Recent content by armorguy

The jeep has a manual transmission and it got pushed into reverse... Not park - automatics are for other people. The little jeep tried to resist for about a mile or two, but needless to say didn't even make itself known to the HEMTT. Only the white smoke boiling off the drivers rear tire...

the full size version 10x10 M1074.

Looks like I am going from north Georgia to Washington DC Area with the HEMTT PLS. (That should get a bunch of three letter agencies all stirred up.) I bought an MK18 rear unit months ago and couldn't get anybody to deliver it and was doing heavy maint on the PLS. Looks like it is back in...

Ok, I'll weigh into this. I have a 10x10 hemtt PLS M1074 with a CHU (cargo handling unit) with a crane and winch if it doesn't go as planned, which it will.. The PLS has a roll back with total lift capacity of 30 tons. It is made for 20 ft containers not 40s. I think I can get it to a hard...

Welcome to the "Having fun with hydraulics" club... I did a lot of replacement of hoses on my crane. It was amazing to me that a very small dripping leak would kill the hydraulics of the given system. The winch has several hard lines and flex Links that can bleed off pressure. Especially...

How NOT to start your military vehicle Collection So this is effectively my first post here and I haven't taken the time yet to document my full story; so I guess I will make this an informal introduction and a starting point for the story. To provide a quick summary, I bought 2, yes 2 HEMTT...