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Thought I would share this with you. Went to a very local "old trucks show" close to where we live. We had our last action in our museum, so I had to sneak out in the afternoon shortly to visit the event. Thanks to the rain, most trucks (9 out of 13) were out already. Too bad. The small...

As usually, I make it too complicated and also fail to do the 101 class before spekaing. See the two pictures of the fifth wheel details. Now quite common in Europe: the fifht wheel assembly bolted onto a base plate. The base plate is bolted ONLY WITH FOUR BOLTS onto a slide rail. The slide...

It's not common here in Europe, only in Finland and Sweden, and since a few years as trial in the EU with special combinations. Another problem is that in Europe the dimensions of a tractor and trailer are limited. In the netherlands, the max length are as following single motorized vehicle...

By any chance, did you get one of a Kaiser Jeep M52A2 tractor as well? Might be interested in buying it, or at least like to have a picture of it.

Can anybody post pics of the ID - tag (or how you call it) of a M52A2 tractor made by the Kaiser Jeep Corporation, preferably a late 60s or early 70s? The picture shows the tag I mean. Basically the weight and dimension data and vehicle identifiaction as they appear on a real tractor, so I...

. Which planet you are on :wink:? You guys left millions of $$$ in good army stuff standing in Germany without ever using it, then after 30-odd years you sell it with 50 miles on the counter. Barely enough to cover the trip from the factory to the train to the ship onto the next train and...

Just found this site. Basically, the cargo assembly fits as a small wheel-less trailer over-on the fifth wheel. Gave me some great ideas how to do this. For a cargo body, it would be a piece of cake. Unfortunately, for a dump truck a bit less; the fix of the hydraulic cylinders are the big...

:drool::drool: nice pics to look at, but too far away to be of much use :drool::drool: Wheels The pictures at the top were made by some Dutch on vacation in France this year! Came accross this scrap yard. The yard's website is Surplus Militaire Industriels

Just had a better look at the location of the hydralic system pushing the dump body up on DesertFox and Marcel's trucks. Those cylinders are located much farther backwards and attached to the dump body much farther back then I thought. I would expect that locating it more forward and attaching...

I'm trying to do something similar, but we were not the first. Have a look at OIFVet's thread http://www.steelsoldiers.com/mechanical-upgrades/20171-back-converting-tractor-10.html#post669789

There's two of us out here considering doing the same, although after hearing of your experiences, god knows why we bother. http://www.steelsoldiers.com/5-ton-up/57252-dump-truck-fifth-wheel.html http://www.steelsoldiers.com/5-ton-up/57680-5-ton-cargo-tractor.html I was starting to figure...

Ron, that sounds even better than I had in mind :drool:. That means the hinges at the dump box should be mounted about 20 inches higher above the truck frame than normal to fit the dump box over the fifth wheel? Any chance to a contact to that guy?

Problem is, I am located in the Czech Republic aua so getting anything but the smallest items from the US to here might be a bit of a problem and very expensive as well. Thanks for the tip anyway, maybe somebody else can use it

Apart from that, Olga, my parter of 16 year, would kill me if I came home with two of them ;-) The practical fact is also that I need a double registration inspection, once as dump truck and once as trailer, but that is not too bad, they just check if it is mounted correctly and copy the...

:oops: I looked at the resource main page a few times, never clicked / saw that there is a next page option at the bottom. :oops: Now printing my own copy; that's the nice thing of having a small office at home (the bad thing is, you never finish and lock the door behind you at night)...

Checked some old treads and the resource section, but either I am too tired (it's around midnight here now) or the - links to - the technical manuals for the M39 series are gone up in the air, unfindable, out. In the older treads I found, the search and link options did not give a good result...

OK Carnac came through big. Organization: 386th Engineer Batallion Location: Londonderry, New Hampshire Year of Mfg: 1973 Manifacturer: Jeep Corporation Strange though that my ID tag stated "Kaiser Jeep Corporation", three years after that company was bought up and changed to "Jeep...

Great, thanks a lot, it will help me getting the paperwork done, I hope. What does the "May 86" stand for? Another question, is it normal or possible that a similar Kaiser Jeep Corporation M51A2 truck from 1968 has a higher serial number than a 5 year younger truck? I would expect the...

Desert Fox, you have the same Kaiser jeep M51A2. Can you tell me your manufacturer - VIN number or compare it with my mfr. serial number 512312649 ? If we compare those two, we should be able to tell if mine is pre- or post-1968, always assuming that the higher number means a later...

I am busy getting an M51A2, as explained in the linked thread. I put this question also in the 5-ton section, no takers yet, thought I try this forum as well. Trying to figure out as much options as possible beforehand. Did anybody has ever tried to make a cargo- or dump truck into tractor...