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The bed on a M105 weighs about 950-1050lbs. The 105 axle and wheels are also pretty heavy as well. Moving to a civilian axle/wheels/tires/brakes would greatly assist that.
But the best advice in this thread is to look at the M1101 series trailers. They're an aluminum construction with a...
Wow, I honestly just threw mine in there for filler this month since the nominations were low. I didn't think I'd have a chance with some of the cooler stuff in the running. But thank you all for the votes!
I need to make up a gauge for mine. I was going to order one from surplus center, but not for $15 in shipping. Guess I'll check with the local hyd shop tomorrow.
I wonder if anyone is scraping out any MK48's? With how simple the perches are on these trucks. I would think it'd only be a matter of working out a steering arm to swap in a MK48 front axle.
I've changed the verification system to Google's new system. Hopefully this will help out a lot of people as I tend to get an email or two each day where someone can't read the captcha. Not really news for anyone here, but I believe it'll help a lot.
And for those whom are interested...
Got a link to the air cooler you used or where to get one? I'd MUCH rather have that instead! It gets down to single digits where I live like maybe once every other year, and only for a couple of days at most.
Oh there's truck cranes that could do that. But we're talking like a large Grove Truck mobile crane that is huge. Then you might need a HET to get that unstuck!