What have you done to your 5 ton this week?

[Swamp Donkey]

I don't know the M88, that's a great looking machine:

- Is the mission tank recovery, or is it for something else like combat engineering or something?

I think Sigo nailed it pretty good. The M88A2 Hercules is my favorite tracked vehicle. Of course I'll never have one, but you can't stop a man from dreaming.

I got 3 of those chain assemblies in the BII for my M936A1 wrecker, intended for rear deck winch use.

Good to know. Researching the NSN led me to a description of "barrel lifting device", so I figured it was something special to the M88. Apparently that description is just one of its duties.

 

[JohnnyBM931A2]

Painting in Colorado, in January?

You have a garage I'm guessing.

See post 3316

 

[WV New Guy]

Gave the truck a rest on all 6 tires then gave her new oil ,new trans fluid greased every thing and found the real source of why I had no steering after getting pulled. Found a clamp had sliced thru the power steering hose under the protective cover . Going to my friends OTR shop tomorrow and he's going to build me new hose. Got nice and clean fluids in the trans and crankcase . Will be needing to replace some tires due to damage from smoking them trying to get out of the ditch. Pics t9 follow

 

[Csm Davis]

Moved 40 super singles by hand to get my Marine Corps M927 out of the back of the yard at Camp Shelby tomorrow. Feel like I have been in a strong man contest all day.

 

[71DeuceAK]

Awesome, a 927 huh? Do post pics and recovery stories!

 

[therooster2001]

See post 3316

So funny thing is I did paint in the garage, but it was sunny and 60 degrees until 2:00, then snowing by 5:30. Nasty snow too, almost had to pull over because visibility went to nothing. I couldn't imagine trying to negotiate that with the 5ton wipers..

Pict of the bed (still wet and has an odd shadow)


Pict of the snow outside the car the wife took

 

[JohnnyBM931A2]

Moved 40 super singles by hand to get my Marine Corps M927 out of the back of the yard at Camp Shelby tomorrow. Feel like I have been in a strong man contest all day.

Feel free to send those my way.. For free

 

[JohnnyBM931A2]

Lovely weather you're having.. Yeah I have used the 5 ton wipers in a very heavy downpour, but I have yet to use them during heavy driven snow. Although, they do move pretty fast on high speed.

 

[Csm Davis]

Feel free to send those my way.. For free

Uh not. Sling me some green and I can hook you up.

 

[DemocracyEnaction]

Changed the oil. That's a lot of oil! **** near 7 gallons.

 

[gottaluvit]

Well if you make it down there this year, you have an MV seat to ride in if you end up in the Camaro again. I didn't do too much heavy offroading at the last one because I had a bed full of parts. I won't have that problem at the next one.

You might even get to ride with me and Gimpy to hunt down a covert operations vehicle in the middle of the night, lol....Shenanigans!

Thanks for the offer and hospitality. I still have to work with when I am going. I will most likely time it for the rally again and put an extra day in the schedule to stay overnight in a tent. I would like to hit the trails, for sure, even if in the back with a few parts!

 

[gottaluvit]

As for the 5 ton, I finally got the road salt/cinders washed off the truck and ran it long enough to air up the leaky tire. Wasn't time to attempt plugging the tire, as I was replacing kingpin bushings on the CUCV first.

 

[Ford Mechanic]

Lovely weather you're having.. Yeah I have used the 5 ton wipers in a very heavy downpour, but I have yet to use them during heavy driven snow. Although, they do move pretty fast on high speed.

Try having them fail in a heavy down pour! My ppv failed coming home last year in a down pour, luckily it was within the last 20 miles of a 5 hr trip.

 

[Another Ahab]

Try having them fail in a heavy down pour! My ppv failed coming home last year in a down pour, luckily it was within the last 20 miles of a 5 hr trip.

That must have been dicey.

I'm guessing it was daytime (can't imagine pulling that off at night), but was it nighttime?

 

[Ford Mechanic]

Yeah it was daytime, I found I could run 45mph and have enough visability to continue. Luckily the rest of the traffic was running slower also due to the weather.

 

[Another Ahab]

Painting in Colorado, in January?

You have a garage I'm guessing.

See post 3316

I'm sorry. Man, it's like I'm always a day late and a dollar short.

Got to quit skipping my vitamins.

 

[archmark]

Replaced the shutterstat, installed a block heater and a coolant filter and got the SCA level of my antifreeze where it should be...

 

[infidel got me]

Finished sanding and painting my bed today. Installed my rear springs yesterday and mocked up axle placement. Dropping off driveshaft tomorrow to get lengthened. Stopping by metal shop to get plates for bottom of spring perches, and then to put it all back together! I still have three weeks before Redingers rally. Man I am going to be busy. I'll post some pics tomorrow when the smoke clears.

 

[JohnnyBM931A2]

I'm sorry. Man, it's like I'm always a day late and a dollar short.

Got to quit skipping my vitamins.

lol.. You're just getting old. Happens to everyone eventually

So when are you going to pick up an M939 series 5 ton?

 

[JohnnyBM931A2]

Replaced the shutterstat, installed a block heater and a coolant filter and got the SCA level of my antifreeze where it should be...
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Where did you end up getting your coolant filter from?