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I have one of each the light one with jeep wheels one with duece wheels and one with five ton wheels. I only bought them because I bid low on them and won them without competition. I paid less for them than I would have paid for one wheel on the five ton model. The bigger ones have lots of...

RE: Re: Ouverson lockout hub Will he warranty this????? Wow: Glad you are both OK and that the truck is not damaged any further than a replacable part. That says something for them couldn't you have lost the wheel if it did not hold up like it did. I tell my kids drive slowly oak trees...

Wonderful find! So many of us are getting our desire for an M818 I still go out just to look at it sitting happily under the M 127 and the M 52 now out on the prowl for a new owner. You will love driving it home although my duece goes faster than my tractor it still sits sweetly on my drive...

Welcome to the site and pictures are a must you can also put them in the classified which is where my M52 is going pretty soon.

RE: Re: RE: M818 1,200 miles and home Blood of Tyrants: I know what you mean I spent six years enlisted in the Coast Guard on ships built during WW II some of the constant noise from pumps and hydraulic lines running through the berthing area cost me my high frequency hearing hense the ear...

RE: Re: RE: M818 1,200 miles and home Thanks Friends, I can not emphasize enough what a great men Tim and Robert are. We certainly put the truck through it's trials driving almost nonstop except for the night in the hotel. It ran for hour after hour without skipping a beat. That Cummins...

Well We did it: Christian my oldest son and I flew down to Baton Rouge on Monday and littleBob was very kind to take a day off and pick us up to take us to Timntrucks to pick up our M818. My Son aired up all the drive tires and Tim and his family had a great BBQ waiting for us to eat. Both Bob...

I am in the process of getting back into the radio ops I picked up a HF digital unit at a Hamfest that operates from 3Mhz to 30Mhz, I am really hoping to be able to tune into some of your frequencies to see if I can DX I would like to tune it in just to listen until the licence comes home. Any...

RE: Re: Fuel Prices It is pretty stupid that the prices are so high on diesel. It is the fuel that runs our country and gives us most of our supplies, Trucks and Trains use it so all of our prices rise when diesel hits the skies time to make some real changes in this country. NO FREE HAND...

Just two more days till I drive mine home Woo hoo I hope to see lots of pictures on this thread and I am praying both of us have Hank trucks getting us home in good shape. I am asking the LORD to minister to my son during the trip he is a late maturing boy and I want him above all else to...

Wow Great post and picts I am really glad to see your truck out there working protecting the community and a big thanks to all you firefighters. Don't worry about the one ton guys all in a hurry like you said nothing beats showing up on time with the tools, water and equipment to get the job...

RE: Re: RE: Re: RE: Re: RE: Re: RE: Re: RE: GL Trouble Oh for the days of picking the SF 97 up at the office of the DRMO on the way out of the gate. Beurocracy is not a good thing. That is one reason we all like Steel Soldiers it is almost free of it.

Wow is right! I find that missing the front shackles is often a sign that the rest of the truck is picked over. I always thought that these contact trucks should be dual rear wheel variant.

I have a HF radio in my duece, it is a 125 Watt model with a self tuning antennae. Would we be able to get a standard frequency that we could DX on? I am waiting on my call sign to be renewed as the last time I had one it was back in the 70's. I think it is a great idea to get it started...

I will have a much better apprciation for the top speed next week after driving mine home 1,200 miles. Any guesses on how much fuel I will burn? Not an attempt to hijack the tread but I assume the OD question related to ecomomy of driving. I am going to try and keep it around 50 on the GPS...

Keep up the good work guys how about some no Hillery or No Barack Hussain Obama signs?

Wow: I know that this will certainly be impacting my thoughts of taking retirement. With all the trucks we have that burn diesel I am thinking of mining old home heating oil tanks in the area. That way I could set up a small refinery in my back yard and refine it to refresh it. I am hoping to...

David: What do you think caused this trouble? I am going to be clutching my way north in our M818 next week and would like to know some tell tale signs of what led you to replacing the clutch. How hard was it to drop and any pictures would sure be great but I know you all are getting more of...

RE: Lease / return...? The trucks are also not duel rated 2 and a half tons it for the LMTV. I could load a duece with way more weight and keep it on the road. The Armored Cabs are very heavy and degrade the capacity even more. Most mechanics would take a HEMMT wrecker over a MTV one...

The latest night vision veiwer is a combination unit using the latest gen IV intensifer and an IR veiwer and combines the veiw for the Soldier it is an awesome unit but don't expect to get one with out a lot of money and that will be a civilized version not quite as good in my mind.