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I am a little surprised to hear that replating won't stick sometimes as it is a chemical process unless they are refering to problems with used parts having oil and dirt residue that can cause incomplete coverage. At least that one ram is way beyond plating though. The rust is obviously too...

Thankfully I will have lots of time to contemplate which type of Deuce or 5 ton to install this on. Bjorn's setup with the pipe bed is very nice, but there are many choices that will work equaly well. Maybe a shortened M35A2C so that it is 9' or one boxed section shorter would work. I also...

The problems.

Here are some of the pics of the HIAB on the IH truck.

Well here are some pics. I will have more pics of the HIAB as it was on the IH later as I need to resize them all first. These pics start with my second marathon HIAB removal session. The first session where I removed the boom was all after dark, so I did not bother to try and take any pics...

This thing is kicking my butt big time. I was up to 6am this morning on a marathon session pulling off of that IH truck. Round two is about to start after lunch. Unfortunately this turned into a solo job. There was a dead cat sized thing that had a nest in the center boom. The IH truck is...

Well after many months of drooling over Bjorn's HIAB for his duece I finally got one of my own for my deuce. It is mounted on the same International Harvester flatbed from the Navy. It of course has a tag stating it is to be installed on a M35A2C. Unfortunately this one needs and overhaul as...