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You'll need that when PB starts his howling at the moon 
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LOL our 3 babies will howl with him...You'll need that when PB starts his howling at the moon
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Ok, I just spent almost 3 hours reading this thread, and all I could think the whole time was " how incredible that these 2 work so closely, and with such talent!" I am totally impressed with the work you have done. I wish I could make the rally in Ga, so i could meet both of you. Keep up the incredible work!
(Just for the record, I would kill to find a woman with your qualities MDMORGANWIFE)
(Just for the record, I would kill to find a woman with your qualities MDMORGANWIFE)
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No its not an expando box, very rare, VERY, its basically a five ton version of the m109a2, but this truck from what i have read was use as a com truck to route navel beach landings and keep things flowing smoothly while they set up a permeate command post.
It has 395/85r20 on combat rims, I think. A buddy of at a local mil museum told me the army only ordered 125 of these trucks and that most of them end up being left over sea after they where set over seas.
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I was really surprised at just how perfect of a fit this was!!!
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That tool/accessory box is REALLY going to come in handy. I wish I could locate about ten of them all the way around my M109A3. Unfortunately, I can only get in one, and there is already a water tank in that position. Nice job!
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I've got 3 more, I want to mount 1 on my deuce in place of the spare tire carrier and I could mount another one on the other side of the camper where the fuel tank was but I don't think I really need that much storage, I don't know. I will be bringing 2 of them to the rally with me and if they sell then I guess I don't need them, lol.
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I would put the elctrical stuff, connections for "Shore Power" inverter for transforming 12 or 24 v to 110... etc.
I am taking the bed off my m-105 right now to put a try in for 2-12 volt batteries and a fuel tank, then in the bed will go the storage drums with filtration for WMO. I will run my backhoe off it till I find the right deuce.
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I have the same box since i originally installed it on my M820A2. Just be aware that it leaks. I even aded some weather stripping and it still leaks. Also I recommend you drill some drain holes on the bottom. We both installed it upside down. The bottom of mine was flooded after a few rainy days. With the drain holes at least it doesn't flood anymore.
Maybe you will figure out a way to stop the leaking. I would be interested to know how you do it.
BTW I found a small Master padlock that will fit through the hole of the slide bolt.
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I did notice they were not very water tight, and I do have an idea on a fix but it will have to wait till after the rally.
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How cool would it be to have an M109, and tow an M109 trailer? Doable?
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Yes it can be towed behind anything. Well, anything deuce size or larger.
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I saw in your posts that you were going to try to weigh the trailer at some point. Have you done so? If not, do you have an idea about what it might be?
I pulled our M109A3 back from the local base with my Deuce, and I could feel it, but was still able to stay between 45 and 50 once I got it there.
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I wanted to get a start weight but time got away from me and we had to start building if it was going to be ready for the rally, but i will get a final weight when we are done, if I had to guess though I would say somewhere between 6-8K.
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Phew, We worked hard this weekend on it, Just a couple more finishing touches then we are done for this year.... the inverter and battery are just set up like that for this year. We will run everything better after the rally. On the axle is the leveling system that hubby came up with...and the floor is done!
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I that small water heater on demand, in picture two? Can you guys give us a little bit more info on it? Possible a close up picture of it? And where did you get it?
Crafty! Let us know how that works. I could see using something like that on my truck.
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We bought the instant water heater from walmart.com. here is the link for it. It got really good reviews but we haven't tried it yet. So hope it works at the rally lol
Zodi Instant Water Heater and Hot Shower - Walmart.com
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Thanks please post up how well it works after you get back, please. We are thinking of putting a stand up shower in our m810 box.
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Will do!!! I just can't sleep being dirty, that is why we put one in the 109.