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Just bought my M342A2
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That's a good looking dumper . The compressor is lubed by the engine oil.
Westech
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no need to oil it the motor does that for you. there is a small port (3/4 size of a bic pen) that feeds the crank of the air pump.
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ahhhhhh beat me to it!!!! Drop and give me 50 push ups
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That's a sweet looking tipper Redneck. Musta cost a fortune. Where did you finally find one?
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RN,
If you find more they will sell quick out here in coal mining country even at $10K!
If you find more they will sell quick out here in coal mining country even at $10K!
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I have never seen a cleaner looking duece dumper ![[thumbzup]](https://www.steelsoldiers.com/images/smilies/icon_smile_thumzup.gif "Thumbs Up [thumbzup]")
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Man, my buddy is going to be sooooo jealous of that thing!!
The info I have on it is that it was kept by Sarfan until they moved to FL, then TNJ Murray bought it to keep and I had to manage a complicated deal to entice him to get rid of it. I ended up procuring a military weasel to trade, along with $$$ for it. To get the weasel, I had to trade my M38. So I am not sure what it cost, but it was too much, but I wanted a lightweight, all wheel drive, easy to find parts for truck. I have a gas job site truck that has a M215 body on it, and I really like it so........
DOES ANYONE KNOW OF OTHERS THAT RUN? I know of only one other, Dave at Eastern has one. All others I found are scrap.
DOES ANYONE KNOW OF OTHERS THAT RUN? I know of only one other, Dave at Eastern has one. All others I found are scrap.
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That's one of the nicest ones I've seen. Too bad Sarafan didn't bring it down here. I was at Sarafans 3 weeks ago and I would have been slobbering all over it. I had the chance to buy one from Kublo for $6000 several years ago. It was a winch model too. Oh well, blew it! Very nice Redneck!
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Really nice looking tipper....
Curious, does the dump have any different spec.s on GVWR than the standard cargo truck? Is it 5k offroad and 10k on road?
Curious, does the dump have any different spec.s on GVWR than the standard cargo truck? Is it 5k offroad and 10k on road?
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There is a Deuce here in town that has a dump bed on it, but I haven't gotten to look at it close to see if it was a swapped on civilian bed or an original, or just something made out of spare parts. I'll try and get a close look at it sometime, but the guy works shift work, so he's hard to track down.
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[green][5]CONGRATULATIONS!!! [/5] [/green] Dump Trucks are cool!! That is a terrific looking truck.
I have always been fond of the 5-ton dumps (mostly because I used to drive one that belonged to my Uncle Sam), but that 2 1/2 ton dump is awesome. It has to be one of the most useful and practical military vehicles for the civilian owner. It's big enough to do serious work, yet still under cdl class.
I am [5] [green]GREEN [/green] [/5]with envy!!! (o.d. green that is!)
. . . By the way, Hey admin/moderators, this green text is too bright! . . . can we get that changed to olive drab?!?!
I have always been fond of the 5-ton dumps (mostly because I used to drive one that belonged to my Uncle Sam), but that 2 1/2 ton dump is awesome. It has to be one of the most useful and practical military vehicles for the civilian owner. It's big enough to do serious work, yet still under cdl class.
I am [5] [green]GREEN [/green] [/5]with envy!!! (o.d. green that is!)
. . . By the way, Hey admin/moderators, this green text is too bright! . . . can we get that changed to olive drab?!?!
Thanks everyone! The specs as far as I have seen on the ones I looked at are 25500 lbs for none winch and 26165 for winch models. The capacity is the same however the truck is built different. It has a double frame that ends at the rear trunion bracket and the rear trunion bracket is about twice as big and shaped like at wedge (the M35 is square). It has more leaves in the springs. I am still trying to find other differences. I will try to post a pic of the trunion brkt at some point, I have one from a scrap truck I looked at.
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There were a bunch went through Fort Hood Tx. a while back. The running gear was out from under them, nothing but the frames, cabs, and dump bodies. They brought 500-1200 if I remember correctly.