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Two oldies together: a 1963 5-ton dump truck weighing 22,000 lbs and a more then a century old steam power hammer checking in at 44,000 lbs. The anvil part of the hammer is mostly buried; total height of the machine is over 20 feet. This was during repairing the left front brake cylinder and...

I forgot, more information about the history of the truck and on the Cold War in Europe, especially about the POMS depots can be found on the site of our Czech Emigration Museum. Also, the link to download the pdf file on the conversion from dump to tractor.

The truck has not been restored yet, but we still made a poster explaining its history and role in the Cold War in Europe, and how it ended up first in the Netherlands and then in the Czech Republic. The picture left bottom corner shows a line of dump trucks with coal for Berlin

In the last two years, I finally got the steering box to work again, repaired the left front brake and repacked the hub, and made sure the hoist worked again as should be. When you open the steering gear box, you shouldn't find this (pics left). The replacement I got from the Netherlands...

Most interesting fact about this truck? This is the original M51A2 dump truck "Rambo" as I bought it and brought it to the "Spanish Inquisition" (the Dutch DoT vehicle car compliance checking institute RDW) for the first time. This is my now converted M52A2 tractor "Rambo" going for the...