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Just talked to my rural fire coordinator and he tells me that the forestry dept. just got in some newer style 5 tons...DOH!!! Got mine 6 months too soon, and to add more pain they have some 2 cylinder Duetch diesels with 250 gpm pumps. Double DOH!!! My typical luckaua

Thanks all. This isnt our first so each truck gets improvements as we go. This one has a 250 gpm pump, 120 ft of 1 inch booster line, a 1 inch whip line on the walkway behind the cab, 2 front mount 1 inch nozzles that are air actuated from the cab and 150 ft of pre-conected 1 1/2 hose. As...

These tanks are baffled and by losing the original bed we lowered the center of gravity 11 inches. I will not know the weight difference until we re-weigh it at the co-op next door. The first one we built was a M35A2, and learned from the mistakes. We also have a duece with super singles waiting...

Zout, in case no has mentioned it earlycj5.com has a forum dedicated to the m38's. I am restoring a 56 willys and have found a "1/4 ton" of info there. Good luck!

Our fire department conversion to a brush truck is almost completed. We respond to a lot of wildland fires and this is the weapon of choice.

Go to a car show. Ask any owner there and they will all tell you that they have more time and money in their ride than it is worth. It's not about the time and money. It's about doing what you want whether it's a complete restoration, a custom build or just a beater. Any hobby is the same way...

The linkage moves freely and fluids are full. We manually pushed the truck and it went into high range. Best guess is after sitting for almost a year all the shafts and gears were dry. When its a little closer to being done we will drive it and see if that solves the problem. This our 1st 5...

Can someone help? My volunteer fire dept. has aquired a 1972 M813A1 to use as a brush truck. When we inspected it and drove it home (100) plus miles everything worked. Now we are having a problem with the transfercase not shifting. With the tunnel cover off it appears that the shift rod at the...