Recent content by b1pig

thats a nice looking shock. i have a 2008 KLR650. its WAY under sprung stock. ONE of these days i'll get mine taken care of.

i think what NDT has said is holding true. while the basic mechanical systems on the vehicle are solid, it seems like everything else goes wonky. i was mechanic in the '90s. this chassis is a whole new progression and i'm not really familiar with it. what they sounded like was a bad ground in...

Hey, guys. Local sheriff's office obtained an MRAP. They've been having some problems with electrical gremlins. I've done what I thought was a thorough search, but I cant seem to come up with a "free" source for a TM (20-level?) on that vehicle. Just trying to help these guys out. They have a...

we already drove it around loaded. as a matter of fact... the day we got it... 3 hours after we loaded the hoses and various wildland tools we usually keep on that truck, we had a reported structure fire. it was the last truck there, and i drove it. 1100 gallons of water. yes, it accelerates...

checking. thanks, Bob. edit. found it under: http://www.roscommonequipmentcenter.com/

lol.... when i was in armor school, they showed us a couple of pictures of Gamma Goats rolled over in various locations.... usually ditches. :D

excellent point. thanks!

i downloaded the TM for it this morning. ofcourse we got nothing with it.... the truck isnt in service yet. thanks to the state, we have no say in what we get. i didnt have the payload info yet and hadnt gotten it off the truck, one of the problems with the volunteer world. in any case, i've...

we're already looking for another tank. there was actually supposed to be a "new" tank on it. for some reason, it came back with our old tank on it. i've come to a conclusion after running it around. the truck will probably be run full or empty. no in-between. as for baffles, 90% of the tanks...

no, sir. that has already been addressed. FIRMLY. we've got myself and another prior Army guy, two active USAF guys with us... our chief is retired USAF... plus one with some civilian experience with the M35 series trucks. I'm unfortunately familiar with the hazzards. we lost a fellow...

yep. you guys are right. they kept telling us "5 ton" for the last 6 months. today, we get it and its a deuce. kinda suprised that its a A3, though. i kept going over it today, thinking things didnt look right. i just went back to the station and looked at the data plate. m35A3. lol...

Hello, all. This afternoon, we took posession of a 5 ton truck chassis from Georgia Forestry. They prepped the chassis and installed our tank on it from another truck. The truck will serve as a back-up tanker/water shuttle for our all-volunteer agency, which serves the small town of Ray City...