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If you bought new tires they should come with new flaps. You don't say. If employing used flaps they have to be carefully checked for creases, cracks or other deformities' especially in the area where the valve stem passes through it. Any issues here will see the flap abrade the soft rubber tube...

Trunion bearings could be an issue as they have grease points which everyone neglects to grease. As noted in post 2, if the seats the springs bear on are worn, that could contribute to the effect. On civi trucks bearing wear is a biggie on Hendrickson walking beam suspensions. Some operators...

Government Liquidation sold a M123 that the USAF was apparently using to haul missiles in such at the Kennedy Space Center about 5 years ago. They got big money for it too. Radial tires and all.

Further reference to post 55: If the truck is not fully loaded, you have a "slop load" which, even with baffles, will surge front to back if the vehicle starts or stops rapidly, and this effect will make it even more unstable than it otherwise would be. Check with anybody who has ever hauled...

Reference is made to post 55: 1500 gallons of water weights 12,450 pounds. As I assume you are desiring to run the truck on unimproved roads, is it overloaded ? Pump, hose, tools plus weight of water ? Most tanks, if they are baffled at all, are only front to back not side to side. NFPA reports...

Reference is made to post 1 and 34: The described publications are available in paper or in the publications section on this site. Do your experts know how to adjust the brakes on a M54 ? Where the 45 or so grease points are on it ? Neglect these at your peril. How to check to see if there is...

Doghead is right: don't make a move without the pubs: operators' manual, organizational maintenance manual, parts book, and lubrication order for whatever you are working on.

Winch covers were locally fabricated items. I was told their use was discouraged in later years as they retained moisture which accelerated corrosion of the cable. Pipe wrench worked for me to gently rock the imput shaft to see if mechanism was free and I got the and the end of the drive...

Yo9u say your M54A2 has been converted into a tanker ? How much water do you carry ?

As described elsewhere, if you can get the slip joint on the PTO drive shaft to close up (this will be difficult to do if it is full of dried up grease) this will expose the center part of the broken shear pin which will require a hammer and punch to knock out. This is why a machinists' hammer...

Additional pics of exposed drum clutches. These are not friction clutches: it is in or out. To engage the dogs it may be necessary to move the drum by hand to align the opposing dogs. When disengaging there must be no torque on the rig or the clutch dogs will be difficult to separate. When the...

The winch PTO has 4 positions Neutral lines up with the latch plate (if that is still there), back is power out, forward is lo range power in, all the way to the front is power on high range. The picture in post 17 shows the drum clutch is "in" or engaged. This is a dog clutch and when engaging...

Remember you can get a pintle hook that fits in the receiver if you don't have one on the truck frame. I use one to tow my M 101 with a civilian truck that has a receiver.

The Army apparently never planned to deploy to regions with overhead structures. Witness only recently they came out with a double drop RGN machinery trailer to pick up a foot or so of overhead clearance. A M1088 with a 60" fifth wheel likely spent its life hauling platform trailers like M 871...

Check with your state to see if they will allow you to take the test in anything not registered commercial. I know NJ will not allow it. No historic or non commercial plates. If appropriately registered I suppose they will allow a M939 series or a M915 as the examiner will have access to the...

I'm guessing it is a M105 trailer and the truck runs. A carrier will also need to know if there are ramps and both ends of the job or does it have to be loaded and unloaded from the ground.

The tipping point is what kind of registration and license plate do you have regardless of "use" at the time a LEO stops you. Commercial plate = CDL plus USDOT #, ICC#, health screen, drug screen, and a host of other pesky compliances and fees. IFTA, IRP the list goes on. Farm and historic or...

The Army itself used 11:00X20 tires on M 35s but 6 at a time. I can empathize with post 6 because shortly after installing 7 Michelin radials on M 35s the decision was made to canabilize them and the engines and transmissions were removed. So as the Army would not issue a new radial tire for...

The number "FH93-03" is some kind of unit marking possibly "Field Hospital" as a unit like that would likely have a lot of generators. The leg in the back is to stabilize the trailer when it is not hooked up to a truck. This one appears top have the original lights. The Army itself changed...

Nifty winch behind the cab.