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So sanded the rear bumper a bit today to hopefully read the unit markings. Left side: TDC ADB Right side: X301 Training & Doctrine Command? Air Defense Battery? X for experimental since this was one of the very first FireFinder units?

I do take care of it. Did full service on it today and also installed two brand new Optima battery’s. Topped off tank and parked it. She’s ready to go when needed.

Just over a week ago, Western and Central Oklahoma had a historic early season ice storm that crippled parts of the state. Some areas received 4” of ice. Hundreds of thousands of people without power and at or below freezing temperatures for days. Most of foliage still on trees was biggest...

Being that your unfamiliar with CUCVs, it’s 24v system, and diesels, Download the TMs as suggested for reference so you at least know what your looking at and where things are located. When you have a chance, Read the older threads and use the search function. Everything your dealing has...

It’s all personal preference. I bought a set (4) of the 6T lead acid batterys for one of my 5 tons. Will never do it again. Total pain always checking water levels and worried about corrosion from the fumes. I know the Hawkers are twice the price but for me, the piece of mind it gives me is...

https://www.odysseybattery.com/products/ods-agm6m-battery-pc2250/ These are the civilian equivalent to the Hawkers. Excellent battery and just as good as a Hawker from what I’ve heard. You get what you pay for in battery’s has been my experience. My M1008A1 seems to spin over now just a tad...

The fenders make an excellent work top. Perfect height. Strong too. I stood and walked on them and they didn’t flex or budge one bit. The original taillights were trash. Super corroded inside with no chance of saving them. Trailer has been in deep water at some point I discovered that the...

The axle is a standard M101A1 axle. Wheels are the standard lock ring unfortunately. Tires are a bit old. Edit: That’s just water on the tire. I was rinsing things off. A few pics of underneath. Took off rear bumper and evicted a furry tenant. Used rear jacks today and put them in full up...

It pays to know the Hawker Representative and still have a current military ID. That’s about all I can say per his request.

Most of the special parts, what’s left anyway, are not in any TM. That I can find anyway. I plan to remove wheels tomorrow and find out what axle is installed. Pics are from a control panel that was inside. Kinda Interesting.

All great ideas!!! Hadn’t thought about the tent. Will have to think more about that possibility. I like the Generator/fuel tank also. If the generators would come down in price a bit I would seriously consider that. Water pump is also an excellent idea. I know it looks rough but the...

With Jack’s on three points to stabilize and level it, it might make a good portable deer stand. I truly don’t know what to do with this thing except dump $$$ into it.

Definitely a possibility!!!!

This trailer is definitely odd. It’s been modified for duals from the factory. Instead of 9 leafs in each spring it has 12. Every picture I’ve found is single wheel only. The data plate on this trailer even shows single wheel. Definitely not a unit add on. Another weird thing is almost every...

I have new tires and NOS wire harness for it already. Tail lights also.

I was originally going to turn this into a fuel tank trailer but since most of it is aluminum, I would have to almost destroy it to do that The frame is partially aluminum also and it’s impossible to simply remove a few bolts and lift off the top portion. The aluminum fabrication is extremely...

Installed new Hawkers today. Since I had batteries out, I also installed a new set of glow plugs. AC60Gs Much easier with the batteries out on the passenger side. Didn’t need to but with winter coming and the other set at least two years old why not

Well........ I had just installed two red tops (with 6T adapters) last week since one of my original Hawkers had died. Truck starts great. No issues but.....Just didn’t like the way it looked. So today I picked up two brand spanking new Hawker 6TAGMs. Will install tomorrow

Those are pieces of rubber I cut to take up the gap since the tops of the optima’s aren’t perfectly flat. Military does same thing and it’s not part of the kit. That’s the only thing I don’t like about this install. Still beats the cost of new Hawkers. I know it doesn’t look it, but the front...

I run Optima Red Tops in everything vehicle I own, with the exception of the new trucks with factory batteries. My travel trailer has a blue top installed. The ones I installed in the CUCV are model 34/78. Model 34 will work also. That is the top post only model. I know I could have installed...