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Howdy and welcome from the middle part, Colorado!

Rayon is much earlier than 40's, Nylon was late 30's. http://www.fibersource.com/f-tutor/history.htm An interesting history of such fibers. Think of Rayon as an organic fiber and Nylon as a petro chemical version. Basically developed as substitute for silk. Eventually it was used in a...

Howdy and welcome from Colorado! Any pics you can post?

Howdy and welcome from Colorado! Best of luck in your quest.

Howdy and welcome from Colorado! I take it you got yours from Gov Planet. Did you have it shipped or did you drive it home?

If you search google or similar for Navy Tilly you get some interesting pictures. Le Tourneau made several varieties and sizes. Have fun!

Also you might want to go thru the new member process on this site if you want to join some of the discussions. Even if your not a military buff you might have something to add to the discussions. We always enjoy odd "military" vehicles such as this.

I believe it is an aircraft handler. On ww2 and later they used them to shuffle planes around mostly where deck space was limited. Planes were stored above in loft space or hanging from the ceiling inside the hangar deck. Especially if the plane was battle damaged or not working. I believe...

The gin pole version is a lot harder to use. The hiab makes picking and setting so much easier. Longer reach too. The only thing that would help the HIAB is a crane cable on the end. It just seems like loads might get a bit bouncing when fully extended. I suppose I best not hijack this...

Looks like this is your first post. Welcome from Colorado!

I believe it is. He had some really cool vehicles. Wish I had more bucks at the time. Shipping things over the continental divide gets rather pricey. Glad it went to someone who appreciates it.

This is such an awesome truck. I wish I had a chance to see it up close. I got close to getting one but it had been converted to the HIAB crane. Such an awesome and useful truck. But you had to know how to rig it. What a great save! Sure hope you post a lot of restore pics.

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Howdy and welcome from Colorado!

Howdy and welcome from Colorado! Maybe you'll consider an American MV. Some of them have spent a lot of time in deserts and seem to be holding up well.

even though the batteries are new have you load checked them? Another thing to try is make sure everything else is off. You might be able to run a jumper directly to the starter. Or even try rotating the engine by hand a few degrees and then trying the starter again. If you have a charger it...

While operating, does any lube work its way out of the small areas that "leak" pressurized air? Or is it so minimal (if any) as to be inconsequential? Great thread by the way. I like your story about pack ratting. I learned the value of old coffee cans from my dad. Almost never throw away...

Howdy and welcome from Colorado. As has been said many times before--pictures are great!

I can remember going by this place when I was a kid in the fifties/60's and when my brother was going to school in Rolla and when I went to Ft Leonard Wood in basic. In fact there used to be a couple of these salvage yards in the vicinity. Like you say --more of a hoarder than a salver or...

so---installing a wye into the supply/return water hoses to feed a second box then I imagine. Separate controls at the wye? in case you want to shut that heater or the other down? I was wondering if anyone experimented with the idea of insulating the heat exchanger box or something along...