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What company did you get you corner castings and ISO locks from?

It is supposed to be lowest qualified bidder, but the government makes it almost impossible to disqualify a bidder even if they already have a dozen defaulted contract with the goverment and have never built what they are currently bidding on.

Any more pictures of the show? I have thought about going to it.

Where is the 5 ton?

There is a considerable amount of slop between the ISO twist locks and the corner fittings. This is done to facilitate easier loading. This slop could cause a huge shock load with the fifth wheel module. Some of this could be eliminated by making custom aperture plates. I need to have some...

Any more information on you module idea? Are you going to leave the fifth wheel and put the containers on top of it? I have a 10 foot refrigerated container that I have been thinking about converting to a small rv to mount in my tractor.

I am suffering from crane envy.

We used to cook lunch on the rear step of the asphalt paving machine using the heat from the hot asphalt piled on top of the lunch to cook it. Just remember to wrap the food very tightly in at least 3 layers of aluminum foil, On another project we made BBQ grills out of natural gas pipe

The truck in my avitar is set up with 4.88 gears, a two speed transfer case, an Allison MT 643 and low profile 22.5" tires. It cruises at 58 mph at 2500 rpm. I would like to drop the rpm's at 58 mph and that is the reason for my interest in the transmission.

That makes sense. I have thought about putting a 6 speed Allison in my truck. But in CA trucks only can go 55 legally. And my truck likes 58. With that trans and its low gear you might run into issues with over torquing the drive train with a transfer case that has low range.

That is not it. In the first post he says it is a 7 speed. The HT740 is a 4 speed not 5 speed.

What Allison is in the M916?

You can get several different axle ratios to fit the same carrier in an axle. If you change both gears the shaft spacing will not have to change. It is not uncommon to find heavy duty transfer cases that are direct and overdrive. I do find if unusual that the M916 had a single speed...

There is, was, a dump truck running around here with a fifth wheel under the dump bed. When work is slow they pull the dump bed and use it as a tractor. I have thought about setting up a tractor to haul 10' containers. A beam would be mounted behind the cab that would have two twist locks in it...

I have been following this project and would like to hear and see how you are planning on accomplishing the bed. Will the fifth wheel be permanently mounded to the frame.

Nice project