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The problem when buying dry batteries is to find someone who sells the acid. Battery acid is a hazmat so many vendors don't stock it. The last time I bought a dry battery I was lucky there was a place in the area that dealt with forklift batteries and such and they had the acid. Autozone no.

Method for separating tire bead from rim at home :

Reference post 9: When Government Liquidation was selling M35A2s at the rate of 100 a month for several years the trucks were 30 years old. I bought several; some you could drive off the lot, others to be trailered home. M35s are much simpler than the trucks being offered today and could be...

Think about taking some hose clamps for the radiator hoses. They are cheap, don't take up much space and if one breaks on the road you probably will not be able to get a new one in a convenience store. You usually do better when the military sells off all the trucks in a complete class as when...

Reference post 128: With the stock 22.5 tires can you get the skids off the ground ?

Reference post 123 and pulling a M 870 with either a M915 or a commercial tractor: These tractors have 48" or so high fifth wheel. The fifth wheel on a 916 or 123 is at least 12" higher and the porportions of the gooseneck reflect this. So with a M915 the front of the deck will be perilously...

It doesn't show in the pics in post 20, but on the left side of the machine there is a link which when installed locks the machine up so it can't articulate. This is mandatory per the DOT when hauling a center steer machine on a truck. Without it you can't keep the chains tight going down the...

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M123 with M870 and D7 at Teaneck, NJ, about 1994. Note tractor is wider than trailer.

I have never bought a 7 ton but in dealing with a number of 809 series trucks, deuces, forklifts and such dead batteries is a common problem as it takes the government 3 years to sell the truck so it sits someplace without being started for that time. I have had lower radiator hoses on M35s with...

I have never bought a 7 ton but in dealing with a number of 809 series trucks, deuces, forklifts and such dead batteries is a common problem as it takes the government 3 years to sell the truck so it sits someplace without being started for that time. I have had lower radiator hoses on M35s with...

Post 118: Don't forget the M747 to haul your tanks. Going down the road with 170,000 pounds and a 300hp engine is a character building exercise . Eventually the Army applied a MWO to the M123 in the form of a exhaust brake and then you could upshift them and get them (the M123 to go.

In an earlier lifer when I had one of these things I got a set of TMS for it on a CD online someplace. As suggested on post 3, don't make a move without the pubs. I had the machine because it would pick up MT 20' freight containers and I had an RGN trailer to haul it around on. Eventually it was...

Originally the trailer was used with the M123 10 ton tractor as a replacement for the 25 ton M 172 trailers used up to that time. If a tractor with a winch was not available then either a forklift or wrecker would have to be used to operate the trailer. The military now has a RGN or removable...

When these vehicles were an issue item, parts people were , at least in CONUS, to go down to the local Chevrolet dealer and draw non military specific parts.

The biggest difference between a civilian blazer and a M1009 are likely to be electrical. Most of them would be configured for a 24 volt military radio so they have 2 batteries and 2 alternators for the 24 volt side and 12 volts is drawn off at some point for the lights, heater etc. Door...

Pic of a receiver mounted on a M929 dump truck. I saw it at a show and the owner was not with the truck. The arrangement shown does not require the pintle hook to be removed.

The box, which is also used in tandem in 809 series 5 tons, is proportioned to hold 2ea 6TL batteries which are almost square. I do not know of any commercial users that employs these batteries. They seem to be one of many things unique to the military and which discourage substitution of...

reference post 13: There are 3 grease points for the clutch and brake pedal mount. There are 2 more high on each side of the bell housing for the clutch throwout cross shaft.If thry have not been serviced recently they will be hard to find without a work light. Attached pic shows at least 2 of...

I recall, from reading rigging manuals, the ratio between the cable size and diameter of the sheave is 12:1. 1/2" cable requires as 6" sheave, 5/8" cable a 8" shave and so on. Using a bigger sheave than the indicated size is OK, too small and the cable will breakout the sides of the sheave and...