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You probably saw this this one and this one Unfortunately, in the first one, you don't see much of the Tatra 813, but its there completely at the end, effortlessly pulling a bloody tank :jumpin:!

Duncan, With your Tatra 813, what coupling device do you have? A nato pintle or a standard civil EU "Catching Mouth"? If nato, what did the RDW (Dutch DoT) allow you to tow with it?

How long did this take you Duncan? I am taking the other way around; first get it papered and registered, then start restore.

The standard modern nato pintle is a bit different from the old US version, which I have as seen on the picture. The modern Nato ones do have a bit these "catching mouth" typical for modern European trailer couplings. I just bought one completely new one for 150 EUR, including a second new one...

yep :lol: :D :lol: Some more pcitures, including of the remains of the swamp

Just curious, how do you get registration and plates for a bobbed deuce? In the Netherlands (and most other EU countries), changing a vehicle like that means changing its specifications, which means its basically a new vehicle, which means you have to get new registration for it, which means...

Meaning it can carry 12 ton (12,000 kg) or total is 12 ton? I need to tow a semi-trailer loaded with a small digging machine (shovel) weighing around 12 tons. Using a tractor configuration (M54), would the M270 be a good match for that or too light? What is the best configuration for this? In...

I'll ask for a price. They have some tank engines laying around as well, need one :wink:?

On my M51 A2 dump truck, the gages for the oil and the air pressure have identical scales. According the manual, the oil gage should show a lower pressure range than the air pressure?? With most gages, if the needle is in the middle it's ok, and mine goes there. Anybody any idea what that gage...

Try this for crossing your local road after a wee bit of flooding :driver:

A strange duck in the pond. Which truck is this, and which trailer?

A normal and a few tracked wreckers. Anybody know what the latter are called?

As promised, some pictures of the REOMIE yard. These are two of the 3 or 4 rows of cars in front, the nice once, so to say.

We need more listings of salvage yards outside the USA, especially also in the WIKI on salvage yards. There is a lot of material out there. For us non-Americans it would be usefull to share places nearer to home. Even for US members, it is good to know there is live outside the US of A :wink...

Ron, It was not only the communists, the Czars laid a pretty good groundwork for them. Russia was always turned inwards, communists made it worse. I am living in the Czech Republic for 15 years now, and I found out that hearing about communism is a lot different then seeing its actual impact...

Thanks. Next point, maybe an overworried newby one. Quite unexpectedly, I have to drop everything and race back to the Czech Republic. Can't finish the truck, but I'll be back in 10 days, max 2 weeks. Problem is, I just got back from the South of the Netherlands with the new filters. Did not...

This you really have to see. Two brothers, well in their seventies and early eighties, being quiet happy and friendly mayor players on the ex-military vehicle market. One of the brothers works under the name Commerce BV in the north of the netherlands, and does the Dutch and German surplus...

Decision time. Don't know which oil was in the truck power steering system but is there any good reason why I should NOT use the specified 10W Oil? This I can get for a reasonable price.

Oil filters: professionals use fram filters for small cars. This company for trucks used two systems to search for cross references, one of them Mann-Hummel. I finally found and will buy the original filters (more or less) through a dump shop called Reomie. Pictures will follow later. Man, do...

I saw one on a dutch site half burned out. Stll asking over $ 3 000 for that.