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I would think that eventually, the industry will get LED headlights right. New emergency equipment has almost all LED lighting now, (except for headlights) and the failure rate is VERY low. We used to have to constantly replace Halogen bulbs, and some equipment would go through alternators...

Most fire depts. DO NOT refill extinguishers. Look in the yellow pages or the internet for companies that do fill them.

Adding a shut off flap to the air intake is a much better option than relying on a CO2 extinguisher. It will be faster acting, and you won't have to rely on aiming the extinguisher, or being close enough. Many older fire trucks had that feature, with a cable control at the dash by the steering...

When I redo my top I'm just going to use Topper tape (the stuff you use for pickup bed toppers) and just cut it to fit. It should be cheaper and work just as good if not better. Weather seal would probably work good too.

Buncha freakin' Darwin Award candidates. I wouldn't let these moron's work on my wheelbarrow.

Yeah that would be a big OSHA no-no.

Anybody know if using a flammable to seat a tire can cause pyrolysis?? I know it's a stupid thing to do in the first place, just wondering if there's enough heat there to start the process.

Thus the reason to jack things up out of the mud before you winch them. (as much as you can) I aways maintain a supply of cribbing.

The KEY is to UN-bury the truck. Bottle jacks, cribbing, and plywood or planks are essetial. I buried this tractor and drove it out, a bobcat could barely get to me, and did nothing when trying to pull. It took me about 2 hours just by myself to get it out. Jack the truck up as much as you...

The guys that design military vehicles are all about 5' 2" tall. Nor do they have any common sense when it comes to ergonomic design.

Uh, the rust is what's holding it together. The original frame is shot, and unless I buy a whole new hard top, I haven't seen any windows for sale by themselves. One place listed some, but their inventory was wrong.

Bumping this back up rather than posting a new thread. So I found a nice piece of new 1/4" plexiglas, and I'm thinking of just putting that in as a solid piece. Anyone know of a way to bend flat steel stock (or aluminum) so that it makes a flat frame around the window edge? (on the wide...

The flammability range for acetylene is between 2.5-100% in air, so it has a VERY good change of igniting if there's any ignition source.

It's actually been shown that making texting illegal actually makes it worse!! People hold their phones down in their laps so it can't be seen by LEO's, but the result is that they are now looking down and have NO peripheral vision when doing that. And having devices that disable phones in a...

I don't have any problem changing tire on deuce rims, but I add a 50' section to the end of the tire pressure gauge. I can be within eyesite to see when it seats, but far enough way that I'm out of the line of fire. That and the chain give a nice safety factor. Don't forget safety glasses and...

Update, just waiting for a final price from the shop. I'll repost and put an ad up when I get the final word.

I don't know how the steps on a 923 compare to deuce steps, so I can't really say. But I'm going to talk to the guy Monday and have several sets made up. I planned on drilling the mounting holes myself to save a buck, but if you can measure the mounting brackets to see if they'd fit, I could...

Use a smaller bottle jack and jack stands. The total weight of an empty deuce is only 13,500 or so. You likely won't be lifting half of that unless you're loaded, even then you're okay. Higher capacity is nice if it fits, but you're way over what you need. I use an 8 ton jack and 6 ton jack...

Work smart, not hard.

I generally just replace my dryer vent line every 5 years, except for the actual vent in the exterior wall. That I just blow out with compressed air from the inside. The vent line is cheap enough that I'm not going to waste time, and the mess to clean them.