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I talked to this guy who was an MV driver in the sandbox about this one time. He tells me there's the pecking order, of course, you go and get the heavier thing and pull the stuck thing out. I asked him where all that lead and he said well the thing to own was a Hercules. It just comes in and...

seems to work fine but I figure sure fully wired is better. This was just super easy and I had a garmin nav anyways.

I run the garmin one. Wireless. You just find power for it on the tail lights or wherever. Has a long lead to an antenna so you can locate that closer to the cab. Shows up on the nav.

man some days I think I need to build a wash rack at my place... like they have on bases

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that's the God's honest truth. City living basically expelled me to the country and frankly I'm liking it a lot more. I'm doubly cursed because of the HAM radio deal. You think people hate on MVs wait till you try to put up a HAM antenna in your yard.

You might be joking (can't tell) but the tent maintenance shelters can be pretty approachable cost-wise, if you have room to pitch one. Even a big tarp setup can do wonders, anything to keep the sun off. UV destroys everything. seats, leather, gaskets, paint...

the thing i've learned is it doesn't matter what the paint looks like when you do it, it matters what it looks like year or two later. that said if you did good prep i see no reason why it wouldn't hold up. and plus at those prices you can always keep repainting it. what does the navy say, when...

For the time and hassle it seems easier to just use real CARC, get the benefits of the modern WD CARC II UV protection so the paint lasts longer before it fades, and the protection that paint offers. Plus CARC sticks to CARC so if you have a half-decent base that saves an absolute ton of prep...

Well, the time is almost here, should head out mid next week. Loaded a few of the heavier equipment racks into the trailer prior to having it rigged into the back of the LMTV (to save the trouble of hand loading them to that deck height). The M101A1 sure looks small behind it. The lunette is...

Does someone have an extra one to donate to the cause? Maybe Rusty will let me take a look at his truck and I could try to make up a set for him to try.

I literally have actual nightmares about this. If I ever stick the M1078 I am pretty sure all my friends with all their little civilian trucks pulling like reindeer still won't get it out. "How many Jeeps does it take to..."

74m35a2 never got back to us with the word on the diagnostic pins... :< I've got all the arduino stuff and relay boards here to make up a from-scratch ECU, and my replacement CTIS parts (so far as I know I need them), but I am in the throws of moving back up to Washington so it's on hold until I...

I dunno about heavy mudding a US MV but the word with unimogs is if you bog them bad in mug you have a real chance of ripping out air lines. ironically their 4x4 and lockers are air actuated so you lose both when this happens. that happens with the US rigs too? My 1078 has a looooottttt of...

Just speaking from my own experience with my A0, I am going to say this - replace all the fuses and relays. All of them. Even the ones you think work. After sitting around since 1998 those busman circuit breaker fuse things were all screwed up. Some had ridiculous resistance and got very hot for...

Mine does 57 by GPS flat out on level ground. My record is 60 down a mountain pass grade and everyone in the truck cheered.

I've never seen any of these in person but from the pictures I've seen on the Internet and given that they were originally coated leather I wonder if they could be made from heavy Cordura or one of the other ballistics. The abrasion resistance of that material is good, and it's waterproof /...

That is sweet lookin. We might need some more pictures... Just saying.

The axle swap is easy. Just call up a company like Dexter and tell them the length you want (face to face). As for a hydro dump, I've never seen anything like that, but anything is possible. But be aware the dump feature was never a dump feature. Really the trailer is supposed to fold so that...

Just remember you can sleep in your truck but you can't drive your home.