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If you are taking a welding class, make the hitch a class project. I used to teach welding, and have done alot of fab work in my life, so I just fabbed up a hitch for my deuce. I went with 8-inch by 6-inch by 1/2-inch plate between the D-rings mounts and the frame behind the bumpers, used grade...

I'll second all those kudos to The Great Carnac!!

The M818 tractor on EbayMotors met the reserve and was bid up to $14,551, it seems that perhaps trucks on the west coast bring more money then back east??

Well, it looks like it was bid up to $14,500 and met reserve, so it must have sold then. AndyDieselPower, your truck sure looks nice too!

Jumping with a 12volt car battery will not help because your system on the deuce is 24volts. Just unhook the center cable that ties the two batteries together in series, and put a 12volt charger on each battery until you get a full charge on each one. If they don't take a full charge, then one...

Check out the one on EbayMotors as of 12-21 there is one day left. Up over $12,000 right now, described as new with winch. Sweet truck, prices are going up it seems.

Nice M818 5-ton tractor on EbayMotors right now, according to the description it is almost all new with a winch. It's over $12,000 right now with a day left to go, it will be interesting to see what it tops out at. I don't know how to post a thread to it, but it is easy to find under the...

If none of us had experienced modern vehicles with a/c, tunes, power steering, etc, we would probably find that the deuce was ok for more transportation uses then we usually give it. Think about a driver from, say- 1929. They had no ps, a/c, tunes, etc. Trucking in those days was for he-men...

Wish I had the bucks, I would be a player!

Are you going to bob the tractor? It seems it would be easier then a cargo. I don't see why it cannot be done. Talk about one mean truck, put it up on super singles, turbo the engine, put a winch on it, and you will be the envy of everyone. So if you do this, you gotta post updates with pictures!!

You might check with Alex at Idaho Motor Pool, he might have a towbar for sale. Go to www.idahomotorpool.com and get his phone number, he is a good guy. My wife tolerates my M35, but did say that if we ever get another MV, she would like a Humvee since she saw Alex's up at IMP. Moral of the...

Go look at my thread "Cold weather starting issues- starter relay?" and you can see what my starter relay looked like when it went belly up.

It was only a minor flesh wound- (quote from most western movies ever made)

Although I don't play the lottery, I was hoping someone from the Lottery commission would call me and advise me that due to a mistake, I had actually won it. Then this little pup could follow me home!

I suppose it is something we all would like to try sometime, but with someone else's truck, not my own! I agree, he should have sold the Corvair to someone and used the bucks to upgrade his truck. Oh well, we all have done stupid things in our younger days!

Here are pics of the 5-ton tractor into flatbed project at IdahoMotorPool that Frank is working on. Now we need some good weather for him to get back on the project.

Alex and Frank just finished this nice little bobber at IdahoMotorPool. It has a 5-ton multi-fuel engine, Frank says it's a screamer.

Went over to IdahoMotorPool today, and Frank has the 813 tractor on it's new tall super singles, the 5th wheel plate is off, and the deuce dropside bed is ready to go on. He has been held up somewhat by the very cold nasty weather we have been having, but he said when it warms back up into the...

Well, the TM did help, but it was not real clear as to where the location of the relay was. But Frank at IMP helped by pointing the location out to me on one of thier stock trucks, since I was so focused in on finding it on the firewall somewhere, and of course it was not to be found on the...

Can you say "TOAST"?! Found out the starter relay was cooked due to a disconnected/broken stud on the bottom, and a broken wire to the connection on the top. I can't figure out how it even started in such shape! As the pics show, the relay is attached to the engine block on the passenger side...