10 Ton M123 A1C & 10 Ton M123 E2 Rescue

[Darylfraser]

Wow, that frame off looks amazing! How many gallons of 24087 so far?

 

[msgjd]

Are they as wide as bridge trucks? That doesn't look very over-width looking at the lowboy

the 10T's outer duals are hanging over the edge of the trailer, and yes they are over-width only because of the duals .. I will bet the trailer was built at max non-permit width of 102" (8-1/2ft) .. Had an old Talbert 35T lowboy built that way and it also had the fold-outs like the one seen (some say bed extensions or extensions)

 

[ToddJK]

55-gallon drum of Rapco in 383 and the trucks and house at the same time.

No problem

Haha, camo paint them and no one will even see it anyways

 

[Jeff Lakaszcyck]

Are you parting out the A1C ? If so I may have to come up and do some shopping. My 10 ton is coming home this week.

 

[Dirt71]

Very nice Jeff....

 

[Dirt71]

The E-2 when it arrived last August 2022... have not done nothing to it other than putting a canvas top on it, but have wanted to put batteries in it and see what would happen after sitting 30yrs....it took some doing but got the headlight's working a couple day's ago...

 

[Dirt71]

E-2 Vin#

 

[muthkw25]

following this resto.

 

[Dirt71]

In the back....

 

[Canadian Gunner]

I acquired an M123A1C in running order last summer. So far we've tidied up the sheet metal, added the work light and amber warning light back on, reconnected part of the exhaust that had separated at a joint and discovered that it has a second, air shifted, transfer case between the factory one and the intermediate axle. It has beautifully made shortened drive shafts connecting everything together and the shift buttons are set between the seats. With both buttons down there is no drive to the rear axles (which explains why we drive it 40 miles home in front wheel drive only!); with the front button up it has incredibly low grunt and with the rear button up it seems to be running 1:1. The previous owner was a house mover which might explain why he wanted such low, low gearing.

One other oddity, it has a Bubba'd wiring harness where the brake/turn signal sockets on the rear lights were removed, new double contact sockets were soldered in and a fifth wire was added so it had brake and turn signals working separately. Unfortunately, this caused a feedback loop that let the smoke out of two $65 turn signal flasher units before I started chasing electrons and tore about 60 feet of Bubba wire out and put proper new e turn signal lights on her. Now the smoke seems to stay in the system!

The front winch is easily removed with my wrecker and 10 minutes of disconnecting hydraulic hoses.

Cheers! Mike

 

[Jeff Lakaszcyck]

That is a nice piece, good luck with it ! The extra transfer case is crazy !