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Well I has a couple inner tires on my tow deuce low on air, so they were topped off by Jeff with the glad-hand are chuck. But the drivers rear inner would not hold air. (It is always the inners) so we swapped it with the spare I had on the tow deuce and we were finally on the way. By the time...

Well it looks like the GSA folks are as good at taking used car pictures as GL is. Steve’s rolling chassis was not well attached. The plate that holds the rear suspension components together had the rivets torched out on one side and the majority of the u-bolts had been disassembled. Later...

So myself and ChevyCrew (Steve as I know him now) both won (??) GSA auctions for Rural Fire Dept. equipment in Northern Central Washington State. I got a mostly there M325A2 used as a fire tanker and Steve picked up what was supposed to be a M35A2 Rolling chassis. This happened in mid-December...

Love the look of the data plate. I will mount mine with 4 screws in the corners, just to be realistic. Maybe add screw heads to the design. Are bullet holes to much? Other slogans. This is GREEN! or The Real Green or Green Iron Fever or Green, it's not a hobby , it's a sickness. or Do you MV...

Sorry, no pix without the outlines. I just rattle canned it the night before the local 2006 Veteran's Day Parade. No painting process pix, just the after shots. In the summer I run with a white canvas bikini top (similiar to what I have seen done on these pages) with a matching camo pattern...

On my deuce, that had both desert camo and jungle camo parts, I just rattle canned over the darker colors with grey primer and over the lighter colors with white primer then retraced all the black lines with flat black. It pulled the two paint schemes together. I like it. I was orginally going...

Make sure it is the hose. The sensor on the wall, that it and the electrical connections hook to, has a small vent hole. I removed & swapped this hose on mine and found the hiss was from the valve/sensor as it bleeds down. Tony

Sweet! Looks clean and cherry. Great procurement. Congrats! Check the bolts on the fan and the pulleys along with the belts for tightness before heading out. Then stop and recheck after a few miles. Could wind up saving you a fortune in unwanted learning experience. When the time comes...

Got to run up to the Spokane WA area to get some 55 gal. steel drums. And got to wondering. Are there any Military related scrap yards in the Spokane area? There is an AFB. Just wondering. Tony

It just dawned on me, looking at the posted pictures, that the Mighty Mite doesn't have doors. The problem I always run into is, because my legs are so long, they have to fit between the steering wheel and the hard door. No door, so it is a new possibility for me. Thanx for posting the pix. Tony

I am looking at Mighty Mites now. So I was wondering what the biggest guy you have seen driving a M442A1. I understand that the 6.5 extra inches is in the bed section. And the wheel wells are the limiting factor on how far the seat can go back. Like when I tried to climb into a Toyota MR2...

Hey Turboman, The TM for the nh250 cummins is in the tm section on the 1st page. http://www.steelsoldiers.com/index.php?module=pagesetter&type=file&func=get&tid=1&fid=file&pid=218 Tony

SS/Chris, Thanx for the support. Bad part now is copper prices are rising so re-coring is BIG $$$ and it is not new, so how long can you trust it to last. Chevycrew/Steve, Thanx for the offer. BUT, I ordered the $625 + S&H radiator one that TNJMurray had and I can get a fan blade from Boyce...

Scrounger and Acetomatoco, Thanx for the leads I wil check them out.

SO on my recovery of the 5 ton from Ft Hill AFB I lost my radiator, when the fan's mounting pulley came loose and took a slow nose dive into the radiator. So the radiator shop in Burley Idaho is said to be able to work on truck radiators. So says the mechanic from the towing company. Anyone...

RE: Re: RE: 5 ton woe Thanx for the offer micky, But all the hoses and belts are fine and look almost new. And this may be what caused the carnage. Good parts but not properly torqued down. So here is my update. Went back sunday morning and found all types of copper carnage. The mounting...

RE: Re: RE: 5 ton woe It has been a long 4 days, but here is the story so far. I was able to get the 5 ton running at GL in Ft. Hill Utah using all the great how too's from the SS forums. I had to swap in 4 good batteries, add a light switch and a tail lamp. All fluids looked good so I primed...

RE: 5 ton woe derby, m3a1_ht, and chevycrew, Thanx for the replys. I found I have an Ogden phone book that I snagged from the motel when I picked up a couple loads of 16.00 x 20 tire from Ft Hill. So I am gonna give some of the semi wrecker services a call in the morning to see how much a...

Well, I had hopes of an easy recovery of a 5 ton from Ft. Hill AFB UT. I lined up a company on U-ship (Freight Tec) that had what looked like good credentials. They boasted picking up loads from Ft. Hill every week. And said they could get the 5 ton picked up a in a couple days after the...

Clinto, I appreciate the info. Thanx again.