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M915 windshield wiper: civilian equivalent I looked at the NAPA item and it is a 14" long wiper. The M915 uses 18" wipers and it is their part number: WIP 601850 for $5.99 each. I can live with that. Jim

Please see the original announcement at http://www.steelsoldiers.com/upcoming-events/94820-puyallup-wa-gun-show-mil-vehicle-show-oct-13-a.html This coming Saturday. Hope to see you all there. Jim

I had a M43CDN for years. Should have kept it. Dang. Anyway, the interior was an off-white/creme color that was gentle on the eyes. Maybe the glare issue was why the Canadians chose that color. Or maybe some goofball just painted it whatever color they wanted. I had the heater and never even...

Will do. The setup is a bit over 50' long and the turning radius is about one standard Safeway parking lot. :shock:

I'll be there. Thanks for heading this up. Jim M915 Line Haul semi tractor FV433 Abbot self propelled gun

Welcome! There is a mil vehicle display coming right up near you. Saturday Oct 13 at the Puyallup Fairgrounds. It is at the Washington Arms Collectors gun show and we will have a bunch of vehicles there. I listed the particulars in the "Events" forum. Yes, the CUCV is a great rig. Cool, and you...

Additional info: I've got 11 vehicles confirmed so far. Please pm me or just chime in here if you plan on displaying at the Oct 13 WAC show, so we can plan the display area. Again, this display is being hosted by WAC, itself. We do have some money to help defray fuel costs, but I can't promise...

Plans are coming along nicely. It would be a nice touch for people to try and have some sort of a sign with the vehicle stating what year it was made, what conflict, if any, it was involved in, the general mission of the vehicle (deuce: general cargo and troop carry, etc) and any other fun...

Guys and gals, Please see my posting in "Events" for the gun show display at the Washington Arms Collectors Oct 13th, in Puyallup. It's a huge gun show with literally thousands of attendees and tons of vets to swap stories with. Any and all mil vehicles are welcome in any condition. There will...

Heads up! The Washington Arms Collectors gun show is Oct 13 and 14. We are inviting any era and condition military vehicles to be on display on Saturday the 13th. If you want to also be there on Sunday the 14th, that can be arranged. There are typically 15-20 vehicles there of all types...

I wouldn't own a new car, much less trust it for 1300 miles. I'd rather have something from the 60's and have Redbeardthezombiehunter ride along on the recovery. Guaranteed, we'd get there ok. Jim

Bruce B. in Berzerkely, CA needs some stuff hauled from Seattle area to the event. One 5T fuel tank and some odds and ends. I can deliver it to anywhere in the Seattle/Tacoma/Everett area. Thanks, Jim

Welcome from Duvall!

I had to work, or I'd have been there. Next year, for sure. Jim

I have a stock M915 and have towed a 35 ton Landoll 5th wheel a few places so far. I can tell you that in general, you will find way more pintle trailers out there than 5th wheel ones. 5th wheel trailers usually start at 35 ton capacity and go up from there. If you are just hauling 5 ton trucks...

Good luck finding any tracks. There are several rubber pad makers out there. They make pads for construction equipment. One is Scougal Rubber in Seattle. Be ready for a nuclear price tag, though. An alternative I heard about is to brew up your own with castable polyurethane, I think it was. No...

We'll be there! Last year was gobs of fun. Thanks for putting this camp-out together. Jim

Better check to see if the lunette ring on the tow bar will drop over the pintle on the commercial semi. Might not, actually. I ran into that problem. Commercial semi's have smaller pintles than some military lunettes. I don't know the dimensions right off, but I got a big surprise, once. Hate...

Oops. I meant to say "periodically charge the lower battery", since you will be depleting the lower one more. With the lower ones showing less voltage, that means that the 24 or 28V that you charge the stack of batteries with will put more than half the voltage on the upper batteries. Yes you...

See Marlin P. Jones and Associates. MPJA - Power Supply, Power Supplies, Security Cameras, LCD, Fans, Etc. for several down-converters that take in 24 and put out 12. A "reducer" might be a resistor. If you have a constant load, that might work, but as the load varies, so does your voltage...