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The crane is a 1976 Hiab model 550/3 5ton crane it came from the army this way it was used in a armored regt. as to where the out riggers are they never put them on I don't know why? but my friend had lifted a Sherman tank turret from the ground and placed it on a flat deck truck with no problem...
These are the pods mounted on the heads they do sit a little higher than without.
If you look at the pic of the truck on top of the hood by the front is a nose bump so the hood would close around the front pod all it is is a hole cut in the hood and a metal box fabed up and riveted to the hood...
I have a jake brake on my M813A1 that the Canadian army had put on all of there 5 tons it works great and has that rumble of a big truck when you use it. I am not sure of the model number of it but I could see if I can find out any info on it. It is an exhaust brake so you can turn it off with a...
Saturn Surplus would like to but cant ship out of the USA due to there agreement with the govt.I tried, but if you have a friend in the US they can buy stuff for you and ship it no problem :)
I went with ING they don't do military vehicles because they are scary so I told them my truck was just a truck they wanted to see pictures of it so I sent them pics of my green truck they said it looks like a farm truck that will be $600 please so I sent them $600. You wont find anyone in...
Hi Crane what the Canadian army did was as the trucks rolled off the assembly line' someone in the army came up with the idea of adding a hiab for doing light hauling and maint. work
so the truck came from AM GENERAL as an M813A1 so that is what the data plates say. The crane was mounted after...
My truck came from the army this way it was in an armoured regt. it looks like when they mounted the crane 5ton Hiab model#550/3 they cut the box down and made it custom fit the truck but it has the full fold down sides still.
Hi guys I am getting a mx-7777 suppressor from a guy and want to install my Prc-77 in my truck now I dont know the first thing about the suppressor and cant seem to find anything on the net about it. What is the power cable from the battery to the unit number will a CX-13089 work? what plug does...
I was wondering if a winter front from a deuce will fit on a M813? I have a winter front for something I belive it might be for a M135 that does not fit if anyone wants to trade let me know
when I got my truck you could see where the heater was mounted the tray that the heater mounts to is still there and all the ducts under the dash are there but the heater is missing so all I need is the heater itself and the fan switch and the cables for the ducts
I work as bus driver and was talking to a old time mech. at our garage and he said that back in the 70's some of the buses used split rims. well they had a bus that had to put a new front wheel on the drivers side front then the bus was going out the next day. Well the bus went out and was on...
On my M813A1 the Canadian military put a jake brake on the truck but found out that it dont fit under the hood so they had a Fab. tec. cut and put a box on the hood to clear the jake so on my truck there is large square bump on the hood of my truck but the jake works great and sounds even better...
Try Boyce Equipment and parts in utah. I am in Canada and they have no problem shipping parts like that to me :D Saturn has a lot of parts but are not set up to ship internationaly. You can try TNJ Murry they say they ship internationaly but I have had a hard time trying to get someone on the...
My 5 ton is leaking gear oil from the top of the 2nd axle back from the drive shaft seal can anyone suggest a good place to order 5ton rockwell parts from that would carry seals and the gasket I would need to fix this leak. :)
I got an ant. mount that goes over the vent on the driverside of the deuce but no pics or explantion of how to mount or route the cables properly can anyone help please :?
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