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Really? 915's have 5th wheel plates that articulate from side-to-side? Are you sure? Didn't think they did, but just looked-up some pics and doesn't look like they do?

For all the same reasons the military uses them. Commercial setups might have superior on-road performance, but we're planning on using our vehicles off-road too.

Thanks guys, but from what I've been able to find online, It looks like most of the sliding plates are made for specific 5th wheel plates. But that's why I was asking. Want to use the articulating military 5th wheel. Saw the air-slide setups. Would appreciate any input of any of you guys have...

We're turning a few of our hightop M923A2's into long-wheelbase tractors using M931/2A2 parts, and would like to adapt the 5th wheels to some kind of sliding rails. Anything available or are we on our own?

Why not just use quick-release pins so you can remove the mirrors altogether?

If you were on the west coast I'd be interested...

Would strongly encourage you to take a look at Miller's Multimatic 200. Amazing little machine.

Why are you using hydroboost stuff instead of hydromax components?

Happens all the time. It's real hard to bid if you can't afford to buy multiple items. We watch the auctions and bid on anything/everything we might want, then watch the prices climb on some things and stay flat on others. Cannot see any rhyme or reason to it. The bidding action on those HET's...

...says the guy in Utah. But it's true, sort of. Read through those links porky provided, you'll find all the info you need, and then registering them is pretty straightforward. Best bet is to buy an '89 or older truck and register it as a historical vehicle. If you're looking for trucks, we've...

Those wheel adapters arrived and they look great! Still trying to round-up a few more wheels/tires. Gonna have to order some of those brakelines from you too.

Talking to guys who sell 5-ton parts to people running them as water trucks and logging rigs and they shrugged and said that with the wrong operator, anything will break. But they've been seeing a lot of transfer-case failures and axleshaft failures.

...and the average selling price was over $10,000, but not much.

Highest actually went up to $15,000, which is still a great deal, but there were 49 of them up today, so a lot of them went ridiculously cheap-cheap!

Yeah, crazy-cheap. Lowest prices I've seen except for the bunch in Fontana that got cancelled a while ago. We got two of 'em.

So who bought all the HET's that sold in CA today?

take a look

Question for you guys who've spent some time in/around these things: What do you think of the layout/workspace? Was going to buy a trailer, but previewed in Fontucky and wasn't too impressed. Between setup and takedown and the weird layout, started to think I might rather just outfit a 20ft...

Pffft, that's a fullsize truck. Totally legit. This, not so much...