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Well THERE's your problem.

Right pictures, wrong description.

I think NMC_EXP was a spec. writer in another life.

I'm all for masking, blasting, and painting them. Seems to me like a lot of trouble to take the tires off, if you're not going to change them. I know you probably want to do a perfect paint job on them, but like BugeyeBear pointed out, you're likely to scratch them and have to do touch up...

Can't you stop the hot water flow when it's not being used?

Does that require an EUC?

TB 43-0209 Has the camo patterns in it. http://old.steelsoldiers.com/index.php?module=pagesetter&type=file&func=get&tid=1&fid=file&pid=7 Our 2 M35A2s have the same pattern. One was CARC painted in 1990, the other in 1991. The one painted in 1990 has a little bit lighter tan. The one...

Fantastic! Congrats on getting a good truck. Hopefully the second truck will be just as good.

Excellent point. I never even considered the corrosive properties of the new treated wood. I did use stainless bolts just to avoid typical moisture rust, and they will also work well with the treated lumber. I should have put some kind of barrier between the wood and metal. Small, thin squares...

That's what I did. I used a jointer to thin just enough to fit into the uprights. You should be able see it in the first picture. I didn't plane the whole peice of wood, just the ends.

I decided to go with 5/4 decking. Ripped down the middle, it yields 2 2-3/4" boards. The original slats in our truck appear to be 3". I used a router with a 3/8" radius bit to match the edge I cut to the factory edge. The 5/4 decking is a little thick, which is OK with me, but I had to narrow...

Tell her not to worry. There are some M818s coming up for auction at Fort Knox. ;-)

If you are looking for 12v power in a 24v system, and you have 2-12v batteries in series, why do you need a power converter? If you pull power from one battery, that's 12v. If you use the battery that has its - terminal grounded to the chassis/body, you can use the chassis/body for your...

Mine is OD Green. ( well it was until the pressure washer took the paint off a lot of the aluminum parts ) It's in a 70 Kaiser XM817.

Trailers make it easy, Our XM817 has been moved by a landoll (clutch went out) but we had to remove the exhaust stack because it was a few inches above the "overheight load" limit. Landolls are tall trailers, and the XM817 is a fairly tall truck. Both our M35A2s were brought in on a lowboy...

They're called "Lashing Hooks". Ours are bolted on both the M35A2s, but welded on the XM817. You might try calling one of the bigger parts suppliers, or try to find a salvage yard nearby.

Fort Campbell to Crofton? That's like what...35-40 miles? It's practically in your back yard! Congratulations on the win, and EUC. Best of luck on the recovery.

Deck material? Anyone ever consider using the composite deck material to replace the wood slats? It looks like it would look like wood but last longer. I'm just wondering if anyone has tried it because I'm not sure if it would be strong enough when it's ripped down to only 3" wide. I hate to...

From the few pictures it looks like he got a decent truck. Interesting it has flipped hubs and single street tread tires.

There also appears to be some kind of reinforcing welded to the bottom of the frame in picture 15. Welding on a frame isn't a good idea. It changes the characteristics of the metal. I'm not saying it's going to hurt in this case, just keep an eye on the frame around the welds when you service...