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Recently purchased this from Todd down at Tank Town. Sorting through a couple of small things (stripped out tee for the rear brakes) but otherwise she's nearly ready for the road! I gather there aren't too many of these state side, and I have some English manuals for the BRDM-2 series, but...

Ok, so a quick thread regarding this HMMWV I purchased back in January. Took about 2 months for clearance of the EUC, and then she was trailered up to me in Northern VA. Not a bad looking truck overall, just the unusual bits that the OBVP units were equipped with, namely a 30kW permanent magnet...

Since buying my M977 a few years back I've developed a thing for 8x8s, and my new OT-64 came up for sale from Tank Town earlier in the spring. Had it shipped to my farm in southern VA, and unfortunately COVID has kept us away from the farm more than we like. It's in quite good condition...

Won this marine diesel engine out of Whitehall. Anyone have any idea what it might be? I can't seem to identify it. Appears to be a rather new design, common rail, 6-cylinder. Not sure what I'm going to do with it, but some identification would be useful before it arrives.

Saw this accident waiting to happen heading down I-70 just west of Baltimore doing 60MPH. If I'm adding everything up right, the generator weighs more than the HMMWV, of course has no brakes, and HMMWV probably weighs a bit more than the tow vehicle, and has no brakes. All in all a highway...

Saw this in an article today: So off to South Korea apparently...

A neighbor gave me a hard copy of this today. Think you all might have seen it before, but I found it interesting.

Well there's one fitting on my HMMWV that isn't right. I got the truck hot enough farting around the farm to blow this off. Basically what they've done he is pressed a rubber hose onto a 37 degree hydraulic fitting, clearly not the right thing. What size fitting is suppose to be here, and does...

Well, she is coming along nicely, Two light passes inside and out with the typical Behr paint in my HVLP air gun after cleaning up the existing CARC. One question, the truck had two parallel bars just behind each front wheel, painted in black. I'm not sure what they signify, and I'm wondering...

Going through more through the truck, she's all painted up now and looks nice, putting it back together etc, but my alternator moves around like crazy! Seems that something might be broken or loose on the back end. One of our fellow SS members mentioned that they do break, but is this one broken?

Well it showed up today, but sadly would not drive off the trailer. It had driven on, but we couldn't get it to fire up. After talking to one of the locals in the area on here, I quickly discovered that seven of the eight glow plugs were kaput. Fortunately seven of the eight came out quite...

Not sure if this belongs here or in transportation, but this is my first "small" military vehicle to have shipped. Coming from Kansas to Virginia. What's a typical rate per loaded mile you all are seeing?

Sadly my trailer is missing the pin. Can someone measures there's and get me the dimensions to make one up on the lathe? Thanks!

Well, we need a smaller truck than the HEMTT around the farm, so a HMMWV seems to fit the bill and provide a factor of cool. Won this guy earlier in the week, it's a runner, but likely will need some work here and there. Brakes are reportedly soft, needs batteries, probably tires in the future...

Got an email from GovPlanet last night saying that I need to complete an EUC on the truck I bought last year. Funny enough I completed an EUC at time of purchase, so I'm guessing this is targeted at those who recently got their trucks EUC free?

I would really like to run my crane on the HEMTT without fast idling that big old 8v92. I'm wondering if I could install a smaller gas powered hydraulic unit and plumb it in parallel to the pump on the back of the engine. Has anyone ever ran a Grove crane like this before?

Guys, I think I may have an issue with my fan on the M977. I recall when I first got it, that the fan would kick on during normal operation, pulling a huge amount of air. I don't believe it is turning on now, and the coolant temperature has been working it's way up above 200F. Any thoughts...

So we've been getting good use out of our M977 around the farm, and the new M989A1 trailer was brand new, and was delivered successfully. I had to drag it up the mountain over terrain that the HEMTT was made for, but on the run up to one of the hard sections I bounced the crane pretty hard. The...

Looks like I need someone with a 5-ton or larger to pull this trailer down from Ft. Drum to Lebanon, VA. It's 768 miles it appears. Pickup would be some where around March 20th or so with delivery that following week. Pickup could be earlier, as the invoice is paid etc, but deliver will need to...

Won a M989A1 trailer up at Drum today. Question about the loading, since these are air brake trailers, I assume they forklift these into place on the trailer for shipment? Thanks!