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Well, I'd bet that that BV202 is VERY light in the rear vs in the front. The engine, transmission and most of the drive line is in the front section. The rear will have a transmission, but aside from sheet metal and rubber band tracks, not much.

Well, se don't buy these trucks because we're in a hurry. Well, for the purposes of a truck that can tow a 5 ton trailer and get to a broken down car of 3-4 tons off road, I'm not sure the entry costs are comparable.

Saturn Surplus can overnight smaller parts for not too much. What's the entry cost for a deuce vs a F350? I just drove my deuce from Virginia. I need to start doing oil analysis to know what's going on in the engine. BUT the truck pulled fine all the way south with no issues of problems. When...

Nope, the force would be downwards. Only thing to make sure would be to give it a step so it fits under the rear frame member a little bit and bears downwards on the pintle and upwards on the frame.

Some of those spectators and judges/officials are pretty darn brave to be THAT close to some of those trucks as they're squirming around in the mud and dirt. :-|

2 Ways, drain the fuel, run it through a filter, flush the tank, drain, dry and refill with the filtered fuel. I've done this, twice. It's a pain. I'm looking at building a fuel, filtering kit for pulling fuel from the bottom of the tank and recirculating it. Baciscally a kit with a probe...

Ack, Richard, that doesn't look good. Any idea if the engine is ok or did it over rev? :| Have you filed your environmental impact statement yet? :roll:

Well, in the case of a rear air line, you already have one in the form of the rear right gladhand on a deuce. Get yourself a glad hand, air line regulator and run it to a tool directly OR to an Airpig with a larger hose from the airpig to the larger tool for extra CFM surge capacity.

I'll be driving down from Virginia (Culpeper) to Atlanta in my Deuce with trailer attached. Anyone have anything that needs moving southwards? If so, let me know. rmgill AT mindspring.com or pm me for phone number.

When planning anything like this, unless you can picture it in your head, sketch it out. That makes it easier to keep things straight. Check the TMs for the deuce wiring (last few pages iirc) and double check the wiring for the trailer. A 6 or 7 pin trailer wire cable is probably ideal. Those...

I re-enact and tow a 3 ton british scout car to events. That's a MUCH heavier load and it is harder to find parts for so, yeah, I agree. Tow it on a trailer of appropriate size. Havinga way to recover a 4x4 that's got problems is nice when you can just get it near the trailer somehow, drag it...

I went with one that would sustain 20 amps and surge 30 amps. I'm leaning towards replacing it with a hefty unit from Newmar but haven't yet.

The military trailers that are dual voltage take a low tech approach and use three step down resistors for dropping the voltage. They are big and I suspect make some heat so they need to be in a metal box of some sort. I dislike such methods because it waste power and is just additional load on...

That post has a schematic thats useful. The pin for power is K, not H (not relevant for your purposes). And that schematic doesn't include the power for the trailer lights because I'm drawing off the truck directly.

Oh, do be sure that the wires gauges you run for certain functions are up to the task. 14 gauge will work for the lights and relays. BUT the 12 volt power lead should probably be 12 volts. You'll be running a breakaway charger/battery too right? The trailer brake and ground leads should be...

As Clinto describes there are several ways to do things, the best is in such a way that the trailer brakes are actuated by your own brakes either by air pressure OR by the brake light switch on your truck. Depending on the size of the trailer you're towing, you could get into REAL trouble if...

I gotta ask, if you're going to buy a new trailer or a used one, what's wrong with a tag setup rather than a ball setup? the Lunnete Eye/Pintle hook are FAR more solid and if you need to go off road to get the 4x4, you're going to stay connected with a lunnete eye which a ball might not handle...

I used my deuce to tow my Daimler Dingo (just sold). That was on a 5 ton flat trailer that worked VERY well. Single the truck out with 1100x20 tires and you'll get a higher top speed allowing you to run at 55mph (eventually) and not be right at red line. It's a handy way to go.

McMaster Carr has some nice 1" thick neoprene foam as well as other foams that comes in large sheets. I expect this could be used on the inside rear of the cab to deaden quite a bit of sound and stop the drumming from the rear sheet metal. skin it over with some solid highimpact plastic sheet...

Area52, if this is the case, then one is going to get a very solid ON or OFF application of the trailer brakes.