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  1. m1010plowboy

    G749 preservation

    Deep within the jungles of sea containers in the hidden world of MV collectors, we're still finding parts. The odd-ball items are a front bumper, pintle attachment and a rare winter front for the G749 trucks. The Preservation continues.
  2. m1010plowboy

    The Deuce and the dragstrip

    We don't need a quarter mile track to compare all the trucks. We're lucky up here with plenty of empty, flat, prairie roads so our first rule is make sure we're all complying with the local road rules. Rolling off a set of lights where the speed limit is greater than 50mph with a soldier "B"...
  3. m1010plowboy

    The differences in the M135/M211 Wheel hubs......pictures measurements

    Hockey distraction up here but what Front Page are you looking for? Have we showed you the link to the technical manuals? http://www.steelsoldiers.com/forumdisplay.php?95-Technical-Manuals The Korea era manuals...
  4. m1010plowboy

    M1010 Adventures

    The adventure continues. Hopefully this post will encourage a few CUCV owners to crawl under the trucks and check out their wiring....after their landscaper puts the starter in. I am certainly no mechanic. The phone rings shortly after Push drove away. The 15 mile trip north of Edmonton was...
  5. m1010plowboy

    M1010 Adventures

    Sftpoctmv After turning down several offers to unknown buyers, my personal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Military Vehicles ...the SFTPOCTMV... found the right buyer. Push the 1010 will continue her adventures and still be a part of the parade route. I'm hoping to get these boys...
  6. m1010plowboy

    M923: mudding or not?

    Grabbed a few pics of the M931 w/o fifth wheel, departing the G749 farm for greener pastures. They sure can climb hills.
  7. m1010plowboy

    1952 M135 W/Winch

    I can't even find the book where Mr. Henderson dug up the first picture so feeling a little useless. It looks like the 2 bolts are still holding the lifting hook plate in place so it makes sense that the big bolts get pulled on the window frame. I have beat that keeper pin up with a small hammer...
  8. m1010plowboy

    309th Aerospace Maintenance And Regeneration Group

    I was fortunate enough to visit the Pima museum http://www.pimaair.org/ and tour your facility in 2010. The public needs to get out there and pay the admission to see these museums. The bus tour took us through the boneyard and we even got to see Just Another Non Existent Airline. Down the map...
  9. m1010plowboy

    G749 preservation

    New G749 Addict The Preservation Continues. Long story short,,,ha ha, I said long story short. Not likely. My phone rings and a deep voice says he got my number from some of the locals. Turns out this deep voice is a nearby neighbour of 40 years. He didn't make the connection until visiting...
  10. m1010plowboy

    The differences in the M135/M211 Wheel hubs......pictures measurements

    Single vs Dually wheels G749 I loaned out a few books just today but there is a picture around with the off-sets we'll dig up. Meanwhile, here's the info out of TM 9-8024 and 9-1819AC
  11. m1010plowboy

    Identify this German WWII vehicle

    Here's the translation from CB's link. Long before the start of series production of the first armored fighting German High Command has initiated the construction of a sufficiently large training "armored vehicles" series made on the car chassis Adler "Standart-6". These machines are...
  12. m1010plowboy

    M923: mudding or not?

    I appreciate the folks with enough fortitude to try this stuff so thanks to all the dirty mudders. It took 3 tries and finally 100,000 lbs of anchor trucks to unshtick a schtuck Sean after he did this. How many trucks would a schtuck sean stuck if a schtuck sean could stuck trucks. Old camera...
  13. m1010plowboy

    Metal Magnets's M211 teardown and future rebuild.

    Most of the trucks I've seen up here have them. Usually they're tucked up above and beside the hitch, inside the rear cross-member. The B/O plate was mounted to the right side of the rear pumpkin. It doesn't show up in the electrical schematic or ORD 7 SNL G-749 so we'll need some aged...
  14. m1010plowboy

    Hmmm..do you like low flying aircraft?....then here ya go!

    First low pass jet visit from Canada It's been a long time since we backed Mutt up and posted some low flyers. As punishment, I'm starting over, from the beginning. This article claims that this is the first visit to Andrews Airforce base by one of our first jets. May 31, 1950.
  15. m1010plowboy

    Metal Magnets's M211 teardown and future rebuild.

    G749 black out I hear rumors that the troops would pull these off trucks and use them as electrical testers, which is supposed to make them rare. This is the black-out light that mounts inside the back of the G749 frame and points toward the diff. In the Early Canadian Deuces, a white, steel...
  16. m1010plowboy

    Two-unit caterpillar conveyor Vityaz

    I need one for the farm! :-) If you have any more details or some links to more information on it we'd appreciate it. I can usually find the data with searches but typing the word "Caterpillar" into a search engine here, gives me yellow bulldozers and insects. Thanks for sharing the...
  17. m1010plowboy

    Mystery Air Connect

    We put them on trucks parked in the shop so they can be aired up and rolled outside quickly. The fire-trucks I've seen have their own hose that keep the tanks full all the time. Very handy.
  18. m1010plowboy

    G749 preservation

    M135 G749 duties The M135 had more roles than a Canadian donut shop. Besides their common role as a cargo truck they were also being assigned to tasks that haven't happened yet. This document outlines their use as a casualty transport unit. Part of their job would have been a front-line...
  19. m1010plowboy

    G749 preservation

    G749 Preservation It's a Big Birthday day around the G749 family with Dad celebrating the same day ol' Goose the M135 was delivered. March 16. It's been a while since he's hung out around the pond but he's real happy showing off the decorative piece of the truck he built. We officially...
  20. m1010plowboy

    1952 M35 Gasser repair and build

    Swap meet season is the best season! Those are good finds and hopefully the distributor is the solution to the motor issues. The Picture loading challenges may be a symptom of site popularity, traffic, multiple loading of large format pics or other things I know nothing about. Some folks put a...
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