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  1. reb87

    5th Wheel Plate M920/M916

    I have been using my english adapters for a while now. Ive hauled about 30000 bushels of corn to town, thats about 34 trips with total weight of 87500 lbs and about 1700 miles of heavy use off road, gravel and paved miles, so there was a lot of twisting on the kingpin though the oscillating...
  2. reb87

    ft riley pick up help

    Ok I think i have it covered. It will be going to okc where I have other items awaiting pickup... Thanks for all the offers, I really appreciate it.
  3. reb87

    ft riley pick up help

    I have a backhoe bucket at ft riley ks that needs to be picked up in the next week or so. If one of you kansans would be able to pick it up and hold it till I get down that way some time, that would be swell...here is the auction http://www.govliquidation.com/auction/view?auctionId=4126799...
  4. reb87

    M915a1 gets a paint job

    If I paint any of my trucks they will be green though a flat black might look nice... He is a farmer and uses the m915a1 trucks for bringing in the corn/soybeans and keeps his new petes for hauling on better roads...
  5. reb87

    M915a1 gets a paint job

    My neighbor just got his M915A1 painted. It turned out pretty nice, I thought Id share pics...
  6. reb87

    M915A1 recovery has begun...

    if you are coming back thru nebraska and have room for my rops that wreckerman has, I could contribute to your gas fund. I may be out of your way though...
  7. reb87

    Ellsworth Deuce Recovery

    Glad you made it home, I wondered if I may get a early morning call. Nice to meet you ...
  8. reb87

    Ellsworth Deuce Recovery

    Im north of the interstate 80 and York location in Nebraska, around stromsburg (hiway 81) if you need anything on the way home.... 402-366-4998
  9. reb87

    MPG loaded, m915 vs M916 vs M920 ?

    using m915a1 and m920 for hauling corn/soybeans........ 120 miles round trip. 80000 lbs m915a1 full/30000 empty getting 4.5 mpg average trip.....88000 lbs m920 full/37000 empty getting 3.85 average trip...
  10. reb87

    M915A1 Gauges quit registering

    sometimes the gauge panel(or gauges themselves) dosent ground well to the dash. It might be worth running a jumper wire to ground it better...or fiddle around with the latch screws on the panel
  11. reb87

    Ellsworth AFB South Dakota storage

    Awesome, thanks for the heads up
  12. reb87

    m920 and m1076

    commercial style set up with 4 air bags, driveshaft loop to clear driveshaft...yes 16.00x20 tires...thnks for not bidding....using 3.5 fifthwheel with adapters for civilian 2 inch kingpin from Capus UK Ltd Kent - Specialise in the supply of Technical / Safety Critical parts for Commercial...
  13. reb87

    m920 and m1076

    Here are some more pics of my m920 with the ramps and fifth wheel spacer removed. Yes a module or flat rack...occasionaly...will deal with that after I have a module....there is a aux hyd hookup on the factory m920
  14. reb87

    M920 Pusher Axle control problem

    I had to put a new diaphram in my granning controller. I had a few others around to use but I think you could get one a truck parts place.
  15. reb87

    m920 and m1076

    on the trailer backing, if you can back a four wheel steerable trailer you can back this one. It takes some practice but I can back it if I really need to, but I usually try to make sure I can just go forward. There is a lock pin for locking the front axle so it cant turn but you have to do...
  16. reb87

    m920 and m1076

    Yes 16.00x20 tires, gvwr on trailers is 49500 lbs. I got a little over 6mpg going and 5mpg on the trip home. runs 65mph a little over 2200rpm, a run it 62-63 mph 2000-2100rpm...
  17. reb87

    m920 and m1076

    I recovered my and "M1075's" m1076 trailers from Rapid City SD yesterday. We had a Gary from JK Crane Service Inc (605-381-5491) come out to the pickup location and stack one trailer on top the other. He was excellent to work with as was Ray from GL. There was a pesky pheasant that was...
  18. reb87

    5th Wheel Plate M920/M916

    Sorry Ive been changing injectors on the m920 getting ready for a big trip... I got the adapters from Capus in England. I bought five of them to keep in the m916 and m920 so I could keep the big fifth wheel and use on trailers with 2 inch kingpins...
  19. reb87

    5th Wheel Plate M920/M916

    the m916 and m920 have oscillating fifth wheels and they are in a "sled" that moves left and right in a kind of oval. It is not a simple hinge like the m818 so no wedges are needed. It works great especially in the country where the roads are crowned, without it when I turn a corner with the...
  20. reb87

    M915A1...finally

    Napa number for the front turnsignal light is 4842 made by trucklite. Just type in 4842 and put no for specific vehicle. Store Locator | NAPA Online
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