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Don't let the momentum make your engine over-rev and throw a rod; do like trains do and start over the crest with minimal speed; drop the air pressure in the tires for better traction (20 to 25 psi); like they said, keep the steering straight; don't go down at an angle to the grade which will...

R Racing: You may be right- didn't think of that. Will measure them when I have time.

I tried out my S-250 in one of my M1102's the other day. Loaded it in, but the legs I made were for the M101A3 and did not clear the wider M1102 sides, so had to block the shelter up about 3 1/2" (two 2x4's). I took it out and pulled the combo at 50 m.p.h., then 55, 60, 65, and 70; it was very...

Not planning to pull anything ridiculous, like over 7,000 lbs.: 1/2" hot-rolled steel plate, 1/2" steel rod for tow hooks, 7018 welding rod. Bolts into all the existing holes, even the pintle hitch shaft has enough length to not need a new hole for the nut cotter pin. I bent the offsets in...

What rear-ended you that could bend bend a Rockwell????

Some Before-and-Afters, without removing the lenses: All I used was a 3M headlight polishing kit (plastic gauge lenses, plastic lens polishing kit).

Is it 7/8" by 1/2" drive?

I never go anywhere out of town without a spare tire for the vehicle I have. When I borrowed a friend's two-axle car carrier, I bought a spare tire and rim combo because he didn't have one, then built a carrier for that too. I'm in a desert area like SLOrazorsedge; a blown tire on run-flat parts...

I have a 2010 M1102 and built a spare tire carrier: I made 12 gauge tire rails, used 2" x 2" x 1/4" angle side-to-side for the center brace, 2 1/4" x 1/4" steel hub spreader with 1/2" pins to index the lug holes, 3/8" all-thread rod and chain to tighten up the tire and lock it (would use 1/2"...

Recently I was at a GL site and I asked specifically "What is the method of assigning the EUC status?" and the answer was any equipment which had been in a war zone was assigned EUC. I brought it up because many M1101 and M1102 trailers were of EUC status, but some were not. Same with a very few...

It isn't a hybrid since it doesn't use electric generation or batteries for propulsion assistance. Something simple like "MULTI-FUELER", "HYPER-CYCLE COMBUSTION", "WORLD-WIDE TORQUE", "PLANET-WIDE TORQUE", "PLANET-WIDE MULTI-FUELER", "2 1/2 TONS OF TORQUE". There are very few vehicles that have...

There will be a military truck club convoy from Devore, passing thru Barfstow (stop for lunch), and on to Newberry Springs on the 26th. I will be missing THAT convoy and THIS event as well, as I will be spending time with my youngest instead (she deserves it). Just a heads-up in case anyone is...

Yes, problem fixed with a $500 airpack. I think I honed the hydraulic cylinder so much that the hydraulic piston (with check valve) was getting cocked (crooked) in the cylinder and sticking, preventing the air piston rod from advancing the hydraulic piston and applying pressure assistance. A...

Your time is coming!:roll:

Not one vendor I have asked has been able to say. I asked several on epay and two of the nationally-known companies. I got one today and there is no country of manufacture on any of the packaging or on the assembly itself. If they are all built to "mil-spec", then supposedly it doesn't matter...

So far I have had one respondent actually answer my question (Thanks Welldigger). I am looking for experienced opinions about which vendors to avoid or which are recommended; several vendors on epay cannot tell me what the country of manufacture is for the "new" airpacks they are selling. I do...

So all manufacturers make excellent products? And all vendors are awesome? You didn't post something useful to the thread; please re-read the title and third-to-last sentence/question.

I have seen many posts about air packs failing after a short life. I have not really seen posts about the best ones, which is what I want. I rebuilt mine but the hydraulic cylinder was badly pitted; I honed the crap out of it and then polished it with 600 grit and washed it, but it seems to...

The USAF flew a C-17 in two years ago, did a public walk-thru all day, then flew it in the show. When they flew it down the air strip, they were only about 150-200 feet off the deck, ground speed like only 30-40 mph, and the nose was so high the fuselage looked to be tilted at about a 45 degree...

We were taught about it when I was in grade school in the 1970's (it only focused on slavery, and did not include the argument about states' rights like today) and in high school (graduated 1986); my high school teenager is also calling b.s. We are both public school-taught and from mid-income...