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Kia has been building licensed USA 2.5-ton and 5-ton trucks for awhile. I believe they're all still manual transmission but with a modern diesel instead of a multifuel. I'm wondering if they all have split-circuit brakes or full air brakes.
I believe there was chatter in the 5-ton board about...
I just looked through the M809 operators' manual and didn't see anything about disabling the fan for fording. However, the manual says to limit speed to 3-4 MPH in 1st gear, low range. Maybe the speed limit is what keeps the fan and water pump from spinning off the truck? If you're that...
I check Facebook Marketplace for prices every now and then and don't think the truck prices have actually gone up with inflation. It kinda sucks because right now I need another 1-ton van and my wife won't drive the kids around in a 5-ton wrecker :( Mind you the wreckers I've seen for sale are...
I think you'll enjoy it more that way too :driver:
I'd be hesitant to use anything but a civvy truck to tow something like that, unless I really need AWD. Then I'd consider one of the heavy military trucks.
Would any of the military tractor cabs be able to tow like this with the pintle, or...
I just posted up a video that might interest some of you. As mentioned earlier, most of Fusion 360's storage is on the Autodesk cloud. The one exception to this is printing drawings to a PDF (saving the PDF to your computer in the process), then printing that PDF to paper. So I have about a...
Every truck in that top picture has its windshield down :unsure:
One day I'll do that with my truck. I wish the cab top framing was as easy as a Jeep, though.
That sounds familiar, except I got away with not using tire soap or butter! The only thing I did differently with the clamp ring is that I flipped the wheel over on two tires (one on each "end" of the tire) with the rim in it clamp ring side up. Then I used a jack and a few blocks to jack the...
Are you using the ratchet straps to pull the rim into the tire? I did mine by first seating the rim while it was standing upright, then flipping the wheel onto either blocks or old tires rimside-up and jumping on the rim until it finished getting seated.
I think @Barrman meant the truck was a REO design.
I always thought it would be cool to have a Curtis-Wright gasser, then I could say it's an airplane at heart :p
Thanks for measuring that! It seems the military super singles have about a 0.5" sidewall regardless of tire size. The 14.5R20 and 395/85R20 have the same sidewall thickness as what you measured.
I hope the rest of your tires come off easily! If you can get the remainder off the rim without...