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A friend of mine went to recover a GL purchased truck mid winter that had frozen into the ground...and probably e-brake too though he wouldn't admit to it. Got truck fired, tried to move it- nothing. Put into low range, tried...still nothing. Revved it, tried again...TRIED HARDER. He heard a...

I built that grapple for logs, but have found it great for ton's of uses; rocks, steel, snipping off small trees, ripping up smaller root balls, pulling old posts, munching up old square wire fence into a 'bale,' grapping straps to lift and unload something. I cleared about a quarter mile of...

I agree. The cab-forward design make for a lot more compact truck. It's great with my 406 that there's only about 3' difference between your eyes and the front bumper. Makes tight spaces a breeze. 'Bruiser,' this five ton take a little more finesse off road or on my power line roads but with...

Thanks guys! I mounted the front as low as possible to still give the suspension room to come up. I could've gotten it a little lower but the huge vibration dampener on the front tandems pinion soaks up more room that one would think especially considering the suspension travel. It does have...

Last summer I traded a buddy two hydraulic cylinders and rescued a beauty from him that he was going to make into a log splitter. Mounts were made up under bed and on the frame then the rear of frame hinged. The bulk of it was done. On my Palfinger crane, it originally had a hydraulic...

Nice machining! Also like the pic in AA's post above with the bottle jack to help locate the engine. I remember a pry bar against my side and welding stinger in the other hand to make a quick tack when I got the right position. :D

Eastern surplus is looking to sell their M715 parts in one shot. Couple trucks parts, parts...etc. Get a hold of Dave, you may be surprised at the lot you can get.

Yep, that was me. PULL THAT WASHER and get on with driving the truck. With the washer off, you only will be driving the tandems in low reverse not the weighted and planted front tires; you'll be able to pull them in via dash air switch when YOU want. I use my truck offroad hauling logs a LOT...

YBC Offroad- first time I read this I thought the same thing you did but R Racing means the actual DRUM & BAND BRAKE that is inside the housing. It's stupid band brake for a drum on the end of the pinion gear. There's a bolt head at the side of that housing you use to tighten or loosen that...

Ddmk18 has a good point- you can push the lever and it will bottom out on the tops of the clutch...so to speak, it will drop in and the handle will move to the side and you should feel it click into the detent (if it's still on there). A lot of times I have to rotate my spool before it will...

Awesome thread! Great pics and descriptions! Love the Kraz and Ural trucks...hope someday to be able to get one (or both). Thanks for the extra engine pics, interesting to see a 6-71 knock off. Shame that wasn't in better condition, if you needed more power, just swap in larger injectors. I...

Typically damages the case at the front drop because of the automatic low range front diff pull in. Take the washer off of the linkage and control the front axle on your own by the switch in the cab. The Allison with the multiplication of the torque converter can hit it pretty hard and with...

I've had an intake noise on two other engines- no experience with it on the 6CTA though. Both were due to a cylinder not being able to be evacuated; one due to a bad exhaust lobe on the cam and the other a broken rocker and bent pushrod. The intake could open but the cylinder charge from the...

The 20,000lb Garwoods on the five tons have a habit of the in/out seizing up internally from lack of use. Most likely you won't be able to free it from working the handle. If you're lucky, you'll be able to pull out the two large threaded plugs on that side of the housing and be able to spray...

TehTDK, That's a nice Mog! It's larger than the U900 based SEE trucks and doesn't look as big as it is until you're next to it. Love the XM-47 Michelins or same tread Conti's. No tread looks more appropriate on a Unimog than those do. [thumbzup]

One of the diesel or 4x4 magazines did a test with a 6.2 build up and found that it is limited by the very, very poor breathing characteristics of the head design. It will only make so much power and that amount of juice isn't worth the squeeze. They're a good engine, but you will only get so...

Oh, and for the departure angle folks, and Humvee folks, this is for you- ...a buddy of mine now owns it and remove the jungle gym so the frame could flex as designed. Tires are 405/75R20 Michelin XM-47's. 42" tall so a 44" wall. Unimog 416. Enjoy. :)...

I've found that if you can fit, build, or afford the larger winch, get it. I've had two 10,000lb Garwoods on Velvet (my former BIG M715), a 20,000lb winch nested into the nose of my deuce crane truck, a modified 10,000lb Garwood pin on for the nose of my 406, and a 20,000 level wind unit on the...

Me too on my 931A2. LOVE the CTIS and use it all the time. SAND mode works great in snow! ;)

BTW- Just purchased Fleetguard filter AF25354 off of Amazon for $63.44 and free shipping. Just type in af25354 in their search box. Great thread :driver: and video!