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For those that need it - Here are the dims for machining a collar to allow you to pull a civi semi-trailer, having a 2" King pin with your LET, MET or HET that has a 3 1/2" fifthwheel. These can be acquired from the UK or even Australia though since they are NOT HIGHWAY LEGAL you will need a...

What did that little lot cost you? Mine too are suffering from Solar degradation...

... do they have any more??? Shipping from Guam/Hawaii - not too practical.

Ha ha.. Yup, it's prety straight forward. Use the minority colour to 'break' up the corners, middle straight edges top to bottom and wheel arches. Plenty of examples around (on the interwebs), varous books and forums... They do look fantastic in BRG with complementary galv cappings but only...

Welcome - Neighbour'ish! from Springfield....only 25 miles away. Howard

Friend in UK sent me this with the quote "Went for a little drive this weekend...." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9FAcnPU8aHM

Most being the operative word. Since they were all gassers (Rover 3.5 V8, they fell by the wayside when the fleet went all diesel. There was a rumour that they may have been retro fitted with Perkins but that too didn't happen. No, Malaysia trialed them but the Volvo won the contract. I tried...

I think you are looking at "highway" setup.... It has the range to act like one of those "singlewide" transporters with the hyd cyl that picks up the hitch to compensate for road crown etc., when positioning said house. Stability would be compromised at highway speed if the casualty was...

Agree - the stock wheels/tyres on a driven axle are next to useless "off road". Got mine stuck on wet grass, luckily I was going up a 1 degree slope - virtually level and gravity got me back to traction. Nice mod with the bigger tyres (John's truck in VT looks great - search the NH rally)...

Searching locations can be helpful though distance depends upon shipment of part - some stuff can be posted therefore the world is your oyster, conversely a large vehicle part may need to be picked up "locally" depending on the effort the seller wants to go to..... then there is the S/S...

Deleted Question... Thought I would post this pic following the recent question.. HOWEVER the question seems to have disappeared! Very crafty! ........ You know who you are!!! Oh well - here goes anyway, you know, for future reference!, and 'cause this a informative thread so it's nice to BTT...

It's a small world - glad you found a gem. Hey Mike - don't know how I missed this thread!!! From the dropbox pics it seems that you have a pretty complete vehicle relative to it's military service - may have even seen service in the first Gulf War. The military registration 62 FL 06 will...

I am glad you added the ha ha ha... We don't have fancy TV so the only time I have seen 'Myth busters' was at a hotel... The episode was relating to traveling with tailgate down to save fuel. ...BUSTED... They proved that there is a stationary plug of air held by the tailgate that the moving...

I'll guess Malaysia or Indonesia going by the terrain - red soil and use - big hardwood trees. Couldn't tell if the POV was RHD or not nor was there a decent shot of the plate but there was a little hint of those languages in the radio chatter. When I was there (both places), all they were...

John - I can free up part of Thur or Fri if you are running short of prep time - happy to help you off to a good start. Can lend you some of those big square reflectors (400mm/16"x16") for the rear if you want a more High viz butt! Howard

It's an 'A1 .... You were closer the first time (Post # 55) : ) : ) ..... NB. I'm only correcting this for posterity of the thread! Question..... should your avatar be changed to Polish hot sausage? (wink wink!!!)

After Matt (who scouted the trail) questioned whether the bridge would hold the 916A1's (mine or Johns) I think it should be renamed the medium truck trail ride!!!!! :) .... though later he said it may not have been a prob???? Enjoyed the show when I finally got there (ridiculous late Fri night...

Thanks John. After searching the 700+ pages I found it (naturally starting from the back). Can't quite make it out but it looks like it's non metallic - f/g or plastic so there would be a load of "No Step" stencils needed. I think I'll go with steel or Al chequerplate, folded to a hexagon (top...

John - is there anything left of the G 177's ? If so, are you getting rid of them? I need two for steers (would prefer to go all 10) but that's not going to happen for a while..... OR, I might fall in love with the singles and go that route after a closer look this weekend : )

Unless you want to pull a second trailer (legality issues naturally), I think you would achieve your goals more efficiently by putting two short receiver tubes (the 2"ID outer tubes) under the ends of each chassis rails - this will give you a more sturdy mounting for the 'added rack'/ spare tyre...