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  1. Third From Texas

    Rhino 5/4 RV

    Nice Yeah, we saw that storm line here right after sunrise. Today was about 20 degrees off normal. Nice except we'll be blessed with mosquitoes for the next two weeks as a result.
  2. Third From Texas

    make retainer cables

    I had a Jetski and HobieCat rental for 20 years. My business partner was a local sailboat dealer and I did rigging for a lot of years (everything from Lasers to J-Boats to Camper&Nicholsons) Rule #1: make your own cables = 1/10th what over-the-counter costs *military surplus has an even...
  3. Third From Texas

    make retainer cables

    https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08NCWKV87/ref=ewc_pr_img_1?smid=A1M5W0CX9W43WG&psc=1 https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B012SPB936/ref=ewc_pr_img_1?smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER&psc=1 * I just use a vice on little ferules like this but here's a tool that will do the tiny suckers
  4. Third From Texas

    Third's Build Discussion

    Best $10 I've spent this year. It's actually metal like the old-school real car emblems were....
  5. Third From Texas

    Headliner fabrics.

    The DOT can KMA if they want to regulate my custom headliner material... I'll use what looks good and lasts. LOL I've gotten some swatches from these guys. I've used their marine vinyl and neoprene before, too...
  6. Third From Texas

    Third's Build Discussion

    Same page as the carbonation containment relief mechanism.
  7. Third From Texas

    Third's Build Discussion

    Amazon :)
  8. Third From Texas

    Third's Build Discussion

    Cab emblems arrived today....
  9. Third From Texas

    What have you done WITH your FMTV ( trips, Rescues etc) NOT: fixes, updates etc

    It also works great for the beach swing...
  10. Third From Texas

    What have you done WITH your FMTV ( trips, Rescues etc) NOT: fixes, updates etc

    Yep. I had on on my M1078 and I have one in my M1082 trailer. Some rattle can camo and it's ready for an NSN.... ;) For the truck I made a 4"x4" drop-in so it could be moved to any one of the four corner posts (that's what they are for). Total cost is about $250 after paint. Or...
  11. Third From Texas

    Beginning the Journey

    Looking forward to hear how that charging relay works out. I'm only using two batteries for the truck. The other two are set up (for now at least) as house batteries for the hab. I like the idea of being able to charge my external house batteries with the alt but never drain the truck...
  12. Third From Texas

    Beginning the Journey

    As you said, I'd just bleed a little out of the transfer case. Simple. A little messy but what isn't with these trucks...
  13. Third From Texas

    LMTV Hitch Extension Kit installed!

    Troop step bumper? Vending machine mounting point? Or built-in bar-b-que grill for bonfires?
  14. Third From Texas

    MPG vs HP Compromise

    I'm gonna have this printed up some day. Used to be able to buy them online but they stopped selling them. Yeah, make 'em think...
  15. Third From Texas

    LMTV Hitch Extension Kit installed!

    Replying to me? Perhaps I wasn't clear. I was replying to Awesomeness. Reread the above. He brought up the barn door tailgate and I said I'd never seen one. He also brought up the step bumper and I'm not sure it's the same, but the image I posted is of an S&S OEM step bumper for the troop...
  16. Third From Texas

    MPG vs HP Compromise

    Guy said it was off a Freightliner. It's sectional and I've got it in pieces. With the lower sections and the rear off it sits pretty well on the S&S cab roof. My "plan" is to incorporate it into the roof rack (both as air deflector and storage cubby). But I'm still a couple years away from...
  17. Third From Texas

    Front Windshield

    You might want to price new glass. Unless someone with used is local, you'll be surprised to find that new is typically cheaper than "surplus" in this (and many other) LMTV situations. There's a glass vendor who sells and ships new (the company name escapes me at the moment, but someone here...
  18. Third From Texas

    MPG vs HP Compromise

    When anyone walks up and asks I like to tell them "if I cared about fuel economy I wouldn't have bought an army truck"
  19. Third From Texas

    LMTV Hitch Extension Kit installed!

    Never saw the barn door tailgates. Did run across this a few years back.
  20. Third From Texas

    MPG vs HP Compromise

    I'll test that theory someday...
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