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As long as its not my money :wink:, I vote for the purchase of a civilian 20 ton tag along low boy. The 20 tonners have air brakes. They are not cheap, though. You can get a new one in the $15K range.

Use any good name brand 15W40 oil. I have used Rotella, Mobil Delvac, Pennzoil, Valvoline, and others. I buy what's on sale as long as it is a good name brand. If all else is equal, I like Rotella, Delvac and Pennzoil in that order.

Jason, it is looking good!

With regard to the trucks that go for $1000-1500, do the math. With trucking rates at $2/mile (higher than when I got my truck home almost nine years ago), and I bet the shipping rates have also gone up, I bet I would be looking at $7500 to get a truck home (HI to MD). Do the math for your own...

The HI trucks do tend to be rusty. With that said, and in violation of one of my cardinal rules, I bid on the truck based upon the pics. The truck, overall, looked to be in rust-free condition...except the hard top for some reason. When I got it, the truck was basically rust-free. The hard...

How did I miss that one? Does this mean that an M928A2 is coming up? I have to go take a look. THANKS!!!!

By the way, when I mentioned a "fee," I did not mean a fee paid to me. My friend will handle things for you and HE charges a fee. I would guarantee that the prices have gone up since 2001.

It costs a lot more than you think to move a truck of unknown running condition. If it can be brought up to running condition, it is cheaper because you may be able to go RO-RO. If it does not run, or cannot be made to run economically, it will have to go into a container. When I did it, I...

Thanks, Tom!

Hey Tom, I am fairly new to the tachograph, but I don't believe I have seen an hour meter on mine. How do I access it or where can I locate it? I would love to know the hours showing on my truck. Thanks!

I prefer the separate tach and speedo. Otherwise, I feel like I am spending too much time looking down while trying to monitor two different things on the same gauge. There is a lot going on there and it is not easy to quickly glance down to check your speed or RPM. It is much easier (and...

MDMORGAN, sounds like you have a good plan. I thought you were literally pulling it out of the A3.

I also forgot to add that the A3s have side markers and an electric wiper motor that are standard.

The bigger question is...why would you want to do it? Despite what guys who never owned one think, those that have owned one like them better than the M35A2s. I still love the A2s...don't get me wrong. However, EVERYTHING except the look of the truck is better on an A3. The motor has more power...

I bought an NOS PTO as you describe from John Winslow about two years ago for $400. The PTO you describe is fairly rare as you need one if you have a dump with winch or wrecker. For a standard cargo or tractor (with no hydraulic mods) it is not worth any more than a standard PTO. So, if you find...

$1200 for a nice M1008 sounds **** reasonable to me. If the same truck was up in Ft. Meade, it would have brought double that easy!

Andy, contact GIJOECZAR. He has done this previously. He can probably walk you through it.

John Winslow in NC has them. 252-883-2509.

Daniel is correct. I have said this previously...I had $1200 worth of parts stolen off of a truck that I got from GL. That was not the first time that I've had parts stolen from a truck that I won. Daniel calls them "gremlins;" I call them THIEVES.

Well, they are not Ollie's trucks. I just got off the phone with him.