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  1. zebedee

    Wrecker wishlist of mods

    Rotating Beacon Telescoping Post Further to post 268 re:- I used consecutive sizes of tube with 'make up bumps' rather than try find proper telescoping tube - probably only available as 'receiver/insert tube' which is way too heavy.. I'd like to do a "T" bar, same box tube and have two...
  2. zebedee

    Wrecker wishlist of mods

    What exactly are you trying to achieve - as in - what proportion of time will you be semi trailering, what kind of recovery will you be doing and how often, do you need rotator crane function????? Have you considered a Tru-Hitch for a tractor? I think there is a civi one for sale 3/4hr from me...
  3. zebedee

    Mitsubishi Mighty Mits

    spare wiper motor through the roof, piece of tube and some ears...... easier than I thought!!
  4. zebedee

    M1000 HET Trailer Kingpin

    I'll stand corrected, but I do not think the M1000 trailer has the option to change out the King Pin - unlike the M870 LET trailer. That trailer is only supposed to be towed by a HET - 3 1/2" fifth wheel. I'm guessing you are at prepurchase phase otherwise you'd see it's construction. That's...
  5. zebedee

    NATO 12 pin plug: Amber Turn - Red Stop.

    Using an old trailer plug for some tow lights. I need to have red stop lights and amber turn lights for my project. I didn't go with RV /Trailer 7 core wire as I only need 5 wire; Stop, Right, Left, Tail and Ground. This would be three phase Star [also called Wye] (3 ph Delta is only 4 wires)...
  6. zebedee

    Watervliet Arsenal NY

    You've got my number - right? When you going there?
  7. zebedee

    M543A2 wrecker joins the family

    Went to dataplates.net and they only advertise an M35 set - did you have a custom set made from your old ones or are they just slow to update web site and do a whole lot more?
  8. zebedee

    Just got a M32K-4A Trailer

    This is kind of what I was referring to. The pin with the split cotter pins in it - the vertical pivot connection of the draw bar. I think your best bet would be to mount another hitch on the front of the truck and watch over the backing wagon.
  9. zebedee

    Just got a M32K-4A Trailer

    What are you trying to do in this pic, back to the right like alley docking or back straight? Not familiar with the (or any!) video game, the pic implies you let the error or over steer of the tractor get too far to the right when the middle pivot point (tractor hitch) departed from straight...
  10. zebedee

    Just got a M32K-4A Trailer

    Can't edit this type of forum... Like Rosco said, explaining this in words is quite difficult and as I mentioned, my attempt at helping you (and silent others) may be 'too wordy'. I have hay wagons and tractors which give you a magnificent view right over the tongue of the trailer and it still...
  11. zebedee

    Just got a M32K-4A Trailer

    If you have fabrication options, perhaps you can make a temporary rigid extension for the tongue. This will 'dumb down' the reaction and your over correction of each wandering - giving you more time to react correctly. Looking at the theory... Just by adding that second pivot vs a regular...
  12. zebedee

    Wrecker wishlist of mods

    I think I'll go measure my Holmes gear (way shorter than a collapsed med tow bar) to see what geometry and stand off you get with the civi system - which will be even closer than Rons setup just by the fact that the pintle hitch on Rons big Channel adds to the clearance. Don't forget that the...
  13. zebedee

    New Member Question: Red and yellow rear placards

    If you know someone in your local county or town Highway barn - a lot of them have their own 'sign' shops that make all the local road signs. If you "know a guy", there may be a possibility of getting some made there.. On one of the older threads (search "deliniator/delliniation plates")...
  14. zebedee

    New Member Question: Red and yellow rear placards

    <---- These? rut roh - porky beat me to it... Used for civilian road reg compliance in Europe - size either 200 x 200 mm or 400 x 400 mm. Similarly in Australia - not that any US military vehicles have served there.
  15. zebedee

    Pic test

    Reply Test. :goodjob:
  16. zebedee

    Jerry can doesn't fit jerry can bracket?

    Do a search on the UK auction or military vehicle sites - they often have that style (as well as US style like your holders) for sale. They are simple metal strap/lattice type construction with a hinge - not a formed tray and a web strap.. or rectangular boxes. Styles changed over time and from...
  17. zebedee

    Wrecker Stowage Diagram

    M816 stowage diag. What happened to this thread? I guess the phantom compartments were some how imagined by a design engineer, but a bean counter decided that that it would be too expensive to build and that was where the corners were cut for the budget.... To zoom in on pic, use "Ctrl +...
  18. zebedee

    Kaiser Jeep vs AM General differences

    No holes from factory would explain the gas cut ones on mine - done locally by someone tired of pools of rain water rusting stuff... Though for the rectangular holes done after (namely the Aussie ones), that poses more questions since Jeff mentioned, an inplace round hole would have been easier...
  19. zebedee

    Kaiser Jeep vs AM General differences

    ...well may be in the plate when drilled, but these are on the very edge and the ones in mine look like they're gas cut - rough'ish, not at all drilled.... Rectangular ones could be simply punched or power nibbled when the plate is being cut. This I would not know - thought Garwood only made...
  20. zebedee

    Kaiser Jeep vs AM General differences

    AM General M816 difference Round drain holes in AM General M816.
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