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The orange thing on the Air Force trailer is a very large Sewer Rodder. Its a gas powered 450 foot long sewer snake. I have used it a lot in my business.
One of these days I am going to repaint my equipment.
We used to keep logs in our heavy trucks, at the end of the year we used the total cost of fuel as a tax deduction. But when the trucks were no longer used for commercial uses, we were exempted.
Ok here are pictures of my 1987 ex Air Force runway truck , I got off the GSA after a fire company had it.
It still has the original air force warning stickers for crossing a runway.
There is the usual military data plate and loading information.
It has a military designed bed and a...
I know I am supposed to put this in the classifieds but I cannot post yet. A M35a2 that my boss bought has a M211 top put on it. It does not fit right and looks like it has a big head. Well he want to trade it to some one for any soft or hard top for his truck. Its a solid hard top, it just...
The radiator most likely sprung a leak and they pulled it to repair it. and that was that. It was never run again. For a short run use any radiator ad two long flex hoses.
The problem I ran into with a strip mall was the generator was too loud for their 50db noise limit. I had to install fiber insulation inside the case and a new muffler. The generator was also diesel too. these inspectors and their codes will drive you nuts. I had to have two fire...
According to a letter I have somewhere here from the Department of the Army logistics center. There were 14.
One was destroyed in Kansas. The idiot cut it off the truck and put it on a crane carrier.
That one was mounted on a M45
10 went to Vietnam.
That left three.
One destroyed in a...
You have to follow the National Electrical Code, Or National Fire Prevention Code. The generator has to be hooked to your house with an approved automatic disconnect system. You should also check if your in a city has a noise ordnance as most military generators are very noisy and do not meet...
Does any one have the information on its predecessor ? It supposedly was also a GMC deuce and was a cable run excavator not hydraulic like this one. Some one once told me it was like a drag shovel digger ?
You have to love bureaucracy. It exists , but it does not, but we don't care, but who does, we don't know. that is the attitude of some in our government. If they don't have a form for it, then they kick you some where else. Somewhat why one of my one ton trucks still has a screwed up GVW that...
We run a commercial construction company. So each work truck is equipped to do its job. 2 trucks plumbing, 1 truck water well work, 2 trucks general carpentry, 1 truck commercial electric ,etc. It means as long as I know what is wrong with a building and I have the man power that day we can...