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What he said. Also I would like to add the National GVWR for a person with a class R license is 26000# regardless of configuration. This includes GCVWR which is Gross COMBINED vehicle wight rating. This includes your trailer. There are some restrictive exceptions like house cars, (Motorhomes)...

This is the most awesome thread I have seen in a long time. I just got a 5 ton dumper and it is very tempting to recreate a gun truck out of it. Too bad I need it for the farm more than making it into a gun truck. Oh well. Guess I will just have to look for another one.;)

My understanding is Detroits unlock or free up when they are on the coast side like letting off the throttle and going around a corner. The tandem axles would put a whole new wrinkle in that operation. Would it be better to just lock one axle, front or rear tandem? Also if they really suck and...

I like it alot. Looks good. I am used to the solid color trucks growing up with M-37's. I go back and forth about how i want to paint mine. I guess time will tell. Thanks for the paint info.

Thankfully the MVCC here in CO has been working on legislation to protect our abilities to own and title MV's. I use mine on the farm so they are titled like work trucks and registered as farm trucks. It is funny how the DMV cycles through their restrictions. There was a time when getting...

I know this subject has come up a lot on SS. I am probably going to say something that you all may not like but I want to say it anyway because I think it is important and I hope you all don't take it the wrong way. Maintenance is extremely important with ANY vehicle, aircraft, ship, vessle...

Seems today like everyone on top is not happy unless they are making thier "viggorish".

Anybody run the new Yukon lockers yet. I have not heard about how they perform against the detroit.

As far as I know The ports of entry are for commercial vehicles or if you are transporting livestock. Any diesel dually crew cab with a light load and some passengers weighs over 10000#. I have stopped at a CO POE with my flatbed trailer on because of the same sign and the guys inside asked me...

I really like dreaming about deliving pizza in a deuce. I think this is about the only way I would do it unless it was in a Ferrai. It would have to be one of the extremes. I would have to agree with the in town traffic would make the novelty wear off in about a half hour post. And I don't know...

The 5 ton is non turbo. It did real well in California where there is air. It was a 25 mph truck up the steep stuff here. There is a big split between third and fourth. It just could not pull fourth. I had the M-105 on it but honestly the truck did not notice. On the other hand My deuce with...

Not correct. I don't know what the highest summit is on an Interstate highway would be. Good question and I will research that......I just researched it and the highest summit on I-70 through Colorado is 11, 158 feet and that is at the Eisenhower tunnel. This is also the highest point on the...

Congrats on the new truck. Those two looked like nice trucks. At least you should have a runner again. Too bad about the motor deal but that's the way it goes I guess. I can't wait to see your new truck. :-D

No problem. It wanted to roll up past 45 a few times so I just hit the brakes and slowed it down to 35. Then it just rolls back up to 45 and repeat. The truck has great brakes!

Thank you. I am suprised that I would have the only dumper in the club as there are a bunch of different vehicles. I am workin' on the paperwork, I really need to put on the hard top and I got an axle seal that leaked a little on the way home. I would have it ready for the 7th but I think I will...

What? You don't like my run on sentence post? I know I don't get a good grade for spelling, punctuation or format but.......I included pictures and video......Next time I will just post the pics. That's what everyone, including me, want's to see anyway. Kind of like a nudie mag only it's of OD...

http://http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ZQfjslIgAc Early morning start up.

The summit of Vail Pass.

So after 4 days and 2700 mile round trip we finally got the M-817 back to the farm. It was a running condition unknown truck so we were facing driving it or spending the $3600 to have it hauled. I did a bunch of research on SS before we left about the differences between the 2.5 tons and the 5...

I thought we already went down that road........Cuba. I really like the nice even number of stars on Ol' Glory. I really don't want to see that change. OK. So make it a territory so we don't have to keep going to their freaking "rescue". How many times have we "helped" them out over the past...