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Checking tire pressure once a month is a good idea, too. Especially in colder climates, tires can go soft quicker.

Get a cat or two in there as well. Cat piss on a wheel is a lot easier to wash off than mouse piss in/on your seats and wiring.

My '93 F700 came with 6-bolt 22.5 radial tires. Way too much effort to repair a tire on the road for me, went with deuce wheels and highway tread 9.00-20's, as doing lockrings is much easier for me. Sold off the radials to a neighbor. Anyways, check salvage yards. Lots of those trucks had...

A few years ago I had an M543 wrecker. It had the 6602 gasser, ran great but was breaking me with just at 1mpg. I repowered it with a Mack END-673T and that gave it 5 MPG. Sold it off in the 2010's.

^^This.

It is just fine the way it comes. The front drive is engaged automatically if needed. The 800-series is the last 5-ton without the niggling electronic problems that affect operation of the later issues. Buy it if the front drive operates as intended. A simple check is to let the truck build...

A Harbor Freight engine hoist to lift one side and block it up, then repeat with the other side, lessens the the use of a big ass and grunting. Works for me, lol.

Hey Rusty, back to the focus here. No argument about Class 8 rigs on I-10. But how many of us with retired tacticals run long haul? Even in service, an OLD tactical will have less than 20K on the clock. It took me over 25 years to get 21K on my 5-ton, and was with multiple trips from Phx to...

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That's what SS is all about.

More & more I see semis with singles. At least 20 a day hauling trash to the local dump out of Phoenix. Just as many 7,000 gal 4-axle milk tankers as well. Lots of other O&O jobs as well. Makes sense, as when a dual blows, it usually takes out the mate as well. Messy. The times they are a...

See if you can ask on SS if any armor guys in Cal have some advice how it was done. I've seen similar rides at MV rallys, not all were trailered.

A few years ago, a friend of mine in Oakland (A surplus dealer) started renting vehicles to movie companies. He had a real tough time with 'retired' armored trucks like those used by Garda, Brinks, and the like. Seems John Law didn't want any on the road as "We can't trust them not to try...

From personal experience and testing results at the Yuma Proving Grounds, there are few reasons to stick with duals: 1...you carry lots of weight on highway. OK. 2...It's original equipment. Perview of purists. 3...They make you feel good via the looks of them. No comment. Other than...

Got it now, Josep?

A couple big mirrors, and closed-circuit video of blind spots would do. Changing out the Russki motor & trans would give you a reliable ride. Just leave it alone till registered historic, if you can. I know there is other armor in Cal, road licensed. Ferrets, saracens, V-100, eTc.

The red BO lights are markers, the white one is for stop light. Blackout markers is the only function on the light switch you don't need to lift the lock lever to turn on. BO stop function also works then if you step on the brakes.

Is it old enough to qualify as a historic vehicle? In many cases it exempts you from a hoard of regulations.

I heard the popping. Sounds like everytime you shift and get on the gas, it does it. What I'd check: Front axle internal shaft U-joint, left & right. (Seen one come apart) Front drive shaft joints. Intermediate (shorty) drive shaft joints. Motor and transfer mounts. Front spring mounts, on...

Those have a habit of turning into electrical kindling...