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I swear I stared at the TM until I couldn't stay awake last night and never found it, but I just took another look and found a dimension for track width.
Is that dimension from tire centerlines?
I recently won an M1009. I have to drive 6 hours to pick it up and want to make sure my trailer will be able to haul it.
the data plate lists the vehicle width as 79.6 in., but that seems like that is at the widest parts of the body. Can anyone with the standard size tires give me a width from...
Hey Jets, can you snap a couple of pics of your bracing? Did you weld or bolt? I'll most likely bolt in whatever I do, since i have no welder and havent tried to weld since High school.
Finally rigged up my underbed mount. Used a Chevy 2500 4x4 P/U spare tire crank. Still have to work out the crank tube arrangement. Also, it doesn't have anything to rest against to keep it level when it cranks up and contacts the middle x-member that the winch is mounted to. It wants to...
I did buy the 12 pin to 7 blade cable from Erik's Surplus. Bought the pintle and receiver plate from Tractor Supply. It does have a snug fit, but worked fine for the highway pull, but that part will get an upgrade soon.
I bought the plug cover from ebay for $9. went to a local pick and pull...
One thing that is not so good is several of the ropes on the tarp are either badly frayed or knotted beyond use. I had to cut a couple to get the tarp off for travel.
I remember the M35a3 duece tarps had a black rubber band type tie down, has anyone tried something like that to replace the...
Got it from RRAD. has good Uniroyal tires, good tarp, both parking brakes work, surge brakes seem to work (does seem to jump a little during hard braking). All lights functional. Pulled like a dream at 70 mph on the interstate for 3 hours.
I have been lurking for a month, and learning all about...