Recent content by JingoJohn

rhurey, I figure ANYTHING "Military" is good for at least 2x stated rating. The rating is designed for the worst possible COMBAT EMERGENCY conditions. As an example: our beloved 5 tons; the TM's clearly state they will carry much more (Somebody probably knows EXACTLY how much more under varying...

Ooops. "up set" with the wrong guy hhaha WOW! what a cool video! Thank you dilligaf Thank you, JJ

Tow, thank you for the scoop on moving heavy loads. I am a bit upset with you though......NOW I want a BIGGER truck like the ore hauler hahhahaha At first I thought these trucks were 'indestructible'; THEN I read the TM's which say 'don't back up in low range' and I discovered that they are...

Rusty & Gerry thank you for your encouragement. I thought I read somewhere in the TM's to NOT do exactly what I am contemplating. My foggy recollection is that it had something to with the inability to match engine RPM's for both (or several trucks hooked together) which would cause the...

Huh? Some paranoid guy thinks he has a corner on opinions. AND wants the rest of us to shut up. MOST of the engineers I know build things RIGHT; neither over-built, nor under-built with efficient use of materials and money in consideration of production runs. Laymen usually over-build "just...

NEED OPINIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS on similar topic (Not attempting to hijack thread) I pulled an XM1073 trailer (7.5 ton) from WVa with a 12,000 crawler on board with my first 923A2 to Denver, Colorado. NOW, I want to hook my 925A2 to the front of my 923A2 (with a mill spec bar) so I can pull...

NEED OPINIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS on similar topic (Not attempting to hijack thread) I pulled an XM1073 trailer (7.5 ton) from WVa with a 12,000 crawler on board with my first 923A2 to Denver, Colorado. NOW, I want to hook my 925A2 to the front of my 923A2 (with a mill spec bar) so I can pull...

"...Being an engineer...and over building...." I doubt it! Have you ever hefted one of those mil-spec tow bars? I doubt you could buy the steel that goes into those WAY OVER-BUILT sufficient for 'combat emergencies' monster bars. Buy one or take up the previous offer for the loaner.

BEST SOLUTION: Load 4,500 pounds of sand bags in the bed.

HUH? Sounds strangely like the mantra of gun grabbers. Oooommmmm evil hardware, Ooooommm evil hardware. Ooommm (text representation of commie chanting mantra) LOGIC will never break through the DOGMA of gun grabbers OR "people" who want to be sheep. I won't waste more of my precious time on...

Ahhh, you ALL do know that this discussion is about as private as SMOKE SIGNALS. It could very well be that based on this discussion, some “entreprenueral” type guy has swooped in and already acquired the vehicles. ARE THEY STILL AVAILABLE?????

IF we get serious about this AND the owners/admin of SS are behind an auction/donation, I WILL CALL THE CITY AND GET A D AMN LETTER requesting that "we" remove the vehicles and that the city gives us permission to do so. After that, the closest SS guy that can store then until auction can then...

The UNFORTUNATE and DISAPPOINTING fact of all (99.9%) charities is that most of the $$ goes to administration and promotion. SAD, but true, untangeling their financial reports is about like unstangeling the FedGov budget. Here is a quote from some experts: “…It has been easier to get...

SHOULD BE: ...Can WE agree...

The city won’t do ANY paper work to get rid of the three vehicles? (Wait ‘till I talk to them!) Without doubt, if I had “found” the vehicles, I would have approached the city to acquire ownership without announcing it here on SS. As a dyed in the wool capitalist, I see some serious bucks in...