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Gary, come on anytime. I'd recommend the south face as it gets the morning sun which melts away the frost first. As far as a log?!? Well sure... I guess. Log, boulder, backpack full of pea gravel... anything you want to pack along to aid in your descent. M1075, You're right on the singles...

Hey Gary, good to hear from you. I fired the engine with the help of a spider web of fuel delivery and return lines, coolant hoses and enough jumper wires to re-string a biplane. Quite a growler with only 6' of straight pipe between the turbo and exhaust flapper. Methinks a muffler is in it's...

Well, somebody has to perform these experiments, but why do I feel like a test pilot in a kamakazi factory? OK everyone, here's how it goes. 1600X20s DO NOT lend themselves to being set up as duals. They rapidly approach the maximum width of 110" and all that weight has to add up to some...

RE: Dueling 1600s... some things just ain Bjorn, the tires are Michelin XZL 1600R20 and the sidewall marking says they're good for 14,540# at 110 psi. That should work out to ohh, 58,160# for the rear dualled out... that's 29.08 tons. Yep, I can go ahead and haul that load of garden mulch...

Dueling 1600s... some things just ain't meant to be. To Kenny, et. al.; Well, after moving the center out on one of my 1000X20 rims, mounting up an extra 1600X20 Michelin and straining myself to the point where only dogs can hear my speaking voice... I'm here to tell you that dualed out 1600s...

RE: More on baby HEMTT I posted a drwg of a HEMTT wheel in the tech bulletins section although I mis-labeled it 11X20 it's really 10X20. These are the wheels I'm running and you can see from the drwg what kind of offest they have.

RE: More on baby HEMTT I think I may have to trim off one of the bed supports on each side but other than that it measures out to be workable. I already know that two wheels with tires face to face will need a spacer about 8" thick to keep the tires from kissing at the ground. That much extra...

RE: More on baby HEMTT Kenny, I'm gonna pull a rear wheel and reverse it to see what kind of clearance I have and while it's up in the air I'll take a picture of the drum exposed. Not sure the big full air brake Rockwells have a flippable hub. The problem with most of the wheels I found, other...

RE: More on baby HEMTT P.S. Kenny, I thought bridge truck wheels were 6 lug. I'm running 5 ton axles that take 10 hole Budd wheels.

RE: More on baby HEMTT Kenny, how wide are bridge truck wheels? I'm thinking one stock 10X20 and one with the center pushed out to it's max. That way if I need a spacer it won't have to be 7" thick. If my tape measure doesn't lie, It still should be within legal limits. If that doesn't work I...

RE: More on baby HEMTT Yeah, I'm still picking away at it in between working for the Nat'l Guard and trying to keep all my other plates in the air. The baby HEMTT sits out on my driveway and it's been kinda hard to get excited about laying under it in the rain as I don't have a shop like some...

RE: More on baby HEMTT Thanks Jed. Some days you have to drive a stake into the ground to see if I'm moving. Once the last of the big stuff is placed and mounted, it should go faster... I hope.

More on baby HEMTT Still out here-- alive and kicking. Got the spare tire up in the carrier and found I had to make a support and bracket to keep it from rolling the pass side frame channel. Putting the finishing touchs on the tire hoist; winch and pulley at the end of the boom will finish it...

Jason, I got four cabs for $1200. I picked the best and cannibalized to finish out the one I used. Rims were $75 ea and the tires came to about $120 ea. including mounting and new radial tubes for each.

Bjorn, mine's an AT-545 N. It's the run-of-the-mill Allison trans that all the FedEx, UPS, rental trucks use.

Not as yet, Jason. Trying to keep up my own schedule has me spread kinda thin. I'll have the trans cooler up in place and plumbed in this week and can light off the engine without a geyser of trans fluid from the 1/2" cooler connections on the Allison transmission. Then I'm gonna prime the fuel...

Thanks for the kind words, Bjorn. Glad we were able to pull that rabbit out of the hat for you.

Definately worth considering Kenny. They're spring over shock and look pretty good. Only thing to consider is the seat to steering wheel clearance. I can measure mine if that'll help.

One for you Jason. Great looking wrecker Jason. Here's the new kid on the block in my neck of the woods.

Clinto, now don't be picking on my engine hoist; it was really handy pulling Bjorn's tranny when we did the rear seal. The extension legs are laying under the baby HEMTT. Would have bought the bigger one but I'm not zoned for it. Baby HEMTT update: Working on the induction system to get air--...