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  1. Hoefler

    MV of the Month - October Nominations

    I nominate my own truck. M36A3. Putting an A3 up against that tank tells you guys just how much I like my truck! Pete Hoefler
  2. Hoefler

    What do you build?

    Thanks. Looks like your wheelhouse is on the other end of the spectrum-big stuff with high strength design and weld. American ingenuity is alive and well. Thanks for posting. Pete
  3. Hoefler

    What do you build?

    Here is some fab we have done for us. My company is in the pneumatic convey industry for industrial food production like breakfast cereal, snack chips and protein foods. Almost everything we do is in stainless steel-laser cut flat patterns and TIG final weld. I have tried to TIG weld myself-it...
  4. Hoefler

    What do you build?

    This is what my welding skills look like. Pete
  5. Hoefler

    My Deuce!

    Nice deuce. I am friends with the Lugo family up there. Do you know Kurt? Pete
  6. Hoefler

    German STORCH of WWII

    Thanks for posting-these are great. Real stick and rudder stuff here. Pete
  7. Hoefler

    German STORCH of WWII

    Flap like a butterfly-sting like a bee! Pete
  8. Hoefler

    German STORCH of WWII

    Carbon cub-better than the original Super. Pete
  9. Hoefler

    Just won Hyster E40XL-MIL on GL

    I picked up a stand up Hyster from Sparta a year ago. Batteries where to low to get it to go. I filled the batteries with water (36 volt) took a 24 volt pulse charger (Northern Tool) and let it charge for a day. Batteries came back good enough to run it in a non industrial-commercial mode. Had...
  10. Hoefler

    German STORCH of WWII

    That is so nice. Thanks for posting. Beautiful. Pete
  11. Hoefler

    German STORCH of WWII

    That long landing gear works great for landing in off airport situations. The prop stays well out of the rubble. Always wanted to fly one. Pete
  12. Hoefler

    MK48 with short wheelbase MK14

    Cody, Thanks for your response. I was thinking on those Russian trials trucks-really like them. I think I will drive the truck in fresh dirt-measure the radius and see how the rear tracks. I can then take this and axel centerline measurements and lay them out on paper with Autocad. Pictures if...
  13. Hoefler

    MK48 with short wheelbase MK14

    I have an MK48 with both a MK14 trailer and a MK18 loader (currently coupled to FPU. I was moving the MK14 trailer this past weekend and noticed the front frame detail. It got me thinking. The front of the 14 trailer frame has a cast iron adapter bolted inside the frame rails. This adapter mates...
  14. Hoefler

    Oshkosh Mk 48 General Info 8x8

    I have owned my MK48 for a few years now. I have never checked the fuel mileage, but suspect its much better than 2MPG. When you own something and pay for its use, one tends to be practical in how he operates. When you are not paying for the fuel, repairs and have access to un-limited funds, 2...
  15. Hoefler

    Allison M916 + Mk48 Cab = 6x6 "FEMTT"

    I have over 30 years experience in the design and manufacture of industrial food process and chemical process equipment and systems. With this I am more than qualified to give a thumbs up on Soni design and fabrication skills. His work looks elegant and clean-not cluttery-nice proportions and...
  16. Hoefler

    m35a2-a3 comparision

    I use it a lot. Have recently posted a thread on hauling rocks with it. My A3 is usually hooked up to a trailer hauling a large Bobcat with brush, large trees or rocks in the bed, hauling steel, doing parades for Vets. Truck runs year round up here-even in the cold. She has been reliable and...
  17. Hoefler

    m35a2-a3 comparision

    I had a nice A2 when I got my first A3. Sold the A2 and still have the A3. i live in a more urban area. The A3 auto and air steer makes it much easier to motor around in. I found the A3 was out more than my A2. have had my A3 for about three years now. Motor starts in the cold, trans shifts...
  18. Hoefler

    Vietnam Nam Moving Wall Memorial , Hamburg , Michigan

    David Lee Teich Specialist Four E CO, 3RD BN, 7TH INFANTRY, 199 INF BDE Army of the United States 12 January 1949 - 14 November 1969 Pine City, Minnesota Panel 16W Line 076
  19. Hoefler

    My New Project - 1942 Ford GPW

    I like the cab. Pete
  20. Hoefler

    mn guys. Registration? what plates on your deuce?

    Hey Wolf, I am in the process of registering my M923A2 as a collector vehicle in MN. I just got a letter from the State asking me to write a letter stating its intended use. One time plates and fee. Nice. Pete
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