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The only heat I use in my M1009 is the defroster, warm windshields are a wonderful thing:)
Snow is not so tough to drive in, ICE however is not possible without special equipment, and chains or spiked tires are not so common in Central Texas...
BTW: I'm pretty sure groundhog is all dark meat...
The Yankees driving like the roads are dry are the main problem, in my opinion. Just because having only 1" of snow on the ground means it's springtime in New York, does not mean you can drive 60 in a wet 40 zone, and expect not to stuff it into a Texan driving 30 because the snow/ice scares...
I sort of have cab heat, I believe the thermostat is stuck open so the motor never really gets above 180, so there isn't much heat generated in the cab. The truck doesn't even get over 180 in the summer, so I am not complaining too much (we have a LOT more summer than winter)
I drove Volkswagen...
I already have Pinky's hubs locked in for the trip home tonight, they say the current temp is 32 and "they" are predicting a sharp drop in the next few hours, should be fun!
I WOULD like to see that, Reloader64 built me a CUCV to 4 pin civvie adapter, but I would like to have a connector to adapt a mil trailer to civvie vehicles. I just bought a used set of TruckLite omnivolt LED tail lights to convert the trailer back to MILSPEC config, all I need now to complete...
I was trying to "modernize" the trailer and still keep it military, but I have discovered that radials can not be mounted on the stock M416/M151 wheels so I will just get a new set of NDCCs and tubes.
Thanks for those links, I found a very useful bit of information from the classified ad, the M101CDN bolt circle is 5x112mm and according to the -14 the M416 is 5.5x140mm so the wheels will NOT interchange. Also thanks for the heads up on the age of those tires, I wondered about that, now I...