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Hmmm - Thanks big'un, I hadn't considered that. I'll give it a look the next time I slap it up there. Some nice compact heavy bolt clamps would be good...

Knocked it up from some plate (3/8"?) and pipe scraps then turned the fab in the lathe to smooth off the weld. It doesn't need to be massively strong and no swiveling to contend with. I think you'll be able to do this if you want to stiff leg or crane load - but to winch up there from the...

Hey Gimp - yeah, there are a couple on the back but as they were being used for the 2 ton pallet of pellets, I chose for that load of wood to drop down and pick up the pintle. Can't see from the pic but there is some cardboard on the edge under the strap... Got a low boy job tomorrow.

Yeah the bed height is about 70". I did think about gaining that extra 4" by spreading the long frame rails, but for just 4" that was going to be a lot of cutting and re-gluing. I too thought about a couple of long tool boxes, though they may have interfered with the rear wheels upon loading...

Getting long wood. (and other stuff)

Got some wood added..

Well Gimp - that's the plan!! It's even designed to carry one of the Land Rovers!

Thanks - I wanted to make sure it sat nice and level. Actually the bed was given to me free, so I was just giving it a job! As far as other beds - prob not. I was just using up a free bed and I wanted to keep the tractor absolutely original - not one extra hole, weld or cutout, besides, I...

Finished the detachable flat bed for the Freightliner. Made from a 1 ton dually short bed that I was given. Had to extend the 'nose' a little and make some filler wedges to allow it to roll up tail roller. Pulls on with winch just the same as M870 trailer would. Locks into 3 1/2" fifth...

Nice truck Jeff! Need help getting that block un-stuck!!! (aka Sterling!!) Howard

Hey Mike - labour of love - nice to see it coming along. Are you going to reproduce the black/yellow stripes on the outrigger feet/bumper as per delivery pics? Looks a lot like the ones the RAEME had in Viet Nam (Australia army engineers)..... Howard.

But the wreckers (M984E1...) have a heavier version - still Grove.

Horses n Bulldozers - what else is there to say! Don't know if they ever had these as 'door art' but I'd like to represent my M916A1 as being from the USAF 819th REDHORSE who were stationed in the sand box when my truck was current inventory. I'd already painted mine sand when I found out...

Red - have you tried to slide apart your new boom support legs yet? I recently tried to get mine apart with the winch + snatch block on my 916A1 and braced to the back of the lowboy - no go. Need to come up with a new, more powerful plan - they have been soaking for 2 years... I think I am...

I'll send you a knob gratis if you have a 1/4 x 20 die or want to weld a 1/4 x 20 bolt to the end of the lever... I have a humungous box of them! It's nice having a different size knob on the transfer lever so you can tell the difference without looking..

I've made extended levers for "Split shifting" the 5 tons (M816 etc.) ....... www.steelsoldiers.com/showthread.php?98438-Split-shift-transfer-lever-extension&highlight=split+shift Shirehorse, Feroequinologist, Patracy and some others have had these for a while. I can adjust the geometry as...

Local MV's invited to the 109th Tactical Supply Wing "Skibirds" Family Day at Schenectady. These are the C-130s that do some resupply to Greenland and the Antarctic.

Duh!!! Thanks Matt!!! I guess I saw "drag winch" and thus assumed it was the wrecker rear, as in M936 - totally missing the 1 ..... WHICH I HAVE!!!!!!!!!!!!!! though mine is an A1 as you know... OK - simply multiply all tool sizes by a factor of 7/8 over 3/4.

NB. Wrap an oily rag around free cable end before using grippy [Mole-] wrench. Start here then work slack back into drum to manipulate each wrap tangle. You don't have to thread the whole cable free end through - just enough to give you slack at the drum to chase the buried part. Deleted...

There's something else that has been dropped from the wreckers BII and 'use of' probably not taught any more..... Marline Spikes ... may or may not damage cable, but at this point what else you gonna do? and it won't do as much damage to surrounding (good) cable as hot cutting will.