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I was at the Weare Military vehicle rally and seen a unimog with supersingles on it. I think they were 15.50's. I am offering to anyone interested to help put 1400's on their unimog. I think it is very doable. I have the tires, the rims and the equipment to do the job right. If anyone is...

It looks like there will be another group of Military Vehicles on Goverment Liquidation in Ayer Ma. The last time there was a auction this big, I had made arrangement with some SS to pick up trucks if they won the auction. In the end we picking up a beautiful M931 for a Member in Michigan. So...

My girlfriend and I went to the COMVEC show in Chester Conn. The show was great and after the show we stopped at a old Armory to take some pictures.

I was contacted by a fellow Steel Soldier to recover his M931A2 from Ayer Mass. We are located in South Easton Mass. So this was not a problem for us. We decided that a low deck 20 Ton equipment trailer was the best tool for the job, But I drove my own M813 with 1600R20 up on the trailer to...

I remember seeing a wrecker stashed away in the back of a junk yard. so I went back to look for a PTO and driveshaft. Come to find out it is a Deuce wrecker. It is mostly there too. Thought someone maybe interested.

I have decided to build an Iraq / Afghanistan conflict era Gun Truck. This will be a tribute truck and NOT a replica of any truck that served our troops in these conflicts. I have done my homework and I will try to build the truck as our troops would have done. I have General McGreggor drawing a...

Today I finally got to putting on my level winder and tensioner on my M813. Both are not moving freely and oil is not doing the trick. So I will need to dig deeper. I got the tensioner moving again and mounted it. Next I started to take apart the levelwinder. Man! There are a lot of parts in...

My M813 was losing power, but not all the time. So I have done some troubleshooting. 1. Changed filter, put in diesel injector cleaner. Result: A little better, but still terrible sometimes. 2. checked emergency fuel shut off, fixed bad wire on fuel solenoid. result: The shut off was all the...

I am planning to build a Iraq/Afghanistan conflict Gun Truck tribute. The truck I am building will be of my own design. The truck will be up armored but with early Iraq conflict armor. The level of armor on MV in Iraq and Afghanistan went though many different stages. Since my truck is a M813 I...

I have a M813 and I have just put on new 1600 R20 Michelin XZL's and two combat wheels on the truck. I have done my homework and know about hemmt rims. But I want to be able to rotate my tires so the tires will wear evenly. So just two are out of the question. Plus Hemmt rims are heavier and...

I work at a trucking company and Civilian semi trucks use shocks in the rear. Even the old Macks have rear shocks. I am singling out my M813 so there will be plenty of room on the outside of the frame off 4 shocks. I think they will help with the ride when empty. I hit some big highway seams on...

I have started this thread to show how I mounted my Super Singles. I have included some tips that I think will help others mount their tires. I haven't numbered the pictures but put them in order and included as many as I could. I bought 8 two piece 5 ton rims and 8 1600R20 new Michelin...

I just recently return from a long road trip. While I was driving through different states I put in different colored fuel. In Mass most of the fuel I run is blueish in color and looks oily like diesel should. But I put some low sulfur fuel in before I left it was yellow. I put some orange low...

I decided to get some tires from Kublos Surplus and I decided that my M813 needed a good ride. As the weekend of the trip came. The weather said it would snow. Being a Marine and knowing I was taking the 5 ton, I decided to go anyways. The trip down was no problem, just slow and stead. The hills...

I am looking at purchasing some 1400 R20 tires from surplus. I was told that they have Michelin XL and Goodyear AT-2A. My question is which model tire would be older. All of them have plenty of tread. I have some 1400's now that have plenty of tread, but they have some weather checking on the...

I just picked up this M39 series 5 ton. It is a short wheel base and has a Van body on it? It has a workbench inside, It has a generator, Ventilation ducts, and lights inside. The tranny has a 4th gear where 5th is on my M813. It looks like this truck only has a few hundred miles on it since...

I went to a great military surplus store in Buzzards Bay Massachusetts called " Bananas" It was called "Gone Bananas" not sure what happened. Well the whole point was that I was looking around and found out that they sell paint too. They have a few different kinds of spray cans. One is close to...

I have a M813 5 Ton cargo with a NTC 250. It is loud at idle but, I wear hearing protection while driving, so on radio or talking to your passengers. I have looked into the military headsets that they use on Helicopters and other vehicles, but I remember from being in the Corp. That these are...

I am interested in putting a dump bed on my M813, but I can't find any in New England. I have found some older deuce and 1/2 dumps in OK shape. are all dump beds the same Or are the 5 ton dump more heavy duty? They all look the same? What should I look out for?

I just did my all my inner axle seals on my M813. the drums, brake shoes and wheel cylinders were new. But someone screwed up the inner axle seals putting the hubs back on. Everything is put on with tips from SS. I haven't seen what kind of gear oil to use to fill the axle back up to the proper...