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50+ years ago I lived in Fairlington, just the other side of I-95 off King St. It was 4.5 miles to zero Prince St. (Ye Olde Hunter).

Wreckerman is over near Gadsden, AL. He's into fire trucks now.

Spec Sheet that is posted says the chassis is the same as the current HMMWV, so the tires would be the same.

Kenny and Clint (and all the other worker bees), the guys from Columbia were talking about the Rally till my ears fell off last night! They said comparing Durhamtown to this venue was like comparing visibility at midnight to high noon! They are stoked to come back next year! Now if we could...

As far as expansion is concerned, way back in the 1960's in an engineering class our professor asked us to calculate the thermal expansion of a one mile section of rail with a temp rise of 20 degrees F. , then calculate how much it would rise in the middle if both ends were held absolutely...

M103 uses 'standard' 900-20 NDT tube type deuce tires and wheels. Their load capacity as singles is a tad over 4000 pounds and as duals more than 3500 each. Hard to find civilian tires with that weight capacity in a smaller rim.

Thank You, Sir!

Which hitch did you get?

Saw this on Russian Steam Locomotives > https://www.abandonedspaces.com/uncategorized/the-steam-train-graveyard.html

I usually downshift when it drops down to 1700 under load. 1800 is generally considered as the max torque point.

Aug 18, 1969. But SNAFU is far older than that date. I can remember at least one mention when my father was still on active duty (he retired Feb 1962). I think the mention was when we were in Germany , Aug 56 through Aug 59.

Most any fix I do 'these days' should outlast me, or at least my ownership of MV's. Neil Hendrix 'retired' from MV's when he was 75, I'm past that age. Larry R just changed a head gasket at age 78, and wants to do all his crank ,pistons and mains this winter.

Probably 'obsolete' by current standards, just as the deuces were replaced by more modern designs in the US Military, first with the active duty troops for Fiscal Year 2000, then for the National Guard/Reserves in FY 2010. The military does not want to keep parts for obsolete vehicles, so they...

Fellas, the original poster has not been on this site since 2018, four years ago. Someone nearby needs to go by there and see if there is anything left!

White Owl in Kinston, NC

I heard some grinding gears, which will mostly go away as the operator gets more experience. The mechanics here in the group should be able to hear a lot more than I can detect.

Yes, from what Brian told me AMG built different variants of transmissions, engines, winches, tires, brakes, and other parts for the Army. Essentially every one of them was a 'one of a kind'.

I'll mhave to get a picture of Brian's truck, it is serial number 4, probably from the same series, but supposedly never belonged to Uncle as it has "AM GENERAL" on the front bumper.

I have the valves on one of my trucks. At shutdown I drain the tanks till there is no more mist coming out and stop. It has never been more than 10-15 seconds, and that was after a long trip in the rain. Trips under 100 miles in good weather drain out in about five seconds. YMMV.

It might help if you had this > GTA-9-1-185 (Systematic Inspection Procedure for the 2 1/2 Ton Truck), and somehow it needs to be in the Deuce manuals, but my copy is 20MB (for 8 pages), so it's too big to upload. it seems to be available at John Tennis's site > [PDF] GTA#9-1-185 (1-8 ) -...