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  1. dmetalmiki

    Oh Yeah! M35A2 Deuce and a Half FireTruck Lights and strobes-still a work in progress

    P.p.s Oh yes..and we added the "C" whistling turbo! set up...goes even better now and it went like h..fire (scuse pun) before the mod. we have fitted 1200x20s still in the twin configuration BUT with the front stance "equel" or in line with to the outer (of the ) rears. might go big singles...
  2. dmetalmiki

    Oh Yeah! M35A2 Deuce and a Half FireTruck Lights and strobes-still a work in progress

    wow nice truck that's a very nice unit! heres a "before and after" of my deuce fire truck. (and a vid if I can get the link to work) as a P.S. I will try to get the "sounds" later tomorrow.
  3. dmetalmiki

    820's at Fort Riley---- SO CHEAP

    YOU MUST be kiddin If I had known those trucks were avaliable at sale ( and at a price which is SERIOUSLY! a JOKE!)I would have bought at least 4! and shiped them here to the U.K. absalutely fabululous! what a beutifull camper and dipsplay vehicle they (any ONE of them would make!) ((scuse...
  4. dmetalmiki

    memories past

    Beasty that li'l truck was my scammell constructor....the next week the transmission caught fire! and jammed the gearbox x-case the lot! I had comments like "that's gonna tek sum shiftin lad!" there's now't here that'l tow that monster! Iz that right sez i. (I WILL BE BACK!) (and ) got a lift...
  5. dmetalmiki

    christmas is coming

    And I have sold my tractor trailer and just waitng for the purchaser to take it away. (modern tractor unit pulls the military recovery trailer with the military M52 tractor aboard.) (econamy and speed I suppose.) so I took some pics today as we prepped it for the collection. oh and yes the yard...
  6. dmetalmiki

    memories past

    pics deuce fire truck thats an M45 fire unit and found the pic of the deuce singled out and final paint job.
  7. dmetalmiki

    memories past

    found a collection of pics of my first deuce Purchased and then driven back from holland. then before and after re-paint, some shots of our early club the deuce here in uk. (one at a show where the P.R. and YES in sevice police car turns up at most of our shows! <the SUPRISE when "naughty...
  8. dmetalmiki

    little county BIG tow (train)

    Here's us getting ready to pull out of a show at our local museum. ya better believe there was my li'l ww11 ford JPW behind the deuce AS WELL! and I thought I would post "past vehicles" I have owned.. the half track came out of a river as chassis cab..and took 2 years to fabricate and complete...
  9. dmetalmiki

    NO LONGER Wrecked wrecker

    concerned first sorry to hear of the accident. and glad yoiu are personally ok. but I was concrened as to tiye pressures at the time. I run my truck at 55 psi. (T.M) and noted an article " Blowouts <LI id=jsArticleStep1 itxtvisited="1">Improper inflation, whether over-inflation or...
  10. dmetalmiki

    Test driving & buying a Russian T-72

    question about truck you say you spoke to someone in U.K. re- KRAZ radar bodied truck. I am curiouse as I had / have a KRAZ255B for sale (was on ebay and milweb) but only had "tyre kickers and promises" ((after the usual "can I have a drive,....?)) NO one with money or fuel and if had I...
  11. dmetalmiki

    Modifications to my Ambulance

    Can't find an "other or special types forum" but the fruck wieghs (well) over 5 tons!. anywaze here's how I fitted running boards ( for practicality and looks ) also fitted some tapered fender wheel arches and another set of (ambulance display) emg. Lights on the roof. the cab interier shot shot...
  12. dmetalmiki

    Cannot keep off

    P.S NOT too difficult with nine trucks.. (something else to do.. here.s a pic of the wrecker M62 with same light and siren mods. ( oh..and note the wide stance..while keeeping twins at rear. there is a vise on the rear deck on the bumper and holmes wrecking gear at back. (see wrecker in the...
  13. dmetalmiki

    Cannot keep off

    Fiddling and modifying! so here's my R.E.O. M54A2 with (those two ) "stacks" removed and back to one straight thro pipe..LUVLI NOISE....(and whistle) also wizz lights and sirens ( yep TWO sets ) full size fridge full size bottle gas cooker color t.v. radio and large microwave in the camp back...
  14. dmetalmiki

    Who has lollipop lights on their Deuce

    heres how All my trucks have them..I like them a lot..more presence....lights lights lights .(even more lights (and sirens)) lol..
  15. dmetalmiki

    Exhaust Brake?

    Nudged my memory I just realised (yet) another standard fitting on my (old) Kraz 255B.. (locking difs air brakes Centifugal engine oil filter and..) AN exhaust brake! sound great trundling down hills or aproaching a rally site!..not that the 15 1/2 ltr V8 diesel doesn't sound awsome...
  16. dmetalmiki

    M54 non winch power steering ??

    Steering effort Try maintaining a few RPMs when manouvering. Going into my driveway or " winding" into the workshop I rev (if stationary) as I turn the wheel, Makes it REAL easy. My old M54 and the Kraz are deadly if you slow into a tight turn in too high a gear!, keeping the revs up (not...
  17. dmetalmiki

    5 Ton Headlamp

    headlamps On my deuces and 5 tonners I change the headlamps for the old "non sealed beam" types. (ah-lah Voltwagon Golf or similar) then when one filament blows I simply buy another bulb only. AND There is a choice of candlepowers. ( I use 75-100 watt bulbs. (24 volt). mooocho's better 4 seeing...
  18. dmetalmiki

    Lets See Your 5-Ton!

    if the question by EMD was directed to me sorry I had missed the point.and if it refrered to how loud the horns? LOUD!..(think there are sounds on utube posts by dmetalmiki) the single wolo on the cab"fire engine sound" is absalutely fantastic..the three atop the body came from a german rhine...
  19. dmetalmiki

    Electric winch

    Bumper electric winch heres a better picture of the warn winch and the wider stance front wheels. on my M45. fire truck. I fitted stock bumper extensions. remote switch operation fixed in the dash. reverse and forward solenoids are built into the winch. I have recovered cars and vans and light...
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