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Wasps, mice, and birds just seem to love the military trucks for some reason. Mine has a robin's nest in the spare tire carrier, and a few wasp nests towards the back under the truck on the inside of the frame. Not only do we need a spare tools, belts, spare tire, oil, and coolant, now we need to add raid to the mix
I would recommend adding some led lights on the bumper. At least if you lost the headlights, you can use those. I added some amber flood lights on my bumper and those work better than the actual head lights. I just angled them down a little and towards the center so it doesn't blind on coming traffic, been using those a lot for over a year and so far no issues.
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Yea I am aware of the cracks. I have 2 newer rubbers I will get put on the front here one day. All the old timers around here tell me it's not a big deal... but I don't like the cracks either!
Yessir! They are beefy!
I noticed that one tire had the cracks too. Both of my front tires, look like that and have been since last year. Wasn't until coming back from the Haspin Rally I noticed one had two big gashes in the sidewall that make me nervous so when I get time, I have two decent Goodyear's to swap them out with.
I did use some tire protector although it was too late for some of them. I never understood why people used that stuff, until I owned a deuce.
Haha, same here. However,most of us don't put the kind of mileage on a deuce like we would a normal vehicle, but letting the tires sit and not get worked seems to be one of the bigger contributions other than being in constant sunlight that leads to premature dry rot and cracking, other times it's just the age. All my tires are dated between 2010-2011 except for my Goodyear's which are 2014-2015, still old though but unfortunately with tires like that, you get what you pay for, lol.
And that's why I like zipper boots! The TM even specifies zipper boots, I think.
Now that would be cool!
