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tomorrow I will get my boat (that is .... BUMP)

The only two East European jeeps in the convoy, the here very popular and more or less affordable GAZ 69s A guy in our village we know now has also a UAZ 452 Ambulance in addition to his Praga V3S (eastern version of a Deuce) The UAZ has the European version of a pintle hook.

Some more pics from the encounter . . . . . . . And a real BMW motorcycle with sidecar And finally .... wait for it ...

Saw these people when driving back home, they were just taking lunch. A group of MV enthusiasts from the Ceske Budejovice area in South Bohemia, Czech Republic. I especially like the Dodge (WC 52?) More to come

I am looking for my boat

I have done a reversible 5-ton M51A2 dump-truck-tractor conversion. Also looking at the earlier mentioned link on the conversion why not make a dual frame like the the real dump trucks have (at least the M51 and the 815, probably the M925 as well)? Just copy the extra frame or get it from a...

Probably the last days the water is OK to jump in. View from the back garden of our historic blacksmith workshop. We put the pool there to give our grandchildren a much needed close-by cool-off and plaything. At night floating around looking at the stars is also nice

By now you should not have been. A lot of the most active members here are "gentlemen of a somewhat older persuasion". We now can follow ferro's lead and start a petition for a "SteelSoldiers Watch Forum". Your watches are this typical small, ignored, but very essential item. Personally, I...

To jump or not to jump, let's wait a little longer

Let me elaborate a bit. My 1965 M51A2 Dump Truck did not have ANY registration when I bought it. I took the long road and made it completely street legal as a Kaiser Jeep Corporation dump truck. I got new registration backdated to 1973, making it a normal 1973 dump truck WITHOUT any reference...

I see two terms coming by in the legal texts displayed her: - military vehicles. - military-type vehicles. Before going on my horse, what are the exact definition of both classifications? Maybe the legislative also did not think long enough. Are we talking about EVERY vehicle ever used...

Congrats Migginbros. Probably a first that a non-US vehicle owned by a non-US member wins the MV of the Month. [thumbzup]

I don't have video on you tube but we do have a few pages on the truck and its history on our Czech Emigration Museum website. Halfway through that page, just above the pics is a link to a pdf file on the dump truck - tractor conversion. On the next page are two video's of the truck, on the way...

Finally back at the main computer with all the pics, so I can finish the Dutch part of the M51 A2 w/w story. The moment of truth: on the way to the Dutch DoT transport for the final checking of the truck. IN front of the checking station and inside. Equipment for measuring...

Trying to put some new live in the thread after the weekend barrage of new posts. By a second pre-check for the DoT approval, the biggest problem of the tractor configuration was that the rear wheel are unprotected and without cover. So in consultation with the DoT, I made a wooden frame...

Procedure for mounting the fifth wheel. .. . The fifth wheel is laying on a pallet on the truck, just in front of the hourglass-formed cross beam. Fifth wheel and ground plate separated. .. .. .. .. Ground plate is positioned above the cross beam. One thing I forget: how...

Just did some back checking. Truck is "air-assisted hydraulic" Trailer is "air over hydraulic". Two different things. 10+ years ago one member here gave a good explanation This video is good as well https://youtu.be/q4MtLobgbyQ Remember: connection between truck and trailer is ALWAYS...

If the brakes on the old type tractor fails, should not the new presumable air-braked trailer still have at least some braking power or lock the brakes immediately as well? This is my biggest fear: brake system failing with a single-circuit system.

Fair enough :beer:

Working on the fifth wheel conversion. Bringing an EU-certified JOST fifth wheel from the Czech Republic to the Netherlands. Measuring how the ribbed ground plate of the JOST can be fitted around the rivets on the frame of the M51. Normally, it is not permitted...