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Those XDY's look pretty good. I had a set of 12.5x20 XLs on the truck before, but they just didn't seem to have the grabbing power I wanted. Even with the Detroit in the rear, I couldn't grab enough with them. That is why I wen't with the wider more aggressive stance. The truck was...

I have played around with a couple different mixtures (I have painted probably 15 military trucks / trailers over the past couple years). What I found to work best is to add about 3/4" - 1|" of mineral spirits to each 1/2 gallon can of paint. On the gillespie gallons, I normally keep an empty...

Truck is painted with Gillespie Coatings 383 Green. I've had real good luck with this brand - thin down a little bit and it sprays on real well. Fuel tank is mounted in the front of the maintenance bed. You can see some pictures of that in the album. Kept the military 50 gal and...

To answer a couple questions...... The actual intall of the single axle is pretty straight forward and easy - everything is pretty much bolt on once you get your measurements right. It's all the other stuff (airlines, wiring, rerouting fuel lines and all the extras you end up doing) that...

Jim, The double bumper idea came after some discussion. I didn't want the winch hanging out on the front - was trying to keep it short for use as a recovery vehicle in the woods. Am probably going to stick a 24V hummer winch out the front of the opening there in the center, just to have...

Finally posted up some pictures of the 4x4 conversion in the Photo Gallery section. Got the wheels and tires on it today. Still a few things to finish up on it (extra lighting in the grill and in the rear), and mounting a 10KW diesel 300A welder in the rear. Thing handles great. If...