Recent content by Robo McDuff

The blacksmiths / welders here said they can do it, but the main problem is that almost certainly it will break again. This was not a fresh new clean break but a process of an old crack growing and getting the final push. Also, it is not just 5 minutes work, and that costs $$ also. Their...

I found a company in nearby Ceske Budejovice (Czech Republic) who can figure it out for me; they do other US MVs and veterans as well. No time to get my filter out yet.

I am restarting to work on my 1965 M51A2 Multifuel. The truck does not start, almost certainly because of contaminated fuel. I need to replace the fuel filter and clean the tank. Unfortunately, the Dutch company who had lots of Deuce and 5-ton stuff went belly-up, and I cannot find another...

This little lever of the dump hoist control box broke. The system works well, just this little lever is kaput. Above the broken parts and its size. This is in metric, in inches this lever would be about 3.46 inch long. This is of a 1965 M51 A2 5-ton dump truck. We tried to...

Somebody washed my truck too hot? I really thought I had a big truck, but it looks like a toy on top of this modern container truck. Driving it back from the farm to the camping place. Transport from the Netherlands to Czechia. The M51, the Atlas 1500 backhoe, and the 1953 NSU Konsul 350 cc...

The DoT had some other remarks, the most important being that the headlights and brake lights are too far from the outside of the truck and the pintle hook not being legal on civil vehicles. I could get a new "fish-mouth" coupling with a large discount (left). Had a craftsman metalworker...

Typical view from our working place :cool: Officially you are not allowed to mess around with the frame, but DoT agreed that I could assemble a 5th wheel using the strengthened cross beam as basis. Three friends of my brother occasionally helped me. Here, one of them is drilling the holes...

There is more information on the truck and how we partly restored it in the Netherlands on our museum website (horribly outdated site, I know). I had know about this truck for some years, but never thought it would be available. I have to extend the story a bit to explain why and how...

Late start in the race. I was down for some days with a gallbladder problem, sleeping a lot and trying to survive, but things are more or less OK again. Wednesday we had to take care of 20 five- to seven-year old kids (including some North American kids) from an international school trying...

Maybe motivating more or better entries, finally will trow in my M51A2 /M52A2 so we at least have a race. The color is horrible, just needed a quick fit.

This probably is also a not-allowed entry, but maybe for an honorable mentioning: Rudy, the T34 my blacksmith son's apprentices made for this year's "masopust" ( Shrovetide, the 2- or 3-day European historic version of Carnival). FYI, this is just keeping my hand in; hopefully this spring I...

:shrugs: Forgot that February has only 28 days, so was too late with voting.aua

Maybe put a link to it to make it simple for illiterates like me?

:cry: I was soo hoping to campaign for my toy :unsure: So real contestants, please start tell me why I should vote for your rig. (y)(n) ???????

Since we have so few contestants, can I submit this one? :) I can put it outside in the snow if you want. It's a Scammell Pioneer Recovery Vehicle, by Lesley Matchbox. Lesley mentions it as a Scammell Breakdown Truck. Has been in my possession for over 55 years