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I am finally moving my M51A2 out of the Netherlands to the Czech Republic. Our annual checking was coming up as well, so I pushed a bit harder on it; no way it would have passed again without major repairs. In the Netherlands, you can "freeze" your registration and insurance, but it means you...

Just to be sure (like I said, its a guide for dummies ;-)). In US English terms, the top and bottom sections of a U-profile beam like used in the truck frame are called flange and the vertical section in between both flanges is the cross web? The angle is the L-profile that in this specific...

Finally got some time to put things on paper again. As mentioned in another thread, we are now street legal since July 2011. :jumpin: The conversion freom dump truck to trailer worked a treat, for details see the tread about it. Now we are waiting for funds to transport the truck to the...

Creating an M52: adding the fifth wheel What you need 1. A fifth wheel unit. 2. Buy high-grade NEW bolts and nuts to fix the 5th wheel to the frame. 3. Rent a professional magnetic drill. 4. Buy high-grade drilling oil. 5. Buy a high...

Dump to tractor conversion for dummies I talked about this in other threads, but thought it would be a good idea to put all steps in one post, so people can easily look back at it as a reference on how to do this. I ended up with FIVE pages of text, a bit long for one post. Here are only the...

Thanks for all the info. I am now back in the Netherlands, so I will measure the exact sizes and have a second look on it. Took some time to respond because while in the Netherlands with friends but not close to where the truck is, my car broke down. The multi-belt broke, in its turn ripping...

Been there, done that. Sometimes you other needs are bigger. You know you are going to regret it even before you shake hands, but sometimes there are no alternatives left. Whatever, Duncan, which Dutch scrapeyard that was?

I have a 1973 M52 A2. So if the cabines of those older 5-tons and deuces are the same, why make a different size in something vulnerable as an front windshield????? auaaua So if the deuces and the 800s are the same, why does the M39 differs or has to different sizes? Ah well, ours is not to...

My right windshield had too many cracks, so i needed a replacement. Went to the scrapyard and took a good second hand from another truck. Window pane with metal frame around it and wiper engine still attached. $ 25. Should fit with no problem since all cabs are equal. Right, not? Managed...

Not really part of the thread, but somebody might be interested. Few years ago my Iowa friends, who know of my interest in old big machines, drove me along a tracktor graveyard. Several hundred tractors, most of them really old just standing around. Somewhere in mid/eastern Iowa I think it was.

Fair engouh, did not know that

Seems this is a new one for SS. What if a member wants to set up a raffle for his/her truck. Does that count as a sale, is that against rules? To me, it did not sound like a sales pitch, that is, trying to get beyond a fair price for an item. If scrap price is 3K and he is willing to make a...

That's a brilliant idea and easy to set up. Count me in for a few tickets immidiately, maybe I'll get lucky (or at least we'll help save this truck from scrap).

Maybe SS should make an "emergency fund" or pawn shop for this kind of situations. (please don't react on this , I know it's another pipedream). How rare are those M55A2s actually?

This is good info, thanks. Too bad we don't have them in Europe.

The manual ...20P (parts) only shows parts numbers for the shutt-off valve, not for the cable. The manual ...20 shows a perfect picture for the diesel, but something black and blurry for the multi-fuel (page 2-97). However, since they handle these things seperately, and the discripton is...

The tractor has the same wheelbase as the dump. That would be 167 inch. The M55A2 has the extra long wheelbase of 242 inch. Gives you a nice roomy condo sleeper of 75 inch, including whirlpool and sauna. I like it (the tractor idea), would be a nice project for next year (When I am in the USA...

I think mine was about 8" above the frame.

VTDeucedriver, your post "1968 M52A2 by Kaiser Jeep Corp", how did the truck got that brown color? It looks like a real color, and not the effect of some filter; all other pictures show the same truck in normal green?

Yep, changed an M51A2 into a street-legal M52, but your conversion should be even easier. My height over the 5th wheel now is about 119 cm (46.9"( if I remember correctly). Basically, I used a civil 5th wheel with spacing plate (coffer dam profile). This picture shows details of how the...