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Hey sklemm, glad to hear that the tractor performed so well. I was curious how 600 cubic inches of gasser power would do. That is one good looking setup. Thanks for sharing the photos.

Hey mstrmstr, is that an M422 or an M422A1, can't really tell in your avatar picture. Either way it looks sweet. My dad has had an M422 since 1974.

"Hey Grace, how's charm school? Have a nice trip this fall."

My niece in Anza Borrego last fall. You can't tell it's a fall trip, but you'd have to be insane to drive the dirt roads out there in the summer. The temperature was still over 90 degrees, but as they say, it's a dry heat :-D

Is that 7.5 tons the cross-country rating? Maybe you can use the dolly for heavier loads on an inproved road, much like how an M35A2 with duals can handle a five ton load on the highway.

Alas, I will have to sit this trip out. Going to Anza Borrego the following weekend and I don't think wifey will let me camp two weekends in a row. Hmmm, I could throw the Mule on the car trailer behind the M1009 and come up for the day... Let me see if that idea flys.

I saw the smoke column from the Wrightwood fire from the Marching Thru History expo in Chino and thought, "Oh sh***, there's another fire!" Met Floyd at the museum, I hope he is out OK and his house and stuff make it through OK. Hijack over... Matt

Sad to hear about your M1008. I hope they catch the punks that did this. They just caught the 16-year-old arsonist that has burned almost 2500 acres near my house in three different fires. The middle fire was too close for comfort. I hope that punk spends years in prison. At least you get...

It's the overall length that might get you even if you can reduce the height. If I remember correctly, a winch-equipped M35A2 is 22.5 feet long.

Congrats on getting the problem fixed. Let us know how the gasser does pulling the half track on the trailer and please post pictures.

The spark plug wires can also be on their way out. Even the shielded military wires fail eventually. A freind in San Diego had a crappy running Mighty Mite and bad sparkplug wires turned out to be the cause.

I am leaning towrds the DOT 5 conversion. The trailer will be either used to carry a Mule or a Mighty-Mite, nothing heavier. The real reason I got this trailer is because my wife saw me loading the Mule in the back of the deuce on two large planks. She freaked out and made me promise not to...

Guys, My brother gave me an old single axle car trailer with surge brakes. I opened up the master cylinder and found it was full of rusty goo. I will obviously need a new master cylinder and probably wheel cylinders as well. My question is, can I use DOT 5 silicone brake fluid when I rebuild...

I can't really tell by the photo which turbo this is, but if you're asking which I prefer, it is the quieter "d" turbo, having owned both. I wouldn't pass up on a truck with a whistling "C" turbo, however!

Wheel dollies are the best invention since sliced bread!

Avoid the newer GL-5 rated oils. They are hard on the bronze parts of the trasnmission. You can buy old school GL-1 90 wt oil at good auto parts stores or tractor supply places.

I too wonder if a stock deuce has enough power for this drastic ratio change. I would think you would be in fourth gear much more often with fifth reserved for downhills and tailwinds. You would definitely slow down at the slightest incline.

I bought a gallon of DOT 5 at Napa a few years ago. It was $92 per gallon. Ask for a fleet/ owner-operator discount (your Army truck counts) or a AAA discount and use whichever saves you more.

If you have one of the early four cylinder models, it is definitely a collector's item. Most of them were later rebuilt with the two cylinder engine.

I had an old V-6 CJ-5 do something similar once. It started cranking at high RPM by itself (I had the sparkplugs out). I was in my garage and luckily the jeep was in neutral. I too had to yank off a battery cable. I found a burned section of wiring harness. Apparently a live wire had...