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Oddly enough my google fu seems to be failing me. I cannot seem to find one of the trailer manufacturers websites that would actually list their trailers by model AND list weight capacities and curb weights. odd that.

So as some of you know, I've got a back burner project looking at a 5 ton tractor for hauling 2-3 armoured cars to WWII events. Something I just realized is that I might be going overweight with 3 armoured cars. Here's my facts Payload 2 armoured cars, at about 7 tonnes (long) each 1...

Wreckerman, is that a 40s Genset?

As far as the LED strip goes, slide it into some clear rubber tubing and put a dab of silicone caulk at each end.

REALLY good idea. Much better than the standard lighting. And you can use those light positions for other indicators. Here's a 13-32Vdc -> 12 Vdc regulator for $27. http://www.theledlight.com/rg12a2_regulator-module.html And strip lights for $17-19...

Aldie, Va? I drove my deuce through Middleburg on my way around a detour to get to my friend's place in Culpeper. Small world. I know there's a fellow what lives on the Northern Neck down on the Rapohannock who has a deuce and can help you find stuff, he has quite a motorpool going, BUT...

Course, you can run those on the roads in the UK with rubber track pads. What is it under MOT? Exempt?

My humber has babbet bearings in it. It's not supposed to be a hard thing to do, mainly you need the metal, a small forge to heat the bearing metal and some clay to make up a mold and gate around the area to be 'filled' with white metal. I'll bet those screws on the inside of the journals are...

I like the short dropside bed. That looks VERY handy as a truck setup. What's also interesting is the apparently longer bed trailer in the background.

Seems like you could add some steps to that rear tailgate to make getting up there easier. I almost think you could get some additional panels and mount them on one side of the truck for yet another porch. Or use the roof. :-)

There are 24 volt DC / 110 AC inverters out there so you could wire up the truck's electrical system with a DC-DC charger to charge a 24 volt battery bank and keep commonality with other 24 volt hardware on the truck.

That's an East German Truck. Not a West German Mercedes Unimog.

Funny I was just talking to a fellow what drove 5 ton semi tractors in a unit that had King Cobra in it.

So Clinto, you gonna get a tow behind reel mower for that mule?

Wreckerman, I Dunno, technically renting such a truck as a private individual should at worse net you a query. Though technically, if you're in the employ of the military and driving a military truck but NOT military you're still excluded from the DOT and the States MUST comply with that...

Ug-oh, don't get between the Canadians they might throw rocks or hockey sticks at ya! :wink: Max, Clark trucks DOES have very good trucks. But they're aimed primarily at nations that they can export refurbished trucks to OR working companies that need the trucks for daily work in off road...

Bjorn, have you thought about adding and additional set of tubing to give the back of the cab more cover so you'd have more usable storage space you can reach from inside the cab?

Clinto, there were sand channels used as standard kit on a lot of armoured recce vehicles. they were supposed to be strong enough to allow you to get your tires across a ditch but sometimes didn't survive or were beaten up. So often times PSP cut to length was used instead. It couldn't support...

MAN makes some amazing trucks.

You can also make them run backwards, though that is NOT recommended.