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Let me put it differently. I know how to find on other sites which type is what. Just thought it would be cool for newbies if we had something of a list as well on SS, with examples of our own vehicles. Having said that, thanks for the link.

Still being a newby focussing mainly on my own vehicle and its kin. Reading also other threads, I often run into MV type numbers where I haven't the foggiest what the **** it denotes. I have to look up other websites (Olive Drab etc) to find which MV type belongs to which MV. :lost: How...

Thanks. With the summer being our main working season, completely restoring the truck will have to wait till autumn. I do hope that at least we can repair the steering and braking problem sooner and get her on the road "as is" in August already.

The first two pics are how it looked two years ago, when this adventure started. We now had to get the shovel running. For those interested, it is an 1973 Atlas 1302 wheel shovel with a four cylinder air-cooled Deutz engine. As indestructable and on par with the multi-fuel. We managed with...

These guys are professionals and know what they are doing. Actually, the company doing the international transport also works in collecting accident cars and trucks for the "golden angels" (European equivalent of AAA) throughout the whole of Europe. Besides, they transport crazy things like the...

Thought I put a heads-up in this forum on transporting an M51 through Europe (you know, this strange continent where the ancestors of so many of you came from). The complete story is told in the 5-ton section, but maybe others who mostly skip 5-ton stuff like to read about this as well. Only...

back to where it all began Then came the drive to the loading place. This is the place where the truck was originally standing when I bought it, together with a 1973 Atlas 1302 wheel shovel. As said, we were a bit over the max allowable height. Driving behind the truck, at some times I was sure...

or: never thought my M51 was a small truck until..... Finally managed to get my M51A2 to the Czech Republic. Thought I would share this with you. First thing I did was trying to repair the engine kill cable by replacing it with a lawn-mower cable. Could not find the bold back to connect...

Nostalgia and rarity makes a good price driver. What are the links to the German (or US in Germany) auctions where one can still get some US or Nato army material?

In the Netherlands, they have so-called red diesel - cheaper - for agriculture vehicles. Colored red so they can easily check if you are using it in a regular road vehicle. Regardless, when burning ANYTHING ELSE than regular pump fuel, you are violating the law. Don't forget, in Europe a lot of...

I am finally moving my M51A2 out of the Netherlands to the Czech Republic. Our annual checking was coming up as well, so I pushed a bit harder on it; no way it would have passed again without major repairs. In the Netherlands, you can "freeze" your registration and insurance, but it means you...

Just to be sure (like I said, its a guide for dummies ;-)). In US English terms, the top and bottom sections of a U-profile beam like used in the truck frame are called flange and the vertical section in between both flanges is the cross web? The angle is the L-profile that in this specific...

Finally got some time to put things on paper again. As mentioned in another thread, we are now street legal since July 2011. :jumpin: The conversion freom dump truck to trailer worked a treat, for details see the tread about it. Now we are waiting for funds to transport the truck to the...

Creating an M52: adding the fifth wheel What you need 1. A fifth wheel unit. 2. Buy high-grade NEW bolts and nuts to fix the 5th wheel to the frame. 3. Rent a professional magnetic drill. 4. Buy high-grade drilling oil. 5. Buy a high...

Dump to tractor conversion for dummies I talked about this in other threads, but thought it would be a good idea to put all steps in one post, so people can easily look back at it as a reference on how to do this. I ended up with FIVE pages of text, a bit long for one post. Here are only the...

Thanks for all the info. I am now back in the Netherlands, so I will measure the exact sizes and have a second look on it. Took some time to respond because while in the Netherlands with friends but not close to where the truck is, my car broke down. The multi-belt broke, in its turn ripping...

Been there, done that. Sometimes you other needs are bigger. You know you are going to regret it even before you shake hands, but sometimes there are no alternatives left. Whatever, Duncan, which Dutch scrapeyard that was?

I have a 1973 M52 A2. So if the cabines of those older 5-tons and deuces are the same, why make a different size in something vulnerable as an front windshield????? auaaua So if the deuces and the 800s are the same, why does the M39 differs or has to different sizes? Ah well, ours is not to...

My right windshield had too many cracks, so i needed a replacement. Went to the scrapyard and took a good second hand from another truck. Window pane with metal frame around it and wiper engine still attached. $ 25. Should fit with no problem since all cabs are equal. Right, not? Managed...

Not really part of the thread, but somebody might be interested. Few years ago my Iowa friends, who know of my interest in old big machines, drove me along a tracktor graveyard. Several hundred tractors, most of them really old just standing around. Somewhere in mid/eastern Iowa I think it was.