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Recently recovered this Sparta 5-ton. Was told she was used as a refuel truck. It came with a cargo bed re-installed on here. I noticed that there is a formed metal box with heavy gauge wires going to it. Have not really had a hard look at it-its very cold here. Does anybody know what this is? Pete

I have a few trucks that I keep on a parcel of land I own. A few trucks translates into a bunch of batteries. Three of my trucks stay on the land and are not licensed-so I got to thinking... I have two 5-tons trucks with weak batteries, with another that has 6 year old batteries in it. Given I...

Turbo Tim bought an A3 from me last winter. I picked this A3 up from GL as a truck was a "did not start" unit. She looked barely used. Outside of the missing drive shafts and blown head gasket, she seemed to be a good truck. Not wanting another project, I sold it to Tim. He got her running in...

Have noticed my A3 seemed to be a bit down on power. Seemed to be weaker on the brakes as well. Had it on a 40 mile trip laden with heavy logs. When I got to my farm, I could smell brakes-saw a bit of smoke coming from rear drums. Brake dragging has been the culprit. The brake pedal is not...

The Yellow Ribbon group is active in MN. Helps all veterans and spouses through donations and volunteering. I was asked to be the jockey with my truck to honor these vets in a fourth July parade. Two soldiers had recently returned home. One soldier was a WW2 vet that was able to climb the ladder...

Finally got around to mating my MK18A1 to my FPU. Started by disconnecting the MK14 trailer. Once decoupled, I simply drove (carefully) over to new rear. Backing up and inserting dovetail into new trailer was fairly easy. Connecting all of the air, hydraulic and electrical was simple as all are...

I have a shelter that have been saving for a camper build. Unit fits perfect in the back of a Deuce or 5-ton. I will be using in the back of my M36A3. This truck is a little longer which will allow me to have room on back for hauling stuff. Have just begun gutting the metal rails on floor. Have...

Built a new hitch for my truck that allows me to haul tractor and materials to a remote site I own. Sunday was the day to try it out. Truck has a new heavy duty receiver hitch with aluminum drop ball set up. This set up keeps the hitch up and out of harms way. I have purchased a 24 volt to 12...

Posting to gather as many as possible for simplified recovery. Wreckerman has been a great resource for this type of recovery and can make it much more efficient if more than one makes use of his services. These are not a simple recovery. Pete

Decided to add Solargizers to my A3. Have them on my 5-ton but found they are mostly covered with snow as they are mounted on top of cowl. They also trap water up there which can cause rust. Given the 5-ton panels are laying face up and the winter sun angle up here is so shallow, I decided to...

Trying to find a way to grease this U-Joint but have not been able to find the "sweet spot". I can't get my grease gun head to fit in between the knuckles to grease this joint. Have gone in from the top (spare removed) and from the bottom. Is there a position 9 oclock, 6 oclock or whatever that...

OK-have installed main electrical cut offs on my A3 and past Duece. Just installed in the ground curcuit from battery to buss bar. Now trying to do it on the 5-ton and am baffled. After taking off several battery cables and hitting the start-this gal starts right up. I have a schematic that...

Does anybody know how many long A3 trucks where produced?

I have won 5 Oshkosh wheels from Oklahoma City. They are just sitting on pallets and need to be shrink wrapped or banded to pallets before I can ship them. I am in St Paul, MN so wont be able to do this. Willing to pay for a member to go on the base with some shrink wrap and prep for transport...

I went with the 14.00 tires for my 923. When I went to slide the spare into the nest, she would not fit. The sidewalls of tire are to fat to sneak between the intake air pipe and leading edge of bed. If the intake air pipe was moved, it would fit. If the bed was pushed back, maybe 1 inch-she...

Finally got to cleaning up my Duece. She came to me in desert tan and appears to be an Iowa national Guard truck. I have found being buff is tougher than camo. Blasted all the surface rust spots and treated to POR15 to make sure she does not get new pimples. Used an attachment for pressure...

When the bigger stuff needs to be hauled here, the A3 gets thrown into the mix. Not just some beautiful garage queen, but a sort of pack mule when she needs to be. Had about 3 tons of fabrications in the back and still could not feel a difference in ride. Structural pieces where being...

Spoted this in St Paul this weekend. Its a local build. Workmanship was top notch. Appears to be a body dropped onto a late model Chev SUV chassis. It looked factory built. Enjoy. Pete

Have a 96 M35A3 truck with reinforced cab and gun legs with ammo trays. The cab has the two AR gun mounts with sockets on floor. Did find a water bottle with arabic writing on it in the cab, so guessing this truck was overseas for parts of its history. The passenger side window has a rather...

Warm here in Minnesota. Time for going topless and found it to be a simple procedure. The soft top on my truck is a bit brittle and had a few holes and lots of Kuwait dust stuck on top of the windshield frame. Took here out and discovered the truck feels about half its size as compared to top...