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Use a duel tank set up with a pump to transfer fuel from the aux tank to the primary. That way you don't have to do a lot of plumbing. Some of the older 5 tons had a similar setup. That way you can use a stock deuce tank and brackets and just mount it on the drivers side of the truck.
Todd is a member here. A great guy and he has some really cool green iron.
He let my son Kyle take one of the tracks for a spin. I got a lot of "cool Dad" points for that.
He's going to try to get some of them over to the 2014 GA Rally.
When I swapped out the axle on my M923 I plugged the holes on the axles with fittings I got from a hydraulic shop. I plugged the line that went from the box on the frame and called it good. The other two axles are still plumbed but I'll disconnect and plug them them as I get to it.
There are two engines in the 900 series. The 250 Cummins in the older trucks and the 8.3 Cummins in the A3 trucks (usually identified by HARSCO/BMY designators). Parts are different for the two.
Am I riff or raff...........I can never keep that straight.
I still have some 2013 GA Rally T-shirts "big boy" sizes left. Long and short sleeve. Should have posted them as stocking stuffers.
Since I bought the M927A2 I have come to appreciate the 8.3 Cummins and the Allison automatic. I have since added an M923A2 to the stable which may or may not end up as a parts truck (depends on if I want to swap out a transfer case). I have owned a 5 ton wrecker and a 5 ton multi-fuel tractor...
Back in the late 70's I was an over the road trucker. I ran from Mississippi to California just about every week delivering processed poultry to LA and then going up in the valleys and loading produce to return back east. Sometimes I would end up coming over Tehachapi and through Mojave and...
If you like to read there is a book, "Flight of the Old Dog", a fictional account of a B-52 combat mission.
The BUFF is an amazing aircraft.
I think I remember reading that one of the pilots flew the same aircraft his grandfather flew.
Make sure you have the right size jumper cables. Little cheap ones won't make it. I have a set made of welding cable and I wouldn't use anything smaller.
I was pulling small stumps with a M936 and broke a big log chain. Unless it is a very small stump I'd either pay someone to grind the stump out or dig it out with a backhoe or trackhoe. If you do elect to pull it put a few tons of ballast in the rear.