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They can be made out of apiton Any lumber yard that can make the replacement deck wood for trucks and trailers can cut them to spec

Just wait until you have to replace the clutch in one of those things

If the cast brackets do break the front of the trailer will just drop. Remember there are four points attaching the tongue to the trailer.

CDL is a state by state issue if you are not using it commercially. You need a M915, M916, M920, M931, M818 or civilian tractor and low boy trailer. What you need to check is the max CGVW for the truck. This is the max combined gross vehicle weight. On a class 7 or 8 truck, semi, they list...

The modern doctrine is for every service to paint there vehicles green, or tan in a desert environment. In the past the Air Force painted there vehicles blue and ground support equipment yellow. In the past the navy did paint there vehicles grey, I remember all of the navy truck were grey or...

I use a local towing company that has a landall. My mechanic introduced me to the owner several years ago. I would ask your mechanic if he has a relationship with any heavy duty towing companies.

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What porta pottie are you using? They make hold downs for most of them for use in boats. Your setup is very similar to what I am building in an S280 shelter

Blowing a steer tire interesting but not the end of the world. Just remember to hold onto the wheel and keep your foot from mashing the brakes.

From the pictures the first one looks like a decal but I can not tell weather the second one is a decal or raised letters

The speed rating of the tires is more of a factor than the truck. Experienced drivers do not need abs.

What model generator? Is the unit producing power?

Who wears the pants at your house? Just kidding

question about 9.00-20 duece tires on rims Take the tire to the commercial truck tire shop. This type of rim is common on construction equipment and still seen on some old trailers. If you look in the back of a lot of the commercial truck tire mobile trucks you will see the cage that is...

Still subject to the smoke test

We used to cook lunch on the rear step of the asphalt paving machine using the heat from the hot asphalt piled on top of the lunch to cook it. Just remember to wrap the food very tightly in at least 3 layers of aluminum foil, On another project we made BBQ grills out of natural gas pipe

My M101A1 dumpster on wheels came from the military with civilian tires. Champion trailer can make the axle. I seem to remember that the current jeep bolt pattern is the standard trailer pattern. You need to order the axle with the plates to attach the brake backing plates

The problem with HP in diesels is heat. Boats are easier to cool than trucks, they sit in a huge heat sink. You will need to enlarge the radiator. I would either change the axle ratio or transmission to get some better road speed. AC and seats hard top and insulation are a good upgrades. The...

On my tractor, it is not a M931/2, I have glad hands on the front bumper pintle hook, pogo stick and rear pintle hook. All three are plumbed to the tractor protection valve and each glad hand has a shut off valve. Since you are saying the pintle hook works but the pogo stick does not I look for...

Lift blocks on the front axle are not necessarily bad if they are done correctly. On the big trucks I have seen many that were added after the truck left the factory by the shop that completed the truck. Most non OTR class 7 and 8 trucks leave the factory as incomplete manufacture and are sent...