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  1. SouthwestUSA

    Fuel Pod on a M105a2

    Thanks a million for adding this video. I was with the 538th and then the 47th Trucking Companies, medium truck, petro based out of Long Binh in 1971, 1972 and this really brought back a flood of memories. We hauled jet fuel, diesel and mogas all the way to the Mekong Delta and up into the...
  2. SouthwestUSA

    Fuel Pod on a M105a2

    Opps, I forgot to add, that I read the DOT regs that apply to folks like me here in Texas, and I had to add the diamond shaped HazMat signs to the rear and sides of my tank. I also added a mounted fire extinguisher on the front of my trailer and the rear and a flashing strobe light on the rear...
  3. SouthwestUSA

    Fuel Pod on a M105a2

    In looking at your photo of how your pod is placed sideways in your M105, I'm wondering how the sloshing action effects braking, since the interior baffle is placed inside the pod for "fore and aft" movement? You are probably like me, not traveling far or fast while hauling your pod and it...
  4. SouthwestUSA

    Fuel Pod on a M105a2

    I like that surge brake you found... And I was thinking this might be a good option for my M332. But yesterday, one of my M102 trailers with the surge brake started going nuts and chattered like the devil and started bucking. Someone suggested I pull the old axle and wheel assembly off and...
  5. SouthwestUSA

    Fuel Pod on a M105a2

    Hey, I guess I was wrong... I just saw mkcoen post, who installed a fuel pod in an M105... (here on this thread)... It still makes me uncomfortable having the fuel ride so high. But if you are basically using the M105 for wheeling around on private property, it probably isn't a problem. Me, I...
  6. SouthwestUSA

    Fuel Pod on a M105a2

    I must have slipped with my tape measure when I was checking the width & height at the wheel well area. I thought there would be some metal rubbing, but your photo proves me wrong... I think for my needs, I'll feel more comfortable putting my fuel pod in my M332 with it's lower center of...
  7. SouthwestUSA

    Fuel Pod on a M105a2

    WOW... I paid a tad over $500 for my tank. Hard to believe people were paying $1,500 for one of these tanks...
  8. SouthwestUSA

    Fuel Pod on a M105a2

    Am I seeing your photo correctly? Dual wheels? Maybe your trailer will work, it looks a lot "beefier" than my M105, but I suspect the insides between the wheel wells is even more restricted than my M105?
  9. SouthwestUSA

    Fuel Pod on a M105a2

    They won't fit very well inside an M105 as I measured the wheel wells in my M105. I was going to do the same thing with my 600 gallon aluminum fuel pod, put it in my M105. I changed my mind and am going with the M332. As you can see in my side-by-side photo, the M332 has a lower center of...
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