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I just looked through the M809 operators' manual and didn't see anything about disabling the fan for fording. However, the manual says to limit speed to 3-4 MPH in 1st gear, low range. Maybe the speed limit is what keeps the fan and water pump from spinning off the truck? If you're that...

How deep is the water you're going in? If greater than 30 inches, you should have the deep water fording kit installed per the TM.

That's all I can figure, like a hydrauluc spool on an excavator, except it's spinning a lot faster o_O

Forklift driver making sure he puts the pallet between the wheel wells in the bed :sneaky:

I check Facebook Marketplace for prices every now and then and don't think the truck prices have actually gone up with inflation. It kinda sucks because right now I need another 1-ton van and my wife won't drive the kids around in a 5-ton wrecker :( Mind you the wreckers I've seen for sale are...

Were there any trucks that used this motor, or was it just a one-off?

Do you tune those voltage regulators? I've heard that's a lost art and solid state is the way to go.

I learned a few months ago that even though the cabs on the M939 trucks are wider, the rocker panels are the same as the M45, M39, and M809 trucks.

I think you'll enjoy it more that way too :driver: I'd be hesitant to use anything but a civvy truck to tow something like that, unless I really need AWD. Then I'd consider one of the heavy military trucks. Would any of the military tractor cabs be able to tow like this with the pintle, or...

I just posted up a video that might interest some of you. As mentioned earlier, most of Fusion 360's storage is on the Autodesk cloud. The one exception to this is printing drawings to a PDF (saving the PDF to your computer in the process), then printing that PDF to paper. So I have about a...

I think that picture is backwards. The steering wheels and air cleaners are all on the wrong side :p

Every truck in that top picture has its windshield down :unsure: One day I'll do that with my truck. I wish the cab top framing was as easy as a Jeep, though.

That sounds familiar, except I got away with not using tire soap or butter! The only thing I did differently with the clamp ring is that I flipped the wheel over on two tires (one on each "end" of the tire) with the rim in it clamp ring side up. Then I used a jack and a few blocks to jack the...

Are you using the ratchet straps to pull the rim into the tire? I did mine by first seating the rim while it was standing upright, then flipping the wheel onto either blocks or old tires rimside-up and jumping on the rim until it finished getting seated.

I think @Barrman meant the truck was a REO design. I always thought it would be cool to have a Curtis-Wright gasser, then I could say it's an airplane at heart :p

Thanks for measuring that! It seems the military super singles have about a 0.5" sidewall regardless of tire size. The 14.5R20 and 395/85R20 have the same sidewall thickness as what you measured. I hope the rest of your tires come off easily! If you can get the remainder off the rim without...

I remember seeing a deuce on Facebook Marketplace that had a Ford F-450+ truck cab on it. I'm curious to see how your project turns out!

I found that a Harbor Freight bi-metal reciprocating saw blade can cut through two tires before losing enough teeth to become ineffective :ROFLMAO: I remember having melted rubber gum up the blade too, but I found that improving my cutting technique helped with that! Looking at the way you...

I think the only differences between the M34 and M35 are the cargo bed (M34 bed sat lower and had wheel wells for the bigger singles) and the singles. That said, the hubs can be flipped on all the M39, M45, M809, and M939 trucks to go from duals to singles. The M35 with flipped hubs can take...

Nice pics! If it says M34 on the data plate, it should've been a cargo truck with an 12'x8' bed. Otherwise it looks like it should've been a tractor or dump truck. The M44 dump truck was called the M47, and I don't think a tractor was made on the M44 chassis. It's also entirely possible that...