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over all i'd say I got a good solid truck, bought from the army thru gov planet. but it is around 30 yrs old so as you stated running it brings out the weak points. so far new alternator, shutterstate, fluids, filters, t-case interlock (that's a super bitch on the 936 to get out), muffler, fuel pump rebuild, dog bones (even worse that then t-case interlock). lights, fuel senders, brake diaphragms. and 85 gallons of hydraulic fluid (the army kept theirs!!!! it showed up empty, but had it when they video'd it for auction... lol).
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quirks, not many, but like I said it will not pull sideways from the end of the boom, the cable will pop over to the next sheave and ruin/crush the cable in the process. and you can't see it happening depending on angle (opps live and learn, and there went 200$ for a new cable, the crane cable is only 90 or so feet long, for logging that's a bit short, but there is not a good way to increase it other than reduce max load and run it with one wrap to the hook).
a mod I am looking into is i'd like to hang one of the pulleys that come with the truck off the boom hook so when dragging a log out of the woods it has an up angle and not plowing the but into the dirt which is what happens if the winch pulls directly to the log. but the winches do not have a fairlead (roller) on the top, thinking of adding one to see how that works, other wise the cable will cut on the top bracket.
I got a remote control for the rear winch haven't added it yet, next project. it is made by lodar, there is a thread in SS on it. that should allow me to pull the end out to the log and run the winch.
and I am not brave - they seem top heavy with the crane, so I wimp out in the woods and run up or down hills, not across.
