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Has anyone as of yet ever had to replace the Allison Trans or have it rebuilt? What kind of price would we be looking at, or would it be cheaper buying another truck?

A question here. Why would you want to disengage a clutch when trying to stop? You want to use all the friction you can to stop. You down shift in a manual trans to stop a heavy load. Why do you think they put Jake Brakes on a truck, to use the engine as a breaking force. Ride a brake down a...

Not mentioned, but private owner sellers might be another route. With a private seller or dealer you can usually test drive the vehicle and if it is up to your expectations buy it and drive it home the same day depending on what state your in for a temporary tag. Buy from liquidatin it might...

Useful? Try running a regular dump truck in a pond dredging operation and spend the money to have a dozer standing by. Commercial firewood hauler, take a M-817 into the woods load it with a elevator , haul it out and dump it where you want, regular truck hire the guys to throw the wood out of...

For those that might not know it. A lot of school districts will assist and some will even pay for your Class "B" CDL. Since most school buses utilze air brakes that will mean having the air brake endorsement. The air brake endorsement is not a SAT test for college! For those that want a CDL...

The BIG IF and MURPHY's LAW http://www.murphys-laws.com/murphy/murphy-laws.html now if we understand that we can well see what can happen. These are machines that have kenitec energy even when parked. Why take chances? Pushing your luck can kill and can be considered as criminal negligence. How...

Ok question for ya. I own a 5 Ton and am going to be selling it. I bought it from a dealer with the SF97 and had it inspected in Ohio and it has a Ohio title. Do I need to give to a buyer a SF97 for them to fill out? I know they get the title transfered as it is regular title.

Possibility the bidder knew the truck first hand. But Price even at $15,000 is still a great buy when you go out and price a New F350 Ford 4x4.

My M-817 hoist was acting up in that I could not get the pto engaged to the pump. It had always been touchy but became worse so I disconnected the linkage and manulaly twisted the pto shaft and saw the distance required to get engagment. The linkage box was not allowing enough travel, Hmm. So I...

Dont forget your running a commercial vehicle you might need to run a log book if you travel to far.

I have a Class A CDL . In most cases a Class "A" CDL is a norm in construction, there are a lot of "Bs" out their but the "A" you can do it all. Anymore DOT is on top of anything just about. I forgot to mention another use for a 5 Ton with the dump bed and a bit of farm "CAN DO" puttinmg a auger...

A 5 Ton can be used commercially but its limitations and strengths must be used to succeed. In a construction area THAT IS MUD PRONE a M-817 will outperform any regular dump truck. A argument that can be used is a M-817 can be driven to a construction area where as off road dumps such as Volvos...