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I ended up filling the deeper pitting with the stick welder and blending it in with the flapdisk. Really quick and easy and I’m a lot more confident the bead will seal now.

Mine failed in the same way. Started popping out of high range on a cross country trip. I checked the cross member for the shifter and it was loose but tightening it didn't effect it. The lever wasn't hitting the bodywork. The "shaft" on the T-case was moving through it's full stroke, from...

I’ve had pretty good luck with JB “steel stick” for patching small holes in rusty steel boat hulls. These aren’t holes, but it’s important that it stays put and doesn’t pop out from the tire moving around on the rim (which is why I’ve hesitated). Unless somebody else has had success filling...

Yeah two are great, ones not bad and the last one is the worst I’ve used. I’ll just lay the paint on real thick and hope for the best. Only one way to find out...

I didn’t get any pictures. The bead isn’t completely rusted, but there are quite a few pitted areas that are probably dime sized and 1/16” deep. Too deep for paint to really fill. I’d hate to wrestle these things back off a rim if I can avoid it. I was figuring I might need to fill the...

Beside's the obvious advice of "get another rim", has anybody had any luck with repairing a rusty, pitted rim where the tire bead seals? I'll clean it up with a wire cup brush on a grinder and get it clean first, but I was considering some filler to fill in a couple if pitted areas before I...

Good experience or bad, it's bound to be an adventure and I'll post results!

The pintle tow rating is doubled to 30K for road use. The M818 is 55K "on the 5th wheel", highway. Those aren't vertical hitch loads. I'm pretty confident the 30K rating is fairly conservative, since they spec'd a pintle hitch that's rated to 100,000 lbs. The tandem has 7" wide drum air...

It is a long story, but I have a use for the tandems, long term. I can’t sit the boat on a flat deck trailer because of the prop, rudders etc. Basically, nothing exists that I can buy to haul the boat and keep it under 14’ tall, so since I already have the tandems, I‘ll build one and the steel...

It‘s a long story, but I’m using the running gear (tandems) from a log trailer with a 35 ton load rating to build a trailer big enough to haul my steel hulled, 40 ft landing craft. Low boy style. Trailer with boat will be about 40k with 15k on the Pintle. Towing with my M820 (box removed)...

Tan buggy! That bi#ch is one cheap hot rod!

He sure does. His rail pressure must be sky high. He's having a lot of fun though!

Just came across this wily bastard. He’s nothing if not entertaining and he sure likes turning up 5 ton 855s.

I finally pulled the trigger on a 7041. I might be misinformed, but the trans has to have an input torque rating of some kind. What I've found is that in the case of the Spicer auxiliaries, the first two numbers (x 100) is the rated input torque. So the 7041 would be rated for 7000 lb ft...

What! I can‘t hear you. Haha. I did wear ear plugs earlier this week. Picking up a log trailer put a little load on it and it really barked (with the temporarily straight piped stack). I had to pull it up a steep hill down cobblestone main street to avoid the highway (bad tires on the...

Good to have confirmed. I’m building a container hauler out of a log trailer (off-road suspension) and came to that conclusion… The dual axis hitch (plus the 46” tires) put me around the same height on the 5 ton. I’ll be nervous under my first bridge anyway.

For my 2 cents, I drove my M809 from PA. to Florida, to Seattle and the exhaust was not bad. The rest of the mechanical noise with zero insulation was much worse but I didn't find it that bad at all, really. I have Goodyear 395's and went around 60 mph on gps at 2100 rpm. I straight piped...

I just took a quick look so maybe I’m wrong but I think the ‘78 article was about a formula 290 big cam engine, which was specifically designed to run at a lower rpm (to increase efficiency), so doesn’t really compare to the 250. Or a small cam 290. I don’t know all the changes made, but I...

Any information whatsoever as to what set up you ran and what problems you had would be greatly appreciated by me. Specifically, boost pressure, rail pressure, EGTs, rpms you loaded it at, etc.

I haven’t added my turbo yet so this may not be beneficial, but I did put a #15 button in and while my EGTs didn’t go over 950 on hills ( I also had no load), my rail pressure would go up to 270 if I let it. I kept it at 210 or less which is where I want it. Based on that alone, I ordered a...