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SLO - I tried posting the pics you wanted but they won't load - so have a look at the thread on the G503 forum where I have put all the research pics and had responses from overseas folk who are/were "in the know"... http://g503.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=26&t=266542 ( Beacon pics .... top...

Has anyone checked into any exceptions to any of these requirements - namely for Farmers? In NY there are CDL and taxation exemptions ... Just a thought (if it helps in your particular situation)

Extended floor piece welded in. New bottle 'buckets' (?) need to be fab'd. Won't be using the original ones as they are too big a diameter. Replacements were segmented on a sheet brake rather than rolled. Passenger side holder cut out. This will make it real easy to access the spare and...

So Jeff - do you have a pair of spare horizontal mirror braces, so I don't have to fab some from scratch??

It is a simple ~2" square tube with corresponding 'inner' and a captive nut with 'T' headed bolt. It is welded to the bulkhead and the spare tyre support bracket. At the top, the fixed tube is also tied into the trailer board stowage 'goal post'. I'll try to get some pics off of the other...

Yes - adjustable in width so that lights are always on extremities of casualty. I'll try and find a pic.... look at this vid https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XzV3Z8ScIhQ at 51 secs, it's the Mack wrecker that replaced the M816. Welding in the front bulkhead would require cab removal...

Yup - that's the plan. I am progressing a full conversion of a US issue M816 to how the Australian army modified their 29. However because of the two longitudinal ribs in the wrecker body, over the chassis rails - the center space, directly under the spare tyre would only be accessible by...

Found a nasty little dirt trap... So - whilst prepping the next mod in the RAEME conversion, I found the space/shelf behind the Oxy tank and under the spare wheel tray, was just packed with all kinds of damp dust, road grime and nothing in there was painted - kind of blocked in during original...

Maybe - if my wife had have done it!!! "Rule Britannia"...

Finally got to move wrecker into shop for the winter. Had to jump start it off of the Freightliner but I did not have or couldn't find my NATO to older US 2 pin adapter, so I modded a NATO slave cable that I had which only had a plug on one end. Used a couple of long pieces of 10mm threaded rod...

This setup is used extensively in old Europe - years ago it was more common than semi's. Appropriate tow vehicle, generally with it's own load, is a must. We do our own hay and I am currently up to reversing this type of wagon, behind the baler - 3 steerable pivot points. Next will be two hay...

D@mn - my A1 is pushing 2200 at an indicated 60!! BTW - when you get time, any chance you can pull the winch control tower cover and ID the left valve with pics??? I need to add the wetline to mine. Cheers!

"OP" .... No prob here, other than the pic 'teases' at something green in the top right !!! Is the crane ex-mil??

Baby wrecker gets an airing.. After a few years collecting dust in the barn, I got my Airbourne 1 tonne wrecker (Land Rover 101) running and out for a play at our annual Guy Fawkes Land Rover Event (FB).

Actually, I hadn't even considered current "Hotel 8's"... I started this thread to get pics of action, not done TO your wrecker like other threads!!! (That's covered in 'Wrecker wishlist of mods' thread.) More pics next time you use it PLEASE PLEASE!! How does it compare to the E1...

Its a bad pic, so I'll let that one slide!! It's a "Lightweight" Land Rover... not a Jeep.

Sankey Wide Track. Finally gotten around to putting the new cover on my Sankey 'Wide Track'. Had to remake the 'toggles' since they don't come with the canvas.

..... so hows about changing the drum on the boom winch - which is fluted, single layer only and reeeeeaaaly short on rope - to a smaller diameter thus multi layer capacity, then you can use it (pop off the crane hook), to pull out the drag winch. You can reach the crane levers from the drag...

Even if you could introduce a 'dog' clutch - like the front winches on older trucks - the thickness and therefore "memory" of the cable, the level wind and tensioner bends/radii, would make it impossible to manually pull out the cable. Larger drag winches on ARV's etc., (3/4, 1" and up) come...

Hmmm - Thanks big'un, I hadn't considered that. I'll give it a look the next time I slap it up there. Some nice compact heavy bolt clamps would be good...