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The video is awesome, would love to hear about how you acquired it as well as any history you know of it. Unless you have already posted this and I missed it (entirely likely)….
Is that your T55?
All the Russian soldiers watching YouTube just died a little more inside, watching the demise of an appliance they never had a chance to ”appropriate…”
I used to but found that by doing so with steel wheels it really accelerated corrosion & rust inside…. And I live in a dry climate. I stopped doing it, switched to Goodyears on everything & don’t notice any difference any more.
I recently picked up a couple of these at a local auction. The davits & hoist pieces are stored next to the carrier and secured with straight pins & R-clips. Hope this helps.
20-inch wheels won’t fit on 920/916 front wheels as the valve stem doesn’t have enough clearance. It will require grinding the front drum down for the valve stem to clear. @simp5782 listed the wide flotation 22.5” wheels he runs on his in his 920 thread, otherwise 24.5” wheels generally fit...
Not right off hand, but a member here was selling replacements a while back…
Mine had the solder joint break & the pickup tube was lying on the bottom of the tank. I took both to a local Parker-authorized hose shop & they brazed both for strength. Haven’t had any problems on the pickup side...
The turbos will definitely help; your big issue will be visible smoke…running WMO will generate some. IIRC Utah allows around 20% opacity for exhaust, particularly up in the Wasatch Front with its inversion layers. Adjust the percentage of WMO added to your diesel for the desired exhaust...
Israelis use pintle hitches on their tanks to tow mobile bridges to cross obstacles, among other things.
In Desert Storm a few tanks towed MICLIC mine-clearing trailers, the MICLIC system was pretty new at the time.
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