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Well its level within reason. Its got a slight rise to the rear. I never did get it in the shop and put a tape measure to it. Its hard to tell from the pics but the rise is not noticable. Edit: also notice in the pics the bed is not sitting flat on the truck frame. I need to remove the...

Ron, I agree with you on the fix, longer studs. But Im just curious as to why they appear shorter in the front. I went out and looked at mine with the wheels on, (I dont have time to remove them now) on the rear you can see the backside of the hub and the the head of the stud, the rear drum...

If we weren't busy with Christmas stuff today I'd go out and pull the front and rears off one side of my M818 to see why the studs appear longer on the rear but have the same p/n as the fronts. I'm betting Alredneck has it right about the hub flanges being different thickness. Scratch that...

Merry Christmas everyone. (impressive b4thunder, I wish I had the creative thinking to do that)

Thats not a US trailer. I believe the video was taken in Russia. Edit: Heres a link to the manual online. http://www.archive.org/details/Fm20-22VehicleRecoveryOperations

:) I like wheree this thread is going. TM references, exchange of good ideas and no pissing and moaning about how one thing will or will not work. jdgreen's idea sounds good. Any input on whether or not it will put any more stress on the studs?

I have it saved on my computer. Can I attach it like a pic file or is it to big?

Wish I had made that cut/reweld before I had the trailer in pieces. It would have been much easier to get in and out of the garage for welding.

Still seems to be conflicting info on this subject.:?:

Ron, is it this one? The one discussing the safety aspect of grinding down the thimbles? http://www.steelsoldiers.com/5-ton-up/51124-m813-wheel-studs.html I also have a set of HEMMT wheels that I got when I picked up my M818, I have changed my mind about using thimbles vs longer studs...

When looking for a tailgate check with all the local VFD's that use or have used M715's before. I found the tailgate to my truck at the same FD that surplused it out. They took off the tailgate and put it up in the barn for storage and then forgot about it, When I found out they still had it...

Do any of your trucks have the mud flaps/brackets? If you remove those parts I would buy a set. ( the brackets that bolt to the frame and the arms ) I dont need the mud flaps themselves.

You hit the nail on the head. Its called a "motorpool paint job" Kind of goes with the theme of keeping it as close to "original" as possible.

Exactly what I was thinking! With a free cable you could engage it and hope nothing goes wrong and you can get it disengaged before it eats your front bumper, but tied off to a tree is a very dangerous thing to try. Hope he was smart enough to shut if off from the cab and not stand out there...

DH must be in a good mood tonight. I had to go back and see if under his name he had a rank or if it said BANNED. I was kind of disapointed to see he's still here.

:ditto:

The military uses generators. There are gensets (well welders with one or two 120V recepticles) that are mounted in the back of contact maint. trucks that run off a PTO but Ive never seen one for a Deuce.

I dont know yet. I've done all the work so far in my uneven gravel driveway. I'm taking it up to my father-in-laws this weekend (indoor shop with a level concrete floor) I'll take pics. 100dollarman does his bobbed trucks this way with the M105 frame under the stock frame and Im pretty sure he...

OK now if the batteries test out good the next thing I would look at would be the starter. My little New Holland tractor had the same symptom as you describe, starter turning slower and slower each time and it turned out the starter was going bad.

Did you test the batteries under load? Bad batteries can show 12v with a dc meter but drop to near nothing when loaded down.