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Disc brakes do perform better if you commonly submerge the brakes under water. Drum brakes work great when they are properly serviced and adjusted. Of all the vehicles that I have the one with the four wheel discs requires the most pedal pressure and the vehicles with four wheel drums require...

My personal favorite is the R model, but that us because I learned to drive on one.

In my opinion the M101 trailer is the most practical military trailer for civilian use. My preference is either an A3 running A2 tires or a straight A2. I prefer the A3 bed due to the reduced wheel wells but if you are off road the A2 is narrower. By running the A2 tires you can use a minimal...

Those are the A1 parking brakes. At leas both of my A1's have them on it. Unless the trailer was released years ago most, if not all, have been converted to the large tail lights. They reflectors appear to be missing The M101 had different parking brakes What does your paperwork say?

There is one company around here that uses an old beverage truck for retail. They just park and roll up the sides and they are setup. How about a 5 ton shop van. If you used the clam shell type you could leave you displays set up.

Start by reading all the documents listed in the title insurance policy you bought when you purchased the property. Pay special attention to any covenants, conditions and restrictions CC and R's if they exist. Next step go online to your governing agencies website, the entity you get your...

You did not mention what type, weight and size of trailer you were towing at the time of the accident. I have had issues with improperly loaded M416 trailers pushing around a vehicle. Trailer loading has a great influence on handling You do bring up a valid point and that is the reason we...

In the engineering world we break failures into two major groups. A failure indicates that an item gas been damaged or deformed but remains intact and does not break apart. A catastrophic failure occurs when the item breaks apart. The risers capacity will be reduced as the leverage increases...

Several of the bent risers that I have seen appear to have been caused by people binding the hitch up when backing at radical angles. The people that have removed the surge brake assembly are increasing the hitch load because the vehicle is now stopping a trailer instead of the trailer supply...

Death wobble and wondering are two different issues. A track bar is not used with a leaf spring suspension they are used on coils. The leaf springs should provide the lateral stability. First add the front shocks, check and adjust the tire pressure I would also jack up each tire and spin it to...

A lot of modern fifth wheel trailers are close to 13.5' tall to the top of the air conditioners. I know you can lower the trailer a bit by removing the under carriage. People have mounted travel trailer bodies on standard civilian truck chassis

The issue with a fifth wheel mounted on a 5 ton is height.

It would just give the cops an excuse to get an M1

My generator has a built in load bank. Thursday night we ran it at 60% for 5 hours. My generator us built into a light tower. 6 kw generator running 4 1000 watt metal halide lights.

The manufacturers of the powered front axles do not offer them for the large axles that are used on a semi sized truck. They do offer them for the smaller trucks, less than 26 k GVW. Some of the axles it is due to the planetary reduction hubs. I have also been told this is due to breakage of...

You have a choice here. If you have a off road application that uses diesel than just drain the tank and put 5 gallons in the tank and run it and repeat until the red is gone. Another option is to log the miles and run the tank down and start the 5 gallon purging. If you document this and keep...

Put A2 tires on it and make sure the surge brakes work and the wheel bearings are serviced. I tow an A2 with my frontier and it tows fine.

If the road can handle the size the weight is probably not an issue. The reality is that this is either a product of the owners imagination or created to deal with some type of governmental regulation.

Where is the 5 ton?

Over height and over width by American standards. Where is the vehicle located?