Search results

I'm not feeling it with the new site format. Sorry, some like it and some don't. I'm the latter. I'm okay with the new setup, and the new colors, the fact that a lot of things are slightly changed, that's all good. But the new format on the front page with every single updated post from all...

Good thread, Kenny. Probably the fact that you live in Salt Air Rust City, Florida, isn't helping matters with those U-bolts. The M416 trailer I snagged from BigCase a few years back was a veteran of the FL National Guard, and ALL the bolts were in the same condition as yours. The 1" bolt...

Oh God what am I going to do without Steel Soldiers for all day today!?!?!? Oh. right - get some sun, get some small projects done around the house, enjoy time with the family, etc.

I stopped by joediveguy's place right when he and his friend were pulling the hide off the deer with an ATV winch. Yup, we're all rednecks here. :)

I just rented a Uhaul car trailer (not a dolly) and it ran me $55 for the day, with tax it was $60. Of course, though, it was a local rental, not one way.

That truck is definitely you, Dirt! Then again, it's not really your type of truck. It's too nice to do a bolt-by-bolt teardown and rebuild of it!

Something was in between the door and fender when the door was open, and someone tried closing the door. Maybe a tool, piece of wood, something that was tougher than the metal.

How soon is the auction? I might be going through there in a couple weeks, right before Thanksgiving, on the way to Coleman's. Might be too late for whatever auction you are looking at, though.

The cables might have to be something you have to fab up. Lots of power cables get surplussed out as scrap, just letting you know making a set of cables up with new ends and new cable (and wiring it up yourself) might be easier than finding an original set.

And the manual lists the reels with this info: "2 Reel with cable, 13217E0412"

Here's a pic showing them.

Have to work this weekend, folks. My lack of money precludes my need of seeing friends and eating good food. Have a great time.

No worries - could be worse. I love those guys who advertise that the truck they are selling comes with a 12,000-lb WENCH. I should call one of those guys up and say, "how much is the truck WITHOUT your wife?"

For that reason I'd recommend having a spare wheel/tire for your M101A2 on board the trailer, so you don't get in a situation where you're towing a trailer with your M1009 and you get a flat on the trailer, the spare on the CUCV won't help you.

This has been covered HUNDREDS of times. Search is your friend.

I'd pay up to about $3K for a good condition M923. I prefer the 939 series over the 809 series, mainly because the automatic would make road trips a lot less tiring.

Offer him $2K for the lot. You can make that back easily by selling them whole to a restorer, or in pieces on eBay. Would sure beat the price your friend would get cutting them up.

What I am saying is I bought this to find homes for what is left that is good, and the rest will be scrapped out. I'd rather save something, even just to find the parts a good home, than to have the whole thing end up at the scrappers and the good parts are lost forever.

The bed is really Swiss cheese, and the tailgate too, close up you'd see it. It would be solid enough for a trailer to haul firewood in, if you didn't care what it looked like, but then you have the bad tires to replace, and maybe the wheels and lock ring, etc. etc. I just don't think it's...

Well I found a CL ad for a M101 trailer for $50 - and it looked it. But I felt sorry for the old veteran, and I decided to rescue it from a rusty fate. Well, more rusty than it already is. There are some good parts on this unit, at the very least some parts can get saved and used to complete...