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Wow, who would have thunk it? I wouldn't have guessed the crane truck would make a better tow vehicle. Makes sense, but at first look the 757 appears to be a beast. That modified M49 is a sweet truck, too bad about the thrown rod.

You do understand the NG can't just "give away" vehicles, right? Maybe there's more to the story and something got lost in translation, but if the origin is simply what you were told I would demand a paper trail immediately. Or give them back. But that's just me...

Sounds like fun to me. A drastic lifestyle change often helps to figure out what is really important and re-prioritize, kind of a "hard reset". Sounds like you've got the option to rent a cheap place but you're choosing an extended campout because you want to. By what you've stated above it...

The HIMARS base vehicle is a FMTV. Those wheels don't look like standard FMTV wheels, but I'd wager the axles and hubs are standard.

Did the buyer happen to mention what it cost to barge her up from Seattle to WA?

Yup. Maybe a customer service makeover is coming right behind the new website.

The one 12v wire the -10 shows is for the cold start pre-heater glow plug. I think use is so intermittent unbalancing your batteries isn't a concern. Balance issues would probably come from higher draw or constant use 12v applications.

Thanks CARNAC, sorry about the NSN dashes. I knew better and still overlooked it. I'll promptly knock out 50...

Excellent photo album. Thanks for posting. I dig the 1st Battalion 5th Infantry "Bobcat" photos, I was a Bobcat for a few years and always like seeing historic photos of Bobcats in action.

Massive engine with some big parts to turn and keep turning when it's cold. It sometimes takes more than a few turns to fire in extreme conditions. 809 series 5 tons also have 4 batteries.

Just bought a 1970 Kaiser-Jeep M35A2 w/w from another member. I checked the data plate against the frame serial and it appears as though she was originally wo/w. I don't' know if a private owner or Uncle added the winch. I looked to see if there was already an info request posted since I'm at...

Awesome. Fi-fi is a pretty rare sight, and nothing sounds like those four massive CW 3350s. Share the photos!

You CAN take firearms through Canada. Just follow their rules, and make sure your paperwork is in order. It's very easy to take items within the limits of their laws, and I found all the RCMP and customs folks to be very helpful, professional and mostly friendly. I'm interested to hear how a...

The shelter linked by MIdon and discussed by Wheeling looks like a S788. While it doesn't work in a pickup or CUCV it'll work on a deuce. It has more room than a S250 and is probably easier to find than a s749. I got linked to his thread doing some unrelated searching and happened to find some...

Where was that and what happened to all that old iron?

Not a hood fail, but I had my windshield ice over within a couple of seconds and blind me completely, while going downhill on an icy road at about 50 mph. * Coming down from the hill where I lived in Fairbanks, AK, heading in to the city in the winter the temperature difference was such that my...

On a scale of one to ten, that machine is totally sweet. Seems like the perfect family tracked vehicle. I need one.

12ft for a deuce, 14ft for a 5 ton. Beds are flat. You can have "stake" sides and fold down seats if you want them. Furthermore both size beds come in drop side and fixed side versions. Both 2.5 and 5 ton trucks have long wheel base versions with much longer beds, but weight ratings remain the...

Another member here has an excellent M36 build thread going.

Yeaa! I was having withdrawls. Glad to see SS back.