Search results

Here is a dragon on a Canadian 72 ton heavy equipment transport trailer that came back from Afghanistan a few years ago.

When ever I replaced the brake shoes, I almost always did a major and minor adjustment ( lower anchor pins and upper eccentrics) to get the recommended clearances.

Greetings from Montreal, Canada! Welcome to the group.

Hi Rusty. Question for you: in picture 8, where the upper portion of the spring rod rests against the tail gate, would you have to re-enforce the sheet metal so it would not bow out with the pressure of the spring rod? It might not bow out immediately but maybe over time... Just a thought.

They were known as a 5/4 ton. Chevrolet K30 series trucks very heavily beefed up. They had a 350 4 bolt engine with a 4 barrel Quadra-Jet carb. If my memory is correct, there was a Dana 60 in the rear and it was full time 4 wheel drive.

All of them had the 8.2 Detroit and the Allison MT 643 automatic transmission. Some had hydraulic winches and cranes. There was even an engineering variant that had side mounted post hole digger and a full compliment of hydraulically powered tools. There were lots of other variants ranging from...

Greetings from Montreal! I worked almost 25 years on the MLVW`s. I have not owned one myself (came close) but would be happy to answer any questions you have about maintenance and upkeep. There are a few, very few, MLVW`s out there that were licensed for road use before the government added on...

Thank you Very much Rusty for the compliment! Especially coming from an American saying that something they invented was improved upon by Canadians. Way back around 1980 when we were doing trials to replace our (and yours) old M135 deuces, we looked at the M35 as a base platform and then started...

Hi Rusty, Yes that is a hydraulic winch and yes it is original from the Canadian Army. It is made by Pullmaster and has a straight line pull of around 10 000 - 12 000 pounds. I have also included a photo of the winch control. It is mounted on the right hand side of the shifter. In the photo...

Hello Rusty, Up here in the great White North, our mobile repair deuces had a front mounted vice on the passenger side of the front bumper. The vice itself has a swivel base and it was mounted on a `fold away` platform that when stowed, hid behind the bumper, protecting it from the elements and...

Almost all of our Canadian Deuces all had roof racks. There was an official mod instruction on how to manufacture them and they also had covers. We would throw personal kit, extra gear, or anything you could think of up there.

Hello from Montreal, Canada.

I wish I had a setup like that back in 1998 when we were hit by the ice storm that paralysed parts of Quebec for almost 4 weeks. My neighbourhood had no electricity for 20 days. We were located in what was called by the media, ``the black Triangle`` just south of Montreal.

It was not the best engine to put into a tank, but when there is a shortage of big engines during war time, you go with what you can get. Necessity is the mother of invention. Just look at what Chrysler did. Mounted 5 six cylinder engines on a common frame/base and voila, a compact 30 cylinder...

With parts getting scarce, why not upgrade to more modern equipment? Wabasto and Eberspacher make great equipment for heating vehicles large and small. Up here in Canada (where we know a thing or two about staying warm in our cold weather!) I worked on our M109 A4`s upgrade project and that...

Up here in Canada, we would run with rad covers installed and it would help a lot when driving at highway speeds. We would also go crazy with gun tape and try to seal up all the cracks around the windshields and foot well vents. As for tires, we used 11.00R20 Michelin XZL singles on our deuces...

Hello from the eastern side of Canada. This site has guys that are guru`s of knowledge on your truck. If you have any questions, don`t be afraid to ask. Cheers from just outside of Montreal!

I worked on the Canadian Deuces for 20 + years and they have the 8.2 litre V-8 engines in them. They also have an Allison MT643 ( I believe) automatic transmission. The engine was a high speed diesel, red lined at 3250 RPM and gave our deuce a top speed of 90Km, give or take a few.

It`s always heart wrenching when your kids are in the hospital and there is nothing you can do but put your trust the doctors and nurses. Glad to hear that they are doing better and cudos to the hospital for accommodating you with power for your truck.

Duuane, you have a really nice deuce to tinker with. Good luck getting the motor unfrozen. And above all, your wife is a keeper! Cheers!