wreckerman893
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Well I've been threatening to do it for a while and I finally decided to do something radical with the M927.
For the last two years I've been hauling the circus wagon (Electronics Van Trailer) to the GA Rally behind the truck using a tow dolly and in the immortal words of Popeye the Sailor "I've had all I can stands and I can't stands no more".
Dragging that thing around is a real PITA since it is 72 feet long and you cannot back it up more than a few feet without jackknifing it.
Dropping off a steep hill will kick the Pucker Factor up several digits even for an experienced driver like me.
I just sold the M923 I bought last year and as part of the deal I kept the bed.
Since that bed is 14 feet long and the bed on the M927 is 20 feet long I decided to put the short bed on the M927 and mount a 5th wheel behind the dropside bed.
This will give me the added advantage of being able to side load the truck with the van trailer still attached.
Today was the bed removal day. I set the M923 bed off the bolster trailer and stretched the neck all the way out. The 20 foot bed fits perfectly on the bolster trailer and if I decide to leave the short bed on the truck I'm going to permanently mount the long bed onto the bolster trailer for a cargo trailer.
I have some industrial rollers (sometimes called "skates") and the idea was to jack up the bed from the rear and place the skates at strategic places under the bed frame and ease the bed off the truck and onto the trailer with minimal amount of wringing of hands and gnashing of teeth.
Ah....."the best laid plans of mice and men (and Wreckerman) oft go astray".
Right away the bed decided it did not want to move straight back and became canted to one side when the skates came out from under the bed on one side. I soon discovered this was due to the wood runners between the two frames being
rotted in a few places.
After some jacking and maneuvering we got the bed far enough back to stop for the day.
The project will be on hold a few days since I will be in Hotlanta working as an extra in a movie called "Bolden".
Here are some pics from today.
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