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My dad told me about a friend of his who brought his boa constrictor everywhere with him. While he was driving, the snake would wrap around his clutch pedal leg for the ride. When parked, the snake would get off his leg and rest under the seat. One day he parked his Corvette at a bar to meet...

I've read about Jeeps with the manual transfer case getting the driveline bound-up when driving on pavement with part-time 4WD engaged. That happened to my mom's Grand Cherokee once when she was having trouble making smooth turns going to the office one day. My dad was on the phone with her...

I've read that being gentle is key. It just seems like a crazy weakness that should've had a passive remedy from the start.

What finally fixed it, talking to a supervisor?

The Red Green Show!

I've never driven any tankers so I have zero first-hand experience. My dad drove a big tandem-axle water tanker when he was a volunteer fireman. It was some big long-wheelbase Peterbilt with some ungodly huge tank on it. The fire department eventually got rid of it for a smaller tanker truck...

I was fortunate to get a truck that had less than 4500 miles on it when I bought it. The outer bearings on the tandem axles had the grease washed off them. I don't think it was necessarily failed axle seals or corks that were the problem, but it seems the bearings weren't adjusted from the...

Nice truck! I agree with everyone else here about being super-careful with the water tanks. I've read too many stories on here about fire departments buying 2 1/2-ton trucks and overloading them with water and flipping them over. I'm a firm believer that any water tanking should really be a...

I'd think there would be more of those around. That looks like it was molded somehow, so someone would've had to make tooling for it. Is it possible that the South Koreans are using plastic hard tops for their trucks? One could make fiberglass tops. You'd have to make a mold big enough for...

That reminds me of how I thought putting ERA on a mailbox was a good idea in an area prone to teenager-caused mailbox beatings! EDIT: Oh right, the topic... I don't want my truck to blow up when someone takes it. I prefer it intact when I get it back!

How about hiding the battery disconnect in plain sight by making turning on the truck like a video game cheat code? Turn signal left, turn signal right, turn on panel lights, turn off panel lights, press brake pedal, release brake pedal, turn four-ways on, turn four-ways off, then rotate the...

What studs were you stripping, the ones on the rim for the clamp ring or the ones on the truck hub? I ask because I had a heck of a time getting my A3 wheels apart until it occured to me that it would be very helpful to chase the stud threads with a die first🤦‍♂️

If someone's dumb enough to try and steal something they're also not smart enough to think things through :p My truck has the security chain welded to the seat base and I use a good padlock with it that has a weather cover for the key hole.

My wife wants me to get one so that she gets to ride in a big army truck that can do 60 all day long :ROFLMAO: I just need the cash and the yard to keep one now :p Seriously, though, the HEMTT also has a cargo variant with a loading crane. Probably as long as you MH too! That truck is rated...

That's true even with 395s. The M35A3's transmission doesn't have an overdrive. It'll just make 55 MPH with 395/85R20 tires mounted. On the stock wheels (365/80R20) it tops out at about 50 MPH. I usually cruise at about 45 MPH with the 395s on my truck so I be sure to drive it when I'm not...

Question: I feel like over the past few years I've read here that multifuel parts and engines are getting scarce. Are they still less costly to repair than Cat or Cummins motors at this point? For your needs, I suggest a 5-ton. Like the deuce, it'll be more than sufficient for your needs...

I'd try to find a truck with dual-circuit brakes. Some M35A2 trucks and all M35A3 trucks were built like that. Single-circuit works, and I've driven a few old trucks set up like that, but I personally prefer the redundancy. There's no point in going if you can't control the stop! If I did it...

One of the kids really thinks my deuce is cool, so I wanted to make a toy version of a military 6x6 to play with that scales with the Melissa & Doug wooden trucks and cars they play with. I chose an M813 for the template since that's one of my dream 5-tons. I mean, it's a really, really big...

While this is back to life, I suggest buying the appropriate pipe plug socket to remove the plugs. You're more likely to round off the plug's square hole if you try to use a socket drive :sick:

I posted a video on YouTube describing the process I developed to use a hot acetone vapor bath to smooth 3D prints made with ABS and ASA plastic. I developed this process while working on my smoke grenade control box blank.