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January 1st, 2016> Seems like "Manufacturing Failure" occurs when not all aspects of an alteration are stress tested out in the lab before they are applied to the vehicle. I believe that the folks that chop deuces and such are letting themselves into similar suits as they become the...

September 29th, 2015. Dear RDUKW and to other Steel Soldiers members: Please accept my apologies in your case in regards to your particular trucks. However, do let me point out in most other states then California, if the vehicle is a motor vehicle and a boat, it has to be registered both...

September 29th, 2015 Gents: Respectfully, the GMC Banjo axle was no where near as heavily built as the Rockwell axles used in the M35A2 series. It was a fair design for 1940, but mechanically speaking, it is a poor design for 2015. In bearing and axle sizes the deuce is a true 2-1/2 to 5 ton...

September 28th, 2015 Gents: I wouldn't make any bet as to the vehicle's current seaworthiness, as the front end has sustained significant damage on the DUKW. Duck Boats is admitting that this vehicle did not have an axle upgrade that they recommended to their operators, so I will bet the...

September 27th, 2015. Gents: Looks like possible axle failure, and the NTSB is now involved......... http://www.aol.com/article/2015/09/27/ntsb-focuses-on-broken-axle-in-duck-boat-crash/21241463/?icid=maing-grid7%7Cmain5%7Cdl22%7Csec1_lnk2%26pLid%3D10885801

September 26th, 2015. God Bless the people involved in this accident. The DUKW is derived from the WWII machine, probably much rebuilt. I would not have expected a tire blow out to set the wheel and knuckle end of the axle off the truck. I suspect there may have been a bearing failure involved...