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Yeah, I saw the TM. Problem is, without the brackets it's hard to be 100% sure. I have the PDF that shows the airlift bumper measurements with holes laid out with all the dimensions marked, and the holes in this one match the drawing. I hung the bumper off the tailgate and have measurements from...

Could be. The welds are really nice, so if it is a one-off, whoever fabbed it knew how to weld. The reason I think it might not be is because of the back plates. They're 1/4" steel precision bent--they we'rent just hammered or bent in a press. I'll post a picture once I get the kids in bed...

So I bought an H1 bumper (it was just $150, so what the heck)--it's like the airlift rear bumper, but "backless"--instead of being a complete section of 2x8x1/4 tube it's just the "face" of the bumper. It came with two big brackets to mount it, that bolt to the H1 and then the bumper bolts to...

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Yes. When I got my truck it had two of the cheapest possible wally world batteries in it, and it started fine. Of course, one of them died soon thereafter. The funny thing is, they were less than a year old, so I got a replacement for free. At some point, I'll have to put a pair of "real"...

I can't find a pic at the moment, but most of the ones I've seen are mounted to the "dash" near the windshield divider one the driver's side. Federal Military Parts has a picture of one mounted there.

My google-fu isn't always the best, but I found an instance of "w/e" at humvee in scale.That lead me to GS and a number of other sites, eventually winding up at Army Property where the list of TMs and the NSN itself shows the M1109 as "w/e" But that's all the further down the rabbit hole I...

They look good. I might consider fabbing up a set so my wife will let my kids ride in the truck when the doors are off in the summer...

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By coincidence, I stumbled across the airdrop FM today while looking for something else... humvee-airdrop-rigging.pdf Since that prompted me to look around again, I also found this video of some humvees getting extracted... video I can't guess at the altitude. Thought I'd share since it's...

All of us who are out of our teens/20s :-D ? When I drove my truck from Tennessee to Kansas (a 14-hour drive) it got to where I was shifting position every 5-10 minutes. I remember falling asleep in the back of a deuce on top of a pile of duffle bags and sleeping like a baby in my 20s--but I'm...

Yeah, quite possible they were there--just the dumb XO's driver never noticed them :-) We didn't ever rail load them in Europe, so them being there and my not knowing would make sense

I've seen these things loaded (and extracted) using LAPES multiple times and I've never seen them strapped at the wheels. I don't recall those whatever-they-ares being installed on the humvees I drove in the late 80s/early 90s, and I never saw them in use. But I'm pretty sure they're not for LAPES.

It varies by state. In several states where I've lived, if there's a passenger seat with a seatbelt, then a passenger can legally sit there while the vehicle is traveling on the street. Civilian hummers had a bench seat that fit between the two rears as an option, which would make it a six...

On mine, the cover comes off the hinge pins (on the bottom) pretty easily. So if you can open the box, remove the jack, and pull the cover in under a minute. The backing plate, which is flat, doesn't really stick up (or out) enough to be in the way of anything.

From someone called "Gobi" these are apparently on backorder at the moment. Pretty cool though.

Another follow up... Apparently my link to "that auction site" wasn't allowed. I guess you're supposed to read the TOS before posting? ;-) So the part I linked to was this: Which is part of this: And that installed is this (from my first post) Unfortunately, these are no longer being...

Yeah, I messaged them and they didn't seem to know much. I specifically asked if there was an NSN, and they said they'd get back to me today. Kascar has this part, too (here). It seems like it might be related to this which they claim is a bed-mounted spare carrier for the humvee. I should...

Very cool. I've had similar thoughts (don't like the slant-back, but would love a turret) and it's helpful to see how good your truck turned out.

Got the antennas on (no radio yet) and the VIC-1 boxes installed also got my bridge plate numbers on.