Recent content by magneticanomaly

Well, we're all having fun, no? AM General, if your XM211 has auto trans and/or gasoline engine, it is alas on the list of things I want fewer of, not more. If it has a manual, even with "issues", or a Diesel, how long is the bed? What is the capacity of a XM211? Are the bed sides...

Ron 73m819, you're a pal! Papabear, I won't feel stepped on if you just buy it. I do not want to string anyone along. I need a oood flat-bed truck to haul hay and manure and lumber and stones and the more-than-occasional rusty piece of iron, and I'm used to buying fixer-uppers. But I don't...

Yes, it's your truck we're talking about. Were its ears burning? I owned a gallon of DOT-5 (silicone) brake fluid once upon a time. Got a good deal from JC Whitney on it. Kept it in inventory for the day when I would do a complete brake rebuild on something, so I would never have to worry...

I'm trying to put together purchase of a long-bed 5-ton truck near Atlanta, Georgia, that will need hauled to WV, about 540 miles. $3 - $4 a mile will turn it from a good deal to a truck I can't afford. It sounds like it is not too far from being able to go under its own power, but I can't...

Can some of you give specific descriptions of the "bag filters" and centrifuges you use, y'know, make, part numbers, etc?

I'd love to know from some of you who put regular miles on these things, what kind of fuel mileage you get with what engines/transmissions. I'm thinking of getting one for general farm and hauling use.

What I suppose I would need to do to make this a marginally practical vehicle for me is to cut the back off the cab and add (at least) another row of seats, and either lengthen the frame or shorten the 10ft bed. The grinning driver of photo 3 above is my 11-year-old daughter, number 3 of 7.

L1A1, how did you find out the history you tell of your truck? Is there a particular part of this forum where I should post the numbers I have found on the truck, on top of left frame rail in front of left front wheel "6668". On outside of frame rail, directly under the former number...

Yes, I believe the aftermarket cab.. There is a plate inside it saying something like, "Chicago Manufacturing co"..I took more photos, but no time to upload them now. I found serial number(s?) on frame forward of left front wheel. On top of frame rail, "6668". On outside of frame rail...

new home w pictures Hauled it home (around 50 miles) on Friday, without incident, after a little uncertainty about whether it would fit on the (borrowed) trailer, and whether trailer tires were really flat or it was just heavy. . It weighs 7040 lb, which made it a lot more expensive than I...

M376x6, thanks for all the info! I am a little overwhelmed by all the good-will and great info here. Thanks to all! As I said, I plan to be at the scrapyard at 8:00 tomorrow morning. I will not have time to work on the thing much for a year or more, but my hope is to run and use it..it will...

Thanks, gerrycan, for the great info about the wheels.

Well, I hope to bring it home on Friday. 73m819 or hndrsnj, can you explain to me the significance of the rims? I did notice hat there is a bolt-circle in the flange. Is there an internal clamp-ring to keep the tire on after it gets shot-up? I am KINDA hoping not to need that feature, so if...

Thank you, Clinto and Ron!! The cans seem to be explosion-proof switches..it's a scrapyard. About the truck, it would be my first mil-vehicle. It has the dual-driveshaft arrangement in the rear, transfer case separate from transmission. I suppose that would make it easier to add an aux trans...

I found it at nearby scrapyard. I want it. Can any of you guys tell me what it is? will try to post pictures on edit