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I once had a 8 foot cheater pipe on a 3/4" breaker bar and I weighed 340 and was bouncing and couldn't get a single one broken loose. I recommend everyone have a geared lug wrench or better to remove lug nuts
Sounds like a great plan. As to the winch a 24v would be the best way and just add a NATO slave port to the winch and use the slave cables to power it, and would definitely add the synthetic line.
And the information on the one i have is
NSN 3950-00-807-0671
P/N 4012-10S
Trestle, Hoist, Portable
Characteristics
Furnished ItemsHook and trolley
Frame Overall Height9.25 feet nominal
Maximum Lifting Capacity4000.0 pounds
Span Width10.00 feet nominal
Frame MaterialSteel
Special...
It also appears that they make a lot of different cranes for the military but one I found to be very similar is the 4015-10s which has the following characteristics
A-Frame Base Width6.67 feet minimum and 10.00 feet maximum
Trestle TypeAdjustable frame height and adjustable frame width
Frame...
Okay easy boys I didn't get any prices yet but you can call them Monday they have been super nice to deal with. I was just trying to help rustystud not waste time or possibly even having a weak part.
But the price of these or even that they have these is not on the website. The gentleman I spoke...
This is most of the email I got back, great people.
Hi Jeff,
I think the model number was actually 4012-10F. I believe that the letter “F” designated it was painted Army green.
We stopped painting the units army green; and started painting them with our standard red enamel paint (and...
I am probably going to be doing a couple different setups my off-roading truck will have a M1009 with a B52 up front and a shackle flip in the rear. My on road truck will be M1028 and M1009 with a 4 " spring pack with the proper rate to handle the weight of whatever bumper and winch combination...
You can generally get away with not stretching the driveline with a 4" but a 6"+ will definitely need to be addressed by dropping the transfer case or lengthening the drive shafts or both. You might get away with it on a mall crawler but the first time your rear axle drops out the driveline will...
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