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I may have a couple of those up in the big van.......or I may have sold them at the GA Rally......I'll look and see.....If I have them I'll cut you a good deal.

Mechanical advantage is your best friend for using a winch. There is a TM concerning vehicle recovery that addresses how to rig for pulling. Maybe someone knows which one it is and can post a link to it. Bear in mind that with a straight line pull if something gives and that cable comes loose it...

Quitter!!!!!:mrgreen: I have the same issue with the M927......two knee surgeries to date on the clutch leg. So far I just bite the bullet as far as getting in and out. I have boost the Boss Lady into the passenger side. Not a pretty sight for a civilian. I do use a step stool for climbing...

Quality Wrecker……..................229-435-3990 Ask for Andy. He is the driver that came out to load me and is well versed in loading out those trailers.

What Ron said. Since the brakes lock when you take the air off them you have to cage them to get the trailer to roll. It might be possible to cage the brakes and roll it up on a trailer with a forklift but you would risk a lot of damage doing it. I helped load out several at Albany a while back...

My M927 will bump 63MPH but the sweet spot is around 53-57. It purrs at that speed (it has the 8.3 Cummins in it) and almost gets good fuel milage.

There have been several threads on putting a Reese style hitch on a deuce or 5 ton. If I was a seach guru I could direct you to one.

This is so true. MV's are herd animals......you have to remember they come from large preserves where they lived in close proximity to their brethern. The best place to see a big herd (other than a military installation) is the GA rally......last year we had over 100 trucks and many trailers and...

That is far too much tire for that rim for several reasons. Inflated to proper air pressure (assuming you can get them on the rim) only the center of the tire will contact the pavement when running at speed. Not a good idea.

If you are close to SS member Clinto (he is near Athens, GA) get in touch with him. You could do well to let him mentor you in the care and feeding of the duece. He is absolutly anal about his trucks (the keepers and the ones he sells). He is also the Grand Master of the world famous Steel...

They are pull outs from the 900 series trucks. 250 Cummins with Allisons.

Cool beans Daniel. So I assume it will be at the 2013 GA Rally in full restored glory.

I have the 8.3 in my M927. It has the CTIS and super singles. I have never used the CTIS and prob won't since one of the wheels is blocked off. The 8.3 is peppy considering how heavy the extended WB is. It also has a big tuning radius. One thing that almost all stock MV's have is their aversion...

Let me give you the benefit of my experience. I bought my first deuce in 2005 and have bought over 30 trucks from GL since (more than that if you count residue trucks that got cut up). Unless you are well versed in swapping sheet metal, repairing sheet metal and other things on a big, heavy...

To quote the bulldog when he backed into the barbed wire........"ruf, ruf, ruf". Vehicles that have belonged to other government agencies tend to be run hard and put up wet. Lots of "midnight modifications" and drivers that may or may not have been kind to the truck. I'd lowball the crap out...

The yellow lights were used in Europe to keep the glare down when there was snow on the ground and roads. I put a lot of miles on deuces over there in the 70's and remember being on the Autobahn with hundreds of other vehicles (civy and military) that had yellow headlights.

Or you can bite the bullet and get some of the new LED headlights. I picked up a set at the GA Rally for the M927 and they are the cat's azz for night time driving. Pricey but worth it.

You can run some WMO in a straight diesel but you do so at the peril of the engine. The old 250 Cummins is pretty forgiving but the 8.3 is direct injection and might have issues. Back in the day we would pour the used motor oil from oil changes into the big tanks the company stored bulk fuel in...

My M927 (has the super singles and CTIS) will run 65 wide open but the sweet spot is around 54 at 1600 which gets good fuel milage with the 8.3 Cummins. Your Ranger will fit in the bed easily.....I've hauled my Dakota in an M927 while flat towing a M923. Last year I flat towed my 32 foot van...

Way too much trailer for a full size deuce much less a tractor. No weight on the 5th wheel would allow the trailer to push the tractor. That trailer has straight air brakes also.....in a situation where you need to use the brakes a lot, such as a long down hill run, the air might leak down to...