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When we talked to Mike Saturday, he said we needed to move the rally up a week or back a week in order to avoid the opening weekend of deer season. Next year may be a week back because every week you move it up risks you being in higher temps.
Every year it gets hotter and stays hot longer...
http://www.steelsoldiers.com/deuce/38371-deuce-transmission-disaster-pics.html
Pay attention to posts 6 & 7. The info there also applies to 5 tons.
You need to find a way to power the rear axle and have the middle one freewheel.
If there is a lockout hub for 5 tons, you need that and one...
Are you attempting to say "non applicable"?
Regardless of where the oil in your air system is exiting, had you read the threads I linked, you'd see the air compressors allow oil to migrate into the air system via the rings.
As the guys above mentioned, we took some time to make a scout mission today.
First, I want to say how much I appreciate Squirt Truck, Dumpster, Wreckerman, Bamalady, Blythewood Joe and SCSG-G4's time. All these guys took time out of their Saturday and drove out to D-town so we could all...
I have a real answer about what F7 means.
http://www.steelsoldiers.com/conversations/17931-gl-condition-ratings.html
http://www.steelsoldiers.com/conversations/17493-who-decides-h7-f7-a4-hx-codes.html
http://www.steelsoldiers.com/deuce/8521-question-about-gl-bid.html...
Although there is not much information in the initial post, I think this sounds like a terrible waste of a wrecker.
Wreckers are desirable in both the collector and commercial markets, why wouldn't you just swap the engine with a good takeout and sell it as a functional wrecker, then buy a 5...
Here are some shots of Ferro in action, delivering clintogf's long exiled parts truck. He brought along a friend.
Of course Ferro being the genius he is, he waited until the hottest part of the year to deliver it. rofl
I have the aforementioned M38A1 hood ($100?) and a deuce/5 ton soft top frame with the three rods. No clue what it's worth. $75? (EDIT: Soft top frame is now spoken for)