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Without a turbo. Rule of thumb is you lose 3 percent of your horse power per one thousand feet above sea level. Ten thousand foot pass your running at 70 percent power. Without a turbo.

So you couldnt get anyone to do a pick up and hold it for you?

63 MPH on a VERY long flat or down hill with a tail wind. Top speed I have seen on GPS is 63. Thats always going to be 2100 rpm. I " cruise " at 5 below the speed limit up to 60 then I am going to keep it at 58 or so. I do not care to run her close to max all day long. Being retired I am not...

I run 14s same truck GE is referring to. I bought his. I was the one that told him it was cutting it close. Its too darn hot for me to go get close up pics of how little clearance is left with the 49 inch diameter 1400s. The tread is still 90 percent on my tires. With 1600s being 53 inches...

Memphis equipment looks to have parts in stock. Good people I like dealing with them. I tried to add a link to the parts page it did not work.

"M818 van truck" M818 is a tractor. M820 M820A1 M820A2 are 5 ton van trucks. M109 and M185 are the 2.5 ton vans. Is this some kind of custom mod truck?

The legal height varies by state. Texas and New Mexico the max height is 14 ft. A lot of states in the east have lower height restrictions. I can not find the quick reference page I normally use right now to reference Kentucky. Just something to keep in mind.

Once the rivets pop they can leak. I had a seam burst on the front top edge of the box. That was annoying but we do not get much rain here in New Mexico. The time I spend in Houston will tell me just how good a job was done on the repairs.

Heading to Cuba NM this morning off loading my buddy and his gear then heading to Lubbock TX this evening. ETA 0500 if all goes well.

I can assure you from personal experience with the jack stands in place you can put a thousand pounds or more on the fold out sections and it will be stable. The floor section has cut outs along the diamond plate that work as tie down points for lighter equipment and 8 heavy load tie downs in...

Insulation is the old pink fiberglass and is normally destroyed. The ply wood interior will almost certainly need to be ripped out and replaced. The wiring is going to be 1960 or 1970 era. So its a good idea to replace that while your tearing the box apart. The process to expand the box is...

Flying out this morning. Will be at M920's AO this afternoon to pick up the truck.

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If anyone in the south is selling one of these or knows of one for sale let me know. It would look great as a set with my M820A2.

Very nice set up GE.

We drove down with the family, we have little ones so we used the SUV to transport them. I am flying back up to drive the 5 ton down end of the month, when we head north we will just convoy.

The wife has family down this way she wanted to spend some time with them for some reason. Since I needed a RV conversion done I contacted some of the shops in the area and I am taking her by to see what kind of estimate I can get. I also plan on doing some fishing in the Gulf while I am here...

I normally drive 5 or so under even in my normal vehicles I have noticed that people in Texas can get a bit hot under the collar when they come roaring up behind me. I am not really in a hurry, I prefer the small towns to interstate driving. I want to do most of my driving at night to avoid the...

Ok the end of July I am going to be driving my M820A2 to Houston TX from Pagosa Springs Colorado. I will be passing through Cuba NM, to drop off some stuff for a friend of mine on August 1st then wandering my way down to Houston. There are a couple variations of the route I can take, due to...

The book on mine with lift gate says 29495 with singles I estimate the weight to be a bit higher but I would not say more then 32500. I can swing by a scale next time I am driving without a bunch of crap in it and check for sure. It is currently in use as a storage shed/moving van. I know the...