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Had one of those “neighbor kid gets stuck mudding about a couple miles away, and other neighbor gets stuck trying to get him out the second day” request for help from my neighbors. The 5 ton did pretty good getting them both out, although I started getting a little worried when the sticky stuff...

So I am watching videos of captured or destroyed Russian trucks (which makes me cry a bit for the truck). They look very similar to US trucks, no doubt a result of Ford providing them in WWII. What are these metal hoops around the shakles for at the rear of trucks? I have the same set up on my 5...

Is using 303 plastic protectant effective for those? I use that on my pulley belts. I think soaking the runber in them might give them extra life. Also applying more every 6months or so...

other issue I have is I was doing a seventh spare tire and I stripped a stud for the ring. I never removed a stud, let alone one stuck with a broken bolt that will not unscrew back. I broke so many tools on this project. I even smashed my face on the spring axle when a breaker bar broke. What a...

Well, cheat. Interesting. I do not remember seeing such a grove even though I was looking for one the second time around , but I will check it out on the other ones.

I got 4 goodyear M/VT 395/85R20 at auction and 3 former CTIS rims with M/VTs on them. Ordered a few rims from Feliz but they were the 10 bolters , not the 20 bolters like the CTIS ones. I installed the best 3 goodyears on the felz rims with beadlock, some borrowed from Sandtrail (which causes...

It seems air will go in and out but at a very slow rate. So I will leave it be for now and put them in the middle axle with a lower pressure.

I used a large pick up truck scissor jack pulling through a chain loop a chain ball with bolts inside the hub. It was a bit tricky but it worked.

So I ordered a Quick Stem. Maybe I can remove the whole stem, poke a hole in the beadlock and shove in that quickstem. Anyone use one before? http://quikstem.com/

I put a bead lock from a Sandtrail tire to a Goodyear 395 M/VT with combat rims and at one point while inflating the tire I got no tire pressure reading from a separate gauge. Air was going in but could not get out. It seems like the thick rubber bead of that Sandtrail beadlock is now pushing...

I see. I do remember in college going on a representatives field trip to learn a bit about promoting causes. I might dust off the technique. I wonder if contacting a friendly local group already with an ear in those alcoves could cue me in too with appropriate phone numbers.

Yes, just the engine and tranny itself is quite valuable these days. I hear from the DNR that for 4-5k it can be converted into a fire rescue tanker, and they have all the plans and part numbers already on hand. Who knows, I might do it and contract it on a need rental basis.

Simply that Hagerty insures me one truck but refuses to insure the other truck. Makes no sense.

Would goodsam reinflate a debeaded tire in my 5 ton? I wonder if I should call them to try it out one day, see what they say. I have goodsams but I do not think they know exactly what I have… in the mean time, I bought a deuce in order to tow the 5 ton if something ever happened. I believe one...

I insured my 84 5 ton in Florida with Hagerty no problem. The registration is for big trucks, though. They would not insure my 72 M35 because Florida requires a covered garage for antiques. It does have an antique registration. Then I called state farm, they also required the garage thingy, so...

I have a fueler with a 6CT and PTO and after 5 - 10 min it shuts down. Will restart but shuts down immediately. If I let it rest 20 min, it runs 5-10 min and then shuts down doing the same thing. I tied the fuel shutoff valve open and the thing runs great, no apparent issues. Seems like a...

So I picked up the fueler beast yestersay. Well, it took me a trip and a couple days of fixing leaking brake issues and adding a solar charger for the batteries at the yard (a parallel teo battery 12V system). Man they have lines of Het trucks out there sitting. Anyways, these 950 commercial...

I had another leak on another truck. Turns out the windshield wiper valve was stuck open.

By the way, I would be interested to help, if ever to learn the process you have established. This is quite a feat.

Yeah, it is a given the Ds want the least amount of hardware that could be used in a resistance against a massive chicom invasion in Alaska and accross the border what not. i was just pointing at the misguided pretty fools on the other side of the aisle who only care about their resumes and...