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. Well, I was pretty sure you already knew that - but stranger things have happened here. .

. Ummm... Somebody else might speak up and say otherwise, but the "chicken" part of the description is a bit of a misnomer. I am here to state clearly that anybody on the receiving end of incoming fire is not a chicken. That metal box is protection most recently used in the sandbox wars...

. I thought - Gee, this will be easy. It ain't! There are multiple variations on these chicken boxes... I snagged a few pictures that will give you a SWAG on height. If we could find a particular NSN, we could get better answers.

. Fancy New Imported Crap now days. Like a lot of other things, made it cheaper "not here" and quality has gone out the window...

. And if you smile while you are doing it - then life is good! .

. The problem is that your truck has to fit the blocks on their form. Here in our state - when I finally figured out - my life just got a whole LOT EASIER. Also found out when I volunteered information it actually made it worse.

. The default for the 5-Ton trucks (M939 Series) are the numbers that Simp mentioned earlier. 5 Tons of Cargo offroad and 10 Tons of Cargo on paved surface roads. The military didn't really buy trucks without a body. The wrecker version (also mentioned earlier) for example is heavier than the...

. Thanks @Coug ! I had considered linseed oil and that might be the trick. Thinned is even better so it can seep into the cracks a little better too. My "problem in need of a solution" is actually slabs of Red Oak. Unfortunately, I think I hijacked the thread about the wooden 30 cal :-( OR...

. Wonder how that would work for trailer decking? Back in the day, the wood decking would get "chewed up" on a lowboy because of the cleats on doziers. These days I don't haul that kind of equipment AND it is my trailer and my brand new decking... Makes a body wonder if AFT brushed onto that...

. Like on a F-600 and up maybe?

. Looking really good!

. Customs folks are an awful lot like building inspectors... They couldn't "hack it" in the real world and got themselves a gouberment job and discovered that they could make life miserable for everybody else,

. Nah, not thick - Just making sure it will do the job before you hand over the money. That makes sense and it is a smart way to go about considering any sort of purchase. The "etched in stone" answers would be on the military metal plates on the dash. Those plates will confirm what the...

. Making sure that the only valve you are trying to push is the YELLOW one - Right?

. Nice lookin Paint Job. Nice sheetmetal too from what I can see...

. If it is anything like mine - if you have been getting rain - a drum might be seized to the brake shoes. Seems that several others here have had the same problem. If mine sits around in the rain for more than a week, it requires a "love tap" on the steel part of the brake shoe. If you have...

. Check with @98G . I believe he has some listed in the CLASSIFIED section of this site. I have three of them for three different vehicles that I have connected to different outlets around the yard. They are great pieces of equipment!

. Yes Sir. I got mine for a nice price. On the other hand, I saw one of it's "brothers" listed on Face Crook for $15k. Way more money than I would have spent... But it sure is nice.

. Happily I got the trailer and the body was attached to it - ready to haul - all as a package deal. Yessir, 20 inch rims. .

. MCT Industries built 5 of these for testing with the JLTV. These have "tool pockets" on both sides. Might have been something specific to the Army for all I know. They also have bows and a canvas for the top. The neat part is that the MCT version make the bed removable to outfit the trailer...