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Not quite done...still have to loosen up the seized upper pulley and swivel. Added some 3"x 4" x 3/8" angle on the bottom of the 3/8" lower tubes so when it's off the truck it has a nice built in stand/feet. Added a section of 3" channel across between them as well. Now we wait until the oil...
Yep. When you push then swing toward bridge and put behind tab, it's compressing the original spring set up in pin lock dealie. Pop it out from behind the little block welded to the bridge and the spring kicks it pressure pushes the end pin into the side of the drum again. I was either going...
ALMOST! Good guess. When I put the 2x6 tube on the factory mount it cut down the travel on the handle of the drum lock so I had to come up with something else. After staring at it for an hour, this is what I came up with. Works nice, push in then slide behind little block welded onto the...
SON OF A -.-.-!!!!!!! THE PTO/PUMP COMBO OLD MECHANIC SOLD ME THAT WAS A PUMP FULL OF RUSTED GEARS AND BUGS AND A PTO WITH RUSTED GEARS AND WATER IN IT WAS AN AIRSHIFT PTO/PUMP COMBO. Nearly $500 I'm out to be told, "all sales are final," and then told, "...at that price you can afford some...
Am I reading this correctly that no air shift PTO's were installed on the M939 series? Please tell me I'm mistaken.
Also, were any of the PTO & pumps married so the pump was bolted directly to the PTO or were they all divorced with a driveshaft from PTO to pump?
Zebedee, nice concepts! ...only thing is that is hides the framework and roots of it...if that makes sense. I like the mechanical look. On the hydraulic modded 10K Garwood for the front of the Mog, I took the time to make a guard to cover the chain drive from the motor to the pinion...but...
Bunkerbuilder, been there done that X 3-ish already. :) Mounted a 20K Garwood under rear of deuce, 10K Garwood under rear of my other M715 (Velvet) and mounted one above the frame on 406 Mog.
m16ty, you got it! Gotta check to see which will flow same as the line size. Nice having a buddy...
Kenny, nope- ...these trucks are big enough without having another two feet added you can't see whatsoever. The whole point of this was that it wouldn't be a permanent fixture on the truck. Slap it on when I have logs near the edges and make it one stop shopping for pulling them out and...
James, your point is very much understood, things happen. The FIRST legal day I had Bruiser on the road I was heading to the next town to pick up something. There was a section of the road that had standing water on it from some heavy rains earlier in the day and a Jeep Wrangler coming the...
CSM Davis, I've seen a couple with the side rollers popped myself and absolutely understand your caution. Typically if I know I'm going to be winching, I keep two of the large military snatch blocks with me and will use them to change the direction of the winch line most of the time if...
I also wanted to add, there's also safety in numbers. Anyone could try hard enough and eventually break one shackle mount if ya drill it sideways. Hook four of them up in a frame and break them while their connected.
:) ...it's all good.
Well, this has been some fun reading...sort of. I forgot my disclaimer, "don't do what I do- it doesn't work."
This winch is supported top bridge, front captured fairlead set up, bottom big tie rod, rear roll formed steel. I get the side loading stuff but have you put a big winch like this...
Two years or so ago I purchased a full front winch set up from m16ty. Great unit, great seller!
Time has come to fit it to the truck. I'm not a huge fan of how the bumper is set way out on the winch trucks...ANY of them, so wanted to make this easy to put on or off. The truck's four...
I'm glad I read it before it was cleaned up. Every now and then what's on people's minds needs to be spoken. He's a good guy doing his thing in this group, his opinions can't be alone. I had an experience with the same member that I would not consider positive.
As posted above, I ordered the new filter from Amazon. I installed it in about five minutes today so forget about the wire hoopy things or paying too much for them- ...if you don't have access to high density structural shims, I'm sure you could cut a piece of hardwood the same size as this...
Thanks guys- I realized a while ago that hauling what I needed to on a deuce was just too much off road and basically would be overloading the rear suspension. I've rolled out of some sketchy terrain with 12,000 to 14,000lbs of logs and not worry...these 939's are tough...and Bruiser just...
As far as tank design with low volume, take a look in Summit or Jegs at 'dry sump' oil tanks. The good ones are designed with a cone shaped bottom with suction being pulled there and the return fitting is welded into the side of the tank to promote the fluid to swirl. That swirl makes the...