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What did you use for the siping? Lance

RE: Re: Just need to vent........ GL has a policy that anyone in the yard must be escorted at all times. I've had darn good service from all the GL field folks I've met but the seem to be pretty loose with the enforcement of the escorting.

Hey, be careful what you call that M923! My wife thinks they're good looking. That gives me a better chance of adding one to the herd. Now I've just got to see which kid I can get the most money for...

J. C. Taylor is an MV friendly company in PA who only writes collector and hot rod business. If your MV is 19 years or older,and they do business in your state, they'll insure it. Google them. Good luck. Edit: My experience is that, if you give them a model number, they'll actually know what...

J. C Taylor. My M35A2C is insured for 300K liability, 6k collision, comprehensive and glass, uninsured motorist; $71/year

RE: OFFICIAL RC 08 Dave, glad to see you made bail! Thanks for the pics. Especially, thanks for the work you did to make this happen and thanks for the memories. Lance Edit-That last picture is my M1008 just a couple of hundred yards downhill of where it was "high centered", with the...

We had some Dodge crew cabs as "shop trucks" for our maintenance units and kept them into the late 80s. Most were pretty rough by then. They were plain vanilla commercial. AM radios, 318 with 2 barrel carb, gloss olive paint with white stars on the door and white "US ARMY", "FOR OFFICIAL USE...

The compressor won't care about more or bigger tanks. It'll just take longer to build pressure when the truck's been sitting long enough to bleed down. Bigger or more tanks can give you more of a margin in some limited braking situations but can be downright handy for running tools or airing...

RE: More RC 2008 . . . Look at: www.rauschcreekoffroadpark.org You pay a $10 membership fee once a year, $30 per vehicle with driver for each day of "wheeling" and $5 for passengers. Primitive camping is free on a first come, first served basis. It's worth every penny. It's less than 5...

m16ty said "I don't think they are designed to support the sides. I think they are to keep the dropside from dropping while the troops are in the seat (a safety mesure)" I think he's nailed it. I was thinking in terms of cargo but I can see where stability would be a big issue when about 16...

Due to the acids and other corrosive compounds in used oil the Army stopped using used oil 20 years ago. Given what a cable costs and the bad things that can happen when they fail, I'd get some winch cable and open gear lube and preservative from an industrial supply house. It's expensive but...

The braces are really only needed if you're going to be operating without the tailgate. Otherwise the tailgate provides the support.

The sprag is entirely within the transfer case. I don't know if the M35 and M135 TCs are the same.

No mileage change. Sprags start to work AFTER the rears are slipping. The airshift gives you max traction before you spin'em.

The brake low pressure warning light is a kit that can be added to any truck. The best give away is the DLA contract number. The 7th and 8th characters are ALWAYS the last two digits of the year the contract was awarded. It dosen't matter if it's a flashlight of a M1 tank. The truck could...

An "X" prefix simply means that it is a pre-production vehicle which was built either as a proof of concept vehicle or to prove that a particular manufacturer could meet the standards set for a particular model. As a rule, if it was accepted into the inventory, it met the standard and is...

Shhhh....My sons already think I'm old enough to fart dust.

Geez Ricky, I didn't have a camera but if anyone has video of the side slope hill NewMVguy led us down I bet the audio will include some loud snapping noises of sphincters snapping shut on seat cushions! I'm sure glad I left the M1008 behind for that leg and was in your M818. I'd still be...

Ed, I have one. Let me check if it's the fixed one or the rotating one. it'll take me a day or so. Lance

RE: Re: RE: CUCV 4x4 question Well, I checked for front shaft rotation and it's turning. I left it in 4H and jacked up the front tires, one at a time, and with them in the locked position, the tires both turned. I popped the locking hubs off and both were dirty and pretty dry of grease. I...