Recent content by Towman2277

If you will need a gauge set for your truck, I probably have all of them, and I will sell them all for relatively cheap. Send me a PM, and i'll snag a panel or two and see what I have. Most are new, some used.

I have a truck (10-ton Rollback) headed to Columbia, SC to pick up a large genset for our local Caterpillar shop. I made my shop guys load a "pristine" 6.5 humvee engine (crated) that I received awhile back from GL swapping, so worse xase scenario, if ya need a back-up engine, message me on...

My Bobbed 1971 W/W, fully loaded military options lol!!!!

I bought my first one 15 years ago (5-ton bride truck) because i wanted something different then everyone elses vehicles riding up and down the road. After I drove it 70 miles home, I was hooked!! ;-) I've had 8-9 since then, and now that I just finished my first bobber, i'll be building...

Ok, I have done some further review (and spinning the shaft and listening very well) and I can spin the drive shaft freely, but when i reverse the rotation, or spin "back & forth" rather fast, I can hear a clicking sound on the driver side, nothing on the passenger. That would lead me to...

I just went out and checked it again, and it is for sure something in the chunk! I've drag raced and built rear ends for the last 15 years, and I know tons about internals and such. This shaft has no contact with anything inside the chunk!!!!!

I'm leaning towards it being the actual pinion and ring gear being broke. You can grab the drive shaft, and there is NO RESISTANCE at all when spun by hand! I'd think if it was a shaft, that i'd feel the gear set spinning, but it's not. We're talking very little resistance, feels like roller...

I appreciate all of the comments, I agree with you ALL!!!!! I'm more experienced than most and my helper, so I take the blame for not double-checking the hookup of the vehicle with the snatch block. Also, I spoke with a great friend this morning who works for the ARMY motor pool, and he...

Last night I was called out on an off-road recovery, where a truck went about 200' into the woods. I decided to take my bobber, as it had a very muddy and tore up access road to the scene of where the truck was borken down, and stuck. I found some hard ground, with some loose gravel on top...

Either way, it is not practical at ALL to make a deuce a rollback. I own and manage a Towing and Recovery Business, and it's just not feasible.

I turned my fuel WAY UP!!!!! (I bobbed the truck!) In all seriousness, I haven't touched my pump yet. Once bobbed, it made such a difference i haven't felt a need to. I have a boost gauge ready to install, but need a pyro also first! My truck loaded down now with 7,000 lbs (pulling a trailer)...

Did you feel like someone thought you were being an a**?? I didn't feel that way at all. I was just stating that they DO recommend a larger rim width, but the stock ones work GREAT and you sav yourself around $1500 from not buying aftermarket rims. I've been really lucky with the 395's...

They are 395 Michelin Xml's. The goodyear wingfoot here measured the rims and the tires, and said they are commonly used on rims this size. They mounted way too easily to be "too wide" for my rims. I'm also sure the manufacturers of all of our trucks would also be against us "chopping...

The tires are not too wide for stock rims, they fit really well. They don't even have the severe "bubbled out" look that some get. I learned from this weekend that I will make me some custom valve stem covers that bolt on to "hide" the valve stems from being torn out of the rim! I take spare...

Simple install, nothing complicated. Just replaced the push button.