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With that around and you did not take a single pic? That's pure sadism to us out here in the dark?

Never saw those lift systems, amazing trick. That's probably why modern trucks - certainly tractors - often do not have these old type of front coupling anymore. These triangle pulling systems, those legs are fixed or they vary in length when turning?

Ron and Zebedee, spot on. In Europe, its either a tow bar or a wrecker with spoons to put the front tires in. Never saw a truck being pulled with this double leg thingy. In addition, these center front hitches are very handy for taking a trailer "head on" for better maneuverability in yards. For...

That's why I brought this up, even I can see that this front part is weak. Some newer European trucks without the standard coupling jaw use a special reenforced part which is mounted in front of the actual bumper and sticks out further forward. It would cover the whole bumper part from frame...

Looks like something somebody thought up on a dark night with lots of beer as part of the defense if somebody ever tries to land and conquer the USA. Would have been a cool prop in the old English serial Dad's Army

Standard European trucks have (or used to have) a front coupling jaw dead center in the bumper. This mostly is just a re-enforced opening in the bumper where you can put the tow bar in and lock it with a pin. Farm tractors have them also. The Daf army truck at right has both the two towing...

I would like to know how that works out for you, if possible with lots of pics and engineering remarks like connection to power steering pump, effect on power steering while braking in corners etc etc. It is one of the options I am still looking at to make our 5-ton safer but I did not find...

Congrats! Maybe put a link here to your posts on these two gun truck sites so we can see it? Did you ever wrote down the story on Proud American and your replica on SS? That's why we need a history thread!

Good looks alone is not enough, and can be voted for every month. +1

That is something I would like to build as well. I probably will never have enough money to get something like a Peterbuilt or Mack with sleeper here in the Czech Republic but this looks like the second best thing. Unfortunately, my dump-tractor trick with its short M51A2 wheelbase does not...

The fish mouth coupling works a bit like a 5th wheel coupling. When empty, it is always closed. When you want to lock up a trailer, you put the coupling open and on sharp. Then you just drive the truck backwards to the trailer and once the trailer ring is completely in the fish mouth and hits...

I am not sure what a pintle actuator is. I removed the original pintle and replaced it with a fish mouth coupling, which are standard and obligatory in the Eu; military pintles are not allowed as coupling devices on civil trucks here. .. The dump assembly and 5th wheel assembly are...

Waiting for my veteran registration papers and until the truck has been completely restored and painted in proper colors with proper markings. Then I need to borrow a semi trailer at least once to get the feeling of how my M512A2 truck looks and drives as a tractor. = =

Robert Dulfer, Dutchman from the Czech Republic. Donated a few bucks Changed my signature few times to help keeping people updated Watched blood pressure rising on some people close to explosion Enjoyed and am honored to be part of the US law making process. :cookoo: Might as...

Two more pages and 25 odd posts and we are over a hundred pages and thousand posts in one thread. Are those other amazing records we broke?

Missed the actual vote, we took the grandchildren for their weekly swimming course and just came back. Anyway:

Any idea when they might be getting close to discussing this? Thanks to the USA getting early into summer time, you are 5 hours behind us. That means you guys are up early. Well, you know, the early bird gets the worm. Fingers crossed

I would say keep calling until Swiss says otherwise

As sponsor of the bill, can you block another amendment being attached to it? Cannot upload waiting and impatient smileys.

Nothing to add except bump