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Departing Hiawassee in 30 minutes!!!

I've had a setback. I've had my M35A3 mostly loaded for departure. Unfortunately, the wife volunteered my M35A2 deuce to haul heavy pallets of road pavers for a local Towns County 4H project. I'm a big supporter of 4H, so I went along. I took the brick pavers to the site in my deuce and the...

I'm just about ready to go. My M35A3 is pressure washed and all fluids checked. I'll be bringing a trailer, but not sure which one yet. Probably either my M149A2 water buffalo or my XM1061E1. I'll be leaving Wednesday afternoon and departing Durhamtown on Saturday afternoon.

Make absolutely sure you have the cab reinforcement plate installed. Even with the plate installed, there is a lot of cab flexing from the weight. I would highly recommend that you have at least one helper during the install and preferably more. I did the installation solo and that was not a...

I'm glad you made it safely - that was a very long drive. Welcome to the south!

Power is now back on and I shut down the genset. Good luck to everyone still without power.

My whole house has been running on my MEP003A for about 4 hours now. The unit has never let me down. It burns about 1 gallon of diesel per hour, but the advantage is that it runs the whole house, HVAC, ovens, etc. I've had it for quite a few years now. It has never even used any oil. One of...

Sorry to hear about your generator problem. Good that you had two. I'm currently running on my MEP003A, but I only have one genset now.

Always engage the front axle with the truck stopped. Never use the truck with the front axle engaged on dry hard-surface roads.

You need to follow the directions in Post #6. Remove the cover and spray down with penetrating oil or you are likely to have a repeat problem. This is not hard to do.

Very nice find! That truck should clean up nicely.

Sorry to hear about your problem. HD should also be liable in providing you with a rental vehicle until your M1028 is repaired.

I've been having to add air to the left front tire on my M35A3 for about a year now and finally got tired of it. This was the last tire mounted on the truck that leaked, sans the spare. I've fixed the other 5 tires previously. All of them were leaking at the valve stem grommet. None leaked...

Looking good!

I really enjoy your posts and photos of the progress. You have made me want one really bad.

I had a Ford F150 that had the same symptoms as you. I was convinced the problem was the motor after I eliminated wiring as the problem. The problem turned out to be a bad switch.

I went the low-tech route. I have a cabin on my property that is not serviced by my MEP003A (yet). I leave the cabin porch light on that I can barely see from my house. My EMC doesn't notify us when the power is restored, even if requested to do so. I'm using a manual transfer switch.

Try these guys...

I never trust the fuel gauge on either of my deuces. I visually determine what is in the tank or use a dip stick. I also try to keep it topped off when parked to minimize condensation issues and normally refuel at 1/2 tank while driving.

Welcome to Steel Soldiers from the Mountains of North Georgia. It looks like you have been having fun with your M1009!