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  1. cranetruck

    Heater kit

    What is the description/NSN?
  2. cranetruck

    Idaho to Virginia

    I have made a small downpayment on this 8x8 truck bed at IMP in Idaho and need to check on transportation costs to get it home before completing the deal. Has anybody any experience with uship.com? Alex would like it moved by June.... Here is an image of the bed, about 8x15 ft and all aluminum.
  3. cranetruck

    M818 questions...

    See image.
  4. cranetruck

    VA Steel Soldiers Rally - Putting it all together!

    Good luck and have fun guys! Use all your lights including 4-way flashers when driving in rain and fog on the interstates, at least (Peter) Opie got a way to go on I-81...bring a spare flasher unit if you got one.
  5. cranetruck

    Deuce shutting down after 2 minutes???

    Mike, you have done the obvious, right, checked fuel filters and bled the lines/filters? Once started, the batteries are pretty much out of the picture.
  6. cranetruck

    PYRO-maniac

    Adam, I like the way you hook up your circuit breakers, the single wire approach. :-) Use proper procedures when connecting thermocouple leads or you'll end up with erroneous readings. The box I use is one of many (good) enclosures that have been posted on this site, but mine is made by...
  7. cranetruck

    Veggie oil way up in price....

    RE: Re: RE: Veggie oil way up in price.... "......An unholy alliance of environmentalists, agribusiness, biofuel corporations and politicians has been touting ethanol as the cure to all our environmental ills, when in fact it may be doing more harm than good....." The worst possible use for...
  8. cranetruck

    Veggie oil way up in price....

    Yes. 7.61 lb/gallon
  9. cranetruck

    New Unimog

    The U20 model. ........According to Mercedes-Benz, the U 20 has been designed for small- to medium-sized local authorities as well as gardening and landscaping contractors. Although it is the smallest Unimog, Mercedes claims that it is just as capable as the larger models, sharing familiar...
  10. cranetruck

    Veggie oil way up in price....

    RE: Here Latest info I have shows a cubie of restaurant fryer oil now at $25.00, that's $5.43/gallon....
  11. cranetruck

    Part ID

    Check the PS mag section. http://www.steelsoldiers.com/index.php?set_albumName=album14&name=gallery&include=view_album.php
  12. cranetruck

    Opinions and Sources for Cab Heaters

    There are actually lots of info on this... http://steelsoldiers.com/index.php?name=PNphpBB2&file=viewtopic&t=16343&highlight=heater+trip If you want your cab heated before you drive it, consider a fuel burning heater, the only way to go IMHO. The "hot water heater" doesn't get up to speed...
  13. cranetruck

    SR71 Blackbird

    Thanks man! It brings back memories from my Okinawa days back in 1970, it was called the "Habu" by the locals, Habu is a poisonous snake on the island. The aircraft would always give me goose bumps as it took off almost vertically after a short take-off run.....
  14. cranetruck

    M35A2 primary filter

    Differences between the NAPA and mil specified ones. The mil one can be cleaned and reused.
  15. cranetruck

    STEEL SOLDIERS STICKERS!!!!!

    Re: RE: hey I'm sure you don't mean this kind of sticker.
  16. cranetruck

    DEUCE spin on oil filters!!!!

    When it comes to micron ratings of filters, you have to consider things like pressure drop (higher for finer filters) and also more frequent filter changes for 5 or 10 micron filters than the original 20-25 micron ones. There is also chances that a 20 micron filter at a lower pressure will be as...
  17. cranetruck

    WANTED - M816 Snatch Block AKA Tackle Block/Sheave Assembly

    Re: RE: Re: RE: WANTED - M816 Snatch Block AKA Tackle Block/ He has no crane that uses wire rope, so he wants the snatch block for the 5-ton front winch (just to make it more useful). The snatch blocks for the deuce winch have come in handy more than once and it's time to prep the 8x8 winch...
  18. cranetruck

    Electrical problem

    Be aware that the diagram above contains a number of errors, there is a separte thread listing them... This is for the m809 series, but may help in trouble shooting. Needless to say, check the grounds.
  19. cranetruck

    STEEL SOLDIERS STICKERS!!!!!

    RE: hey Of course that would be okay, just advertising the site without a logo.
  20. cranetruck

    Whats on your TM shelf?

    RE: TM Past posted images will show reference to hundreds of TM's and PS mags, 99% paper. I do like to keep TMs from the time period of the equipment,though, so for the deuce, many are from the sixties. Not very fond of pdf files, but they do come in handy for detail references when it's too...
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