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The pictured truck looks like a swb M52A2 tractor. The lwb cargo was the M54, the M39 was the lwb cab and chassis.

Excellent work with the trucks. Sounds like a good business venture as well. A little nomenclature nit pick, the early 5 tons were known as M39 series.

I would install a sub panel next to the main panel and move the loads the mep can handle to it. Put your xfer switch between the two panels. The supervisory plc needs some form of ups.

Tick tac toe on the cover is what is called banjo. Look at vehiclesofvictory.com for more serial no clues.

Check with OKC auction svc, I think they do OH.

Your wife is the best. You have correct banjo axles. Your vin is the motor number, that was used for titling long ago. The real vin as posted above is only on a data plate in the cab.

Pre Google all the heavy duty wrecker svcs on your route.

Needs a day of debugging. They all have these issues. A solid body is the most important thing.

If the letters are raised, remove old paint, repaint with flat black, sand the letters and graphics using 400 grit and your finger. Overcoat with clear.

I am dreading the day mine does this. Almost always the prob is in the air manifold on top of the trans. It comes out thru the floorboard. Cat has most of the rebuild parts.

Before you pull the hydramatics, adjust the front bands. Super easy to do sitting under the truck. Might be all that is wrong.

Any size battery will work. Takes two. All 12 wheel cyl are the same. Bring one to a NAPA and see if they can get fresh kits. Otherwise Memphis Equipment.

Mmm, REB powershift too! Gonna keep em all? (hint hint)

This topic is dicussed in M211guy's thread, but it needs to be covered here as well. On 27 May 2012, a M211 tour truck being operated by a private tour group lost steering and went over a embankment, rolling over and resulting in 1 loss of life and 4 severe injuries. This occured in Del Muerto...

That accident should have never happened. A loose drag link is completely detectable by the loose steering. Had it happen on my M880.

Not a bit of sealer, lots and lots of it. Use black silicone.

That is a Timken xfer from the Timken (split) axle GMC CCKW. It will not work in a GM banjo axle truck as the front output is not reversed.

M135s are not underpowered. I think the op needed to rebuild his engine. Mine is 030 over and runs like a scalded dog. I run mine at 55 mph all the time, and it will flat tow another deuce at 45 mph.

The earlier xfer is from a model "CCKW". It is a bolt in. Your bbc will explode it immediately.

People have swapped in the 2 speed xfer from the WWII GMC. It cannot handle big power.