fire will blow the water away and dry it out on the buildings. I used 4,000 gals of water out of my fire tank and was running 2- 6.5 hp...

Up Date on my M1078 it is so new!!! OK I was worried when I saw low mileage on trucks yet they were beat up! Mine has 2840 miles and there true miles. While putting my stereo in it I was looking it over good. Opened both boxes behind the seats and nothing has been put in except the new stuff...

Were hanging in there just so much to do with no power running the generator for everything to have water from the well to. I am so tired and beat I need a week off but that isn't happening for a long time.

There is so much damage it is hard to follow! A couple was burned bad and there baby died in it they were traped in a wrecked 2 wheel drive truck. The 3 made a run for the river and did not make it is time the baby died of burns and the parents got bad burns and were airlifted to a burn center...

I got the truck home and drove it 0-50 MPH for 22 miles!! Drives and steers great! At first I could not get the air to shut off? Brakes started to come on till I found the Glad Handle leaking. I put tape layers under the handles and got the air up to 120 PSI and the rest of the trip was smooth...

Hope to find a way to get it open soon!

Well it is over for us the fire that is! Over 350,000 acres in 24 hours and we were in the middle. 130 burn but the home and barn where we fought it with 3000+ gals of water in 20 mins time did the job!! My truck got locked bu the Transport guy???!!! I went to get it and could not get in. I have...

I got the military truck all is well and they left it at my Mother in Laws. The Arson fire is 55 plus miles long and still burning fast, lots of homes and places burned up!! Running on my Generator we are OK none of buildings lost only God stopped that and us fighting it with hoses by...

It is a bad fire last post till were thru this it is moving we have a 600 ft wide safe zone to go to on our place. Just waiting fire off the fire pumps then we will go to it. I have to wait for flame first!

Wow what a night we had a Arsonist light 4 fires and it still might get to our home! We were supposed to leave but did not evacuate were under a Level 3 right now the fire is 2 mile away but the winds made it travel 20 miles last night and go by us. If the winds had shifted we would have ate...

Least it was not a steer tire one of the duals on the trailer. I did not do long haul but spent up to 72 days at a time inmy Water Tender sleeping in my Cabs sleeper! It was not so bad you get used to it after a while.

The poor guy bringing my M1078 from Florida had a blow out in Kansas and said boy the truck is heavy! He also just went 3400+ miles should be here in the morning with it. Glad they did not drive my rig that far! Always wanted to do trip like yours. I have crossed the USA several times but in a...

Just a thought you could double wrap the spool on one and put a pulley on the other side and eliminate the problem of one going faster then the other lifting the draw bridge.

I charged up my Camera Battery I have had it go dead at the wrong time to many times! The Military helped me learn "Hurry up and wait" Today were in a Red Flag Warning up to 50 MPH Gusts and in the 90's There working on some big fires South of me today to beat the high winds later on!!