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This is why I don't do super single tires. I have a Tire Dude that will take one off, replace an O-ring and put it back on for 35 bucks. He works on skidders so his guys have it down to an art form. Check around and see which of your heavy tire dealers does skidders and go get a price check...

What is your truck set at? The military often set the pump at 1900 RPM to keep speed down due to young soldiers with heavy feet. Mine is turned up to 2300 and with the super singles often runs out of numbers on the speedometer. You have to know how to drive a Cummins that is turned up. I...

I recently flat towed a M818 while carrying another M818 on the back of my M927A2. If it had pulled any better I couldn't have stood it. I was running 70 on flat ground. Leave well enough alone.

If it lost prime you will need to slightly pressurize the system to get it to crank. Detroits are notoriously hard to start after being ran dry. Check your fuel cap and see if a Schrader valve has been installed. You don't need a lot of pressure. You need to find the underlying cause before...

For those of you who have never had the full military experience let me mansplain how things work. Military vehicles are built in series (M800, M900, etc) by the lowest bidder. Note: Lowest bidder does not equate to lowest price, generally only lowest quality. In the past military vehicles...

I had some on digits but they are lost in my archives. They are about 30 miles from me and I don't get over that way much. Someone on here has posted them before. Maybe he will step up again. They are pretty roached out and parts are missing off both. I know one has the v-8 diesel engine but...

Are you looking for any 10 ton parts trucks. There are two M123's near me slowing returning to the earth. I'd love to see someone rescue them.

Ron and I have done crazier things. Let us know.

I realize that curiosity caused the untimely demise of the feline mammal but now you got me wondering since you are close. Not too much a bunch of rednecks can't do when we put our minds to it. The closest HETT I know of is Ron's BART (modified 1070) in Gainsville, GA. That's prob a four or...

If you have problems near Hattiesberg, MS CSMDavis is your go to guy. He's a fellow member and a stand up guy.

Sometimes the pickins are pretty slim. :wreckerman893:

Not a bad mod but I don't like the straight stacks myself. Just a leftover prejudice from my trucking days. I like the turnouts and if I do stacks on my M927A2 that's what I'll have.

Depending on how much work you are able to put into it you could put a deuce drive line into an existing bus about as easy as you could convert a deuce into a motor home type vehicle. Or you could find a M36 long wheelbase deuce and put a bus body onto it. If you do that you are still going to...

There was a huge lot of these trucks sold out of Salina, Kansas a few years ago when GL still had the vehicle contract. I don't know if they were War Stocks or if they had been turned in by a deactivating Guard or Reserve unit but the average price was 8500 and most of them had less than 100...

A lot of trucks were surplussed out to counties and cities. Some of them were repainted using industrial paint in various colors (often using inmate labor). It depends on if you got the vehicle directly from the government or through a third or forth party.

That takes "working her like a rented mule" to a whole new level.

Need pics and more information.

Anything with a yaller motor is going to cost you money when it breaks.

I am a former owner of one of these beasts and they are a great toy to have. Most of the advice above is sound so follow it. Let me address the hydraulic hose issue. That vehicle is prob 40 years old if not older. Those hoses will last a long time but when they go they usually go in a...

Drop into low range well before getting to the hill, find a gear it will pull in that will allow you to hold around 15-1600 RPM (prob third) and let her pull all the way to the top. The engine does not have to be screaming for the truck to be pulling. That is why you have Low and High ranges...