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Great show, as always. Wide range of vehicle types represented and very well organized event. Was able to be there Saturday with M916A1- good 350 mile R/T on the newly installed 14:00's. Nice to be able to cruise at a good speed and still have some headroom on the tac. Howard, your measured...

Asking for suggestions to change something that is so darn good is challenging. My start in MV's was in a hard copy, or word of mouth world, as the only way to acquire any information about vehicles. However, the key then and now is being able to burrow down through great amounts of data to the...

The rear full fender is apparently already out there. Check out TM9-2320-303-24p for the M915A4. It shows the rear fender as a kit to be added on.

Yup, went through the tire inflation/load tables from Michelin and am running 75 on the rears and 85 up front as a start. I imagine if the real heavy loads were in the future then Hemett wheels with longer studs would be in order.

Matt - looks like will be rolling in on Sat. Morning. John

Certainly agree with the design mission of the LET to haul at a GCWR of 130,000lbs., and thus have the tires adequate to carry 16k at the front axle and 52k at the rear. The GVWR is thus 68k with the rest of the weight carried by the trailer. Original duels in the rear support the 52k fine but I...

Tires cont. Added an M20 A/C for some extra weight and headed to the show at just about 60k. Performance was outstanding. Familiar road- all up and down, and the change was clear. Better ride, more rationale shifting and quieter cab. Yea, I kinda like the truck. John

Tire choice discussions seem to run through many of the larger truck threads and the 916A1 is no exception. The difference is there seem to be no defenders of the original issue rubber on Freightliners with their highway style tread. The one that I picked up from GL, for no apparent reason, had...

Artisan - The sliding rear window to replace the fixed one in the A1 came from Peninsula Glass Co., Vancouver, WA, 360-892-2029. It is their Series 900, with a good rubber gasket, excellent measuring directions, and sturdy shipping packaging. You can even get it tinted to match the original...

Steve, I plan to have the M916A1 at the Weare, NH show this weekend. It's about 175 miles from base, and will be a good test of the A/C. John

The Freightliner series provides lots of opportunities for neat little upgrades. Thought I would show some from over the past year and hopefully encourage others to post what they have developed. Sliding rear cab window--standard on the M916, but not on the A1. Needed to keep the air moving...

From your diagram, on a M916A1 with 11:00R 20 tires (slightly taller than those issued with the truck), and the sliding 5th wheel fully to the rear you get the following: A, the diagonal distance to mud flap corner is 74". When pulling the M172A1 trailer the TM says to slide 5th to the rear...

There are lots of choices in connectors and many fleet users pick one standard to use with all their equipment. Might check with a local heavy trailer dealer for recommendations. A friend here with multiple detachable neck trailers uses 1' Gates connectors with 3/4" or 1" lines. For the collar...

Ah, Continental 6602 one of my favorite gas engines (next to the Reo Gold Comet). Have had a chance to try out some of your ideas on two 602 installs in an M52 tractor. Removed .125 (1/8") off of the heads, where the only additional fitting needed was on the water plumbing connections to remove...

A number of the released M916A1 trucks have come with a set of connections for a hydraulic trailer supply added on. Then the latest M916A3 has them as standard. There is a good diagram of this set up in TM 9-2320-302-10 (or was it the -20?). They replaced the boost valve with one having 2 live...

Yup, without the later bumper and collision warning system it does looks like an A2, not an A3. The M915A1 was still the AM General version, with a Cummins, but with an Allison. The A2 was the first Freightliner, Detroit 60 version. The A4 is the strange glider kit version with the Cummins used...

You got that right- not much to see of the ground in front with the hood in the way, and now with the winch even less. After I run it around a while might look into guide sticks on the front bumper if needed.

Thanks guys, was a lot of fun figuring out how they might have done a factory installation.

Freightliner follies continued... Hydraulic connections were next; with the truck system set around 2300 psi and plenty of volume, no problems were likely in powering the new winch. The existing set up, in the rear winch operating tower, has one pump and control valve running the in and out for...

Product improvement of the Freightliner continues...after looking at the flat nose and flush bumper for a while, the problem of the lack of any safe front on pushing ability of the truck had to be addressed. Then recalling the times self recovery was needed for my 5 ton gas tractor the answer...