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If you got another 5 ton would you get rid of your deuce or keep it?
I hear you on the 55 mph road trip. I drove my deuce home ~500 miles and it was a long trip.
My first Cat was a 30s vintage 22 and then I had a 50s vintage D2.
I have owned my D4 for 16 years and it a sweet machine. Not too small and not too big. Did you have you 818 tranported from Colorado or did you drive it home?
Seems like there are a lot of rare deuce varaints popping up for sale recently and it is good to see that our fellow SS brothers are the ones getting them.
Dang I am envious.
A few months back there were several M818 on the GL in Oregon and they were runners going for $1800 - $3000. I wish I would have been more serious about a 5 ton back then. aua:doh: They would make a great rig for pulling your D4 around. :-D
bulldog - Thanks for the info on UPS. BTW - I am in the same boat in regards to a 5 ton. I find myself checking the GL looking for any 5 tons in my area, but so far the OD gods have not come through. If I could find a 5 ton tractor, I would put a deuce bed on it.
I hope your hinge pins came out easier than mine did. Even after soaking them in PB-Blaster then removing the hinge from the truck, putting them in a vice and applying heat and a 3lb doublejack I could not get them to budge. I ended up buying new hinges from SS.
Thanks for the feedback folks. I will post updates on this project as it progresses. Does anyone know where I can get a 5 ton air intake/filter assy?
Thanks.
Man that is a sweet rig Kenny! You gotta like the short wheelbase of the M59.
I guess I will have to live my dream of owning a duece dump truck through you. Please keep the pics coming sir!
See my 2cents below in red.
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