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Amish... did you have to load all that wood by hand? My back hurts just thinking about it. That is one cool set up you have there though!
Thank you Jbulach. I really like them M1082 trailers and of course the M929A2. I keep one trailer covered for pallets from GL and parades and the other one has a cover but I doubt I will use it as I intended that trailer to be my dirty tool/workhorse. The Amish have lenient rules on what they can do for a living. The sawmill is all electric with some seriously large rough-terrain forklifts for moving logs around. They have a slick box built that attaches to the forklifts to convert it to a front end loader, and that is how they loaded me. The unload of the trailer is fairly easy as it's all downhill! I do it with my hands and a shovel. Keeps the 50 y.o. joints moving. Some of the Amish around here even have phones but it must be in a outhouse size shack so far from living quarters to avoid "convenience". A buddy of mine hauls some around that do home construction/improvements and they have all the modern power tools and the boss has indoor plumbing, but it must be pumped by a gasoline engine. Heck, the phone has an answering machine, so I suppose there is electric to the shack the phone is in.
A 5 ton or an LMTV. My son loves my 5 ton. He is 2 and his job is to start it whenever we go somewhere in it. It's so cute. Only bad thing is when we go somewhere and they have military vehicles I have to tell him not to start them..
Dang! New nuts and all; you mean business Swamp! Impressive!
The majority of the rust on these rims was on the nuts and studs. The studs cleaned up fine but there wasn't a good way to clean the nuts. Found the new ones cheap and went with it. One of ya'll tire professionals needs to come break down that split ring rim for me, lol.
Can't divulge the source yet because I need to get some more first. There's only a limited quantity available from a military supplier that closed. Those 120 were $80 shipped.
Look under -- HOW TO MODIFY A MILITARY ANTENNA BASE FOR CB USE-- posted by The name is Fred. He posted a step by step article on how to do it. Even has pics. for slow people like me. hope this helps
Actually, I'm not thinking CB. They seem rather obsolete with cell phones. Can cell phones have an exterior antenna? I'm sure it would help with FM reception.
It is mounted on the right fender half bolted to the cab. The 2 bolts in front of my fingers use the existing fender support holes. The other 2 bolts will need holes drilled, along with the 2 lower support bolts. I'm sure there is a backing place or something for the lower support but I haven't made one yet.
Yes i used to have the truck mounted antenna when I lived in montana that plugged into a little receptor pad that stuck to the back of the phone.
That brings to mind an old classic:
