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Jon, not sure I understand the need for additional weight "to improve" braking, traction shouldn't be an issue..
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Thanks for the heads up David... I didn't know that! I'll have to make sure it has a spare. If not I'll try to pick up one before hand. With singles on the rear I don't want to be stuck just because of a flat.Remember when packing your spares that the V18 has 11.00-20 tires, not 9.00-20 like the M35A2.
I've haven't used my towbar yet, so I hve no experience with how the trucks will handle... I guess I got a little paranoid after reading about some of Kenny's (and others') harrowing towbar tales. But now I remember that those were stories of light vehicles, like pickup trucks, towing deuces... I had remembered Kenny advising transferring as much weight from the towed vehicle to the towing vehicle as possible, but if it's not necessary when a deuce tows a deuce I won't bother.Jon, not sure I understand the need for additional weight "to improve" braking, traction shouldn't be an issue.
That's good to know! I plan to remove the front and rear output shafts from the transfer case for the trip home... I'll remove the inter axle shaft if I have to put a deuce wheel on there.All my wheels have the offset for wider trac. Not important for a spare, as a matter of fact, you can mix 1100's and 900's as long as the rear axles are not coupled by the inter axle drive shaft. Since you run duals on your deuce, you have plenty of spares, IMHO.
My truck was missing it's cotter pin, but replacing it was a project I recently completed, including new chain and drilling out the old drive pin. I did it right after I bought the towbar, as the potential dangers were not lost on me. It took a lot of calls and footwork just to find the 1/4" x 5" long cotter pin... Almost embarassing to take up someone's time at a bolt shop, then they say, 'That'll be $0.65 please.'Make sure that your pintle hook has its cotter pin!
Man, how did I screw that up? My memory must be going, I swear it was just under 200 miles each way! I want to avoid driving through Los Angeles, so my route will be to go up Hwy. 395 to the 58, and take that all the way to the 101. My map program also shows that as my shortest route at 260 miles. Thanks for the heads up Bjorn, I'll plan for a longer day...Mapquest tells me that it's a 275 mile trip each way, so your timing may be off some.
I've rigged up a set of magnetic towing lights using an old trailer wiring harness and 24 volt bulbs... Works great, and I've got enough wire to reach to the back of the towed truck, so I figured that was good enough for lights...if you have to drive after dark, get reflective tape at the very least for the towed vehicle
I thought the consensus was that it wasn't required? I hadn't planned on it... but I can. The augers and tools probably add up to 300+lbs, and the front winch and it's drive shaft are not attached so they can be put in the deuce as well. Do you think I should do more than that?considering the weight of the V18, do you plan on moving anything from it to your deuce to help balance out the weight?