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The truck has quite the history, it transported tanks across the desert during Operation Desert Storm. Was in the 471st transportation company , driven by Sgt Robbin Titus. Here is the thread about the truck https://www.steelsoldiers.com/threads/mack-rd822sx.145915/
It is a 1985 Mack...
Wireless remote is actually not all that costly these days. The problem is how to make it all work. In a ideal world, you'd just swap out the hyd valve stack with solenoid valves, but it's not that easy on the M1000. Everything is hard piped to the valve stack, and it is pretty tight quarters...
He's actually adjusting the level. When moving something that heavy and that tall, you really have to watch your trailer level, when traveling over uneven terrain. There is actually a framing level laying on the deck, and he is watching it and adjusting accordingly. For the military uses, they...
When I was out there taking those pictures, Dad was trying to get me to video it in a turn, but it was fixing to rain and I didn't get around to it. It takes some training to pull the thing. You figure out real quick that if you take a turn like a normal tractor/trailer you'll wind out running...
I've still got them, and all you have to do is install to pins to put them back on, but the vast majority of stuff we haul will be loaded/unloaded with a crane. I'm not going to put them back on unless we need them. As it sets right now, I can load it on our lowboy and haul it to the job if...
I’d seen where some new suspension cylinders sold for cheap, but I guess I missed the lots above.
What I’ve found that there are a lot of parts to the trailer made by commercial suppliers, but they are just a little different than their commercial counterpart and the OEM just don’t want to deal...
Finally got everything ready to go. After I painted it, I noticed one of the neck cylinders developed a leak. That was a job to remove and get apart, and had a little trouble finding the parts. I liked to have never got the end cap off. The TM makes it sound easy, but it took the better part of...
Took 5 gallons. I'll probably order another gallon for touch-up, as I've already spotted some places I've missed underneath.
Right now, I've got the rear taped off and working on painting "oversize load" permanently on the back. It will be oversize anytime it moves, so I figured I'd just paint...
I needed new pressure gauges, as half of the original ones had broken needles. I did a parts inquiry to one of the places you speak of. They wanted $60 per gauge. I ended up finding aftermarket gauges for $15 each. Only difference is the original gauges go to 6,000 psi, and the ones I got go to...
I guess I need to take some pics to make this thread more interesting.
I have removed all 20 hubs, cleaned everything, packed the bearings, and put back together. Everything seems to be brand new, just frozen from lack of use.
I had 10 bad tires and several bent wheels. Picked up 12 new...
Well today I got all the brake lines and valves repaired, and energized the air system for the first time. Found out that at least on the axles I checked, brakes and linkages are frozen. It appears that this trailer has sat for a long time, and any grease on it has turned as hard as a rock...
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