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How have I not commented on this thread before... "Honey, call the chaps in the white coats, I'm going senile!" Depressed by the pics of the wrecker on the M870 - I was hoping to have room to put my S250 camping shelter on the back of the trailer WITH my 816 on the bed - looks like I'll have to...

Nope, nope, nope... OSHA stuff is not exciting there big fella. I want to see rocket launchers, hydraulic claws, tuckaway half track convertion, secret microwave beams.....

All in all, this worked out really well. There was no uncontrolled crashing down of a cut tree. The roots put up a fight all the way to the ground, never once falling faster than the winch pulled it. Even increasing the resistance at the end when we tried to up root the whole thing - pulling...

Wifey was actually operating winch for the main pull, didn't want to video as close as I wanted the shot!.. but she stopped when back of truck got dragged to the edge fo the bank. so for future heavier pulls, I am going to somehow add a little ground reaction device. M984E1 spades. I am...

Lots of snapping of the dried out roots.. ... and down she came. No interferance to barn - really no foundation of any substance to be compromised by roots, hence the settleing!

Pulling slack but heavy cable, down towards the tree. Winch cable to a 5/8" snatch block, with a 5/8" compensating cable bridle and to two large continuous slings chokered on to tree. The snatch block allows the two points of attachment on the tree, to stay under even load as the angles change...

The plan being to pull the tree away from barn, by a snatch block redirect down to a split pull on the dead tree. Rather than pulling it towards the only place I could get the truck, risking the tree drifting towards the back side of the barn. Initial setup of the compensating bridle.

So, in order to fix the hops barn (my workshop) as in, jack it up, push the walls back out and give it a real foundation, that dead tree (red arrow) needed to go. Ran out about 110' of cable (7/8" dia) in a straight line with atv, then looped end back so I could get it up to the change...

Great show - calendar marked!

Pretty cool. Got a mate down there looking to get a Mack wrecker! Quick question for you - Yellow 'D's on Aussie Jerry cans - do you know how big they are? I have a bunch to put on the RAEME version I am buiding of an M816.

Thanks for sharing, as Rory says, it takes a big man... I had a 1061, wanted to do the mod that you did, but sold it before I ever got around to the mod. (Found an 870A1 to go behind my 916A1).. My thoughts would have been to move the axles back to put the deck+tail/2 point jst infront of the...

Then of course there is self help when one gets stuck and an ARV isn't in the neighbourhood. Tow bar at the ready.

Also there are two single 25A fuse holders next to the frame, above the battery box that protect the ECM, will turn over but won't fire if these are dead.

Yup - know JT quite well.

Welcome to the neighbourhood! I am 3 miles up the road from Dougco1. There is a reasonably healthy group affiliated with MVPA that holds events in the Capital district and around. Hope to see you on the road.

Yup - "Holmes" kit. What do you need to know about it? It's for chain lifts of the front bumper. There are a lot of pics and discussion within the following thread... Wrecker wishlist of mods | Page 2 | SteelSoldiers There is further expansion of this set up in my thread on the G503 forum...

That makes three of us! In my case - I do horses all day long (farrier) so let to wife do her thing at the weekends etc., ecxept for the tractor work! And she says - "I don't care what 'green crap' you buy, so long as I don't have to look at it (in the yard/around the house)"! Haven't got any...

I too feel blessed that I met Dave, enjoyed his company, stories, deals and shipping assistance and can concur with comments above. If there is one word that when uttered, will always remind me of him and the aura of insite he spread.... "SNAUSAGES"

I have sets of these for two of my MV's as CES/BII required for wreckers. One set (one plate and 8 pins) for my 1 tonne Land Rover and 8 sets for my M816. These are "Commonwealth" issue; UK, Canada and Australia recovery units.

Welcome... where in NY are you?