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When I got my M101Asomething 3/4-ton trailer, it had HMMWV rims on it, but its axle was meant for CUCV rims and the tires would scrub on the frame sometimes. I had some custom wheel spacers made to space the tires out from the frame. I don't remember the thickness or resulting offset I used... I...

A pair of 6-ton (or larger) jack stands is the way to go. Or better yet, three pairs!

A benefit of using a registration service (this is not the same as a title service) to handle the registration, you get some benefits: 1) You don't go stand in line at the DMV. 2) They can do the VIN verification at your site, so the truck doesn't need to go to the DMV. This is especially...

The 524/246 have higher output power than the 25/77. Between the two, the 524's internal speaker is more useful than the 246's preset channels IMHO. Assuming you get a ham license, you'll probably only ever use the radio on 51.0 MHz. Without the ham license, just get whichever setup you find a...

It's really not so bad here to register an MV, despite our thoroughly messed up laws in so many other areas. I've heard far worse horror stories about registration from folks in a few other pathologically messed up states. Even Arizona is worse than CA if you're a HMMWV owner in Maricopa...

The number in the wheel well is generally the proper number to use as a VIN for registration, but there's no guarantee that if the truck was ever registered before, that was the number that was used (as opposed to the hood numbers, etc.), or that it was released from the government with that...

A couple days ago, I changed an air hose under the dash. It would have been a lot easier if I was a midget contortionist with tentacles instead of arms. Turns out, the hose wasn't the source of my leak, so I get to crawl under there again. Woohoo! :( I also rebuilt my master cylinder that day...

Sounds like a reasonable price, and downright cheap shipping for such a big, heavy radio. You already have the right mount and antenna on your truck, and hopefully the cabling is also all present and in good condition (I wasn't able to look at that stuff closely last Saturday). You'll need a...

I'm not sure whether the M548 is for sale, or is one of their toys. They're working on fixing it up. It's lacking tracks and drive wheels right now. I didn't look inside, but it looked pretty good on the outside. It even had a track jack strapped in place on the stowage point on the front. I...

I'm already looking forward to another trip to the boneyard! Maybe in another month or three? Thanks a million for bringing the water and soda, Will! I would've dropped dead without it. I'll try to be better prepared next time! I work in Irvine, but I won't be able to make it to Fuddruckers...

Some folks were curious about how the field chocks and pin locks work:

They were over on the left side of the yard. I'd like to know what they are, too.

Us left-coasters say the same thing about where y'all live all the time! ;) Whether it's a truck or a box of star washers, it always seems to be on the other side of the country when you want it!

Same here! I'm still feeling too tired to go out to the pool. Something about a killer sunburn really saps me of energy. :deadhorse: (I'm the horse) I'll second that! The "Push To Test -- Release To Detonate" sticker will be going around the doorbell button on my new house someday! :D

I'm the good-looking one. rofl

I had a great time at the Boneyard trip! I didn't find the one thing that I had in mind (a set of troop seats and a headache board for my M35A2C dropside truck), but I did get some other good stuff: A set of field chocks and a boom jack spreader for my wrecker, a pile of blank dataplates, an...

It won't work unless you have Google Earth installed.

I tried to find the meeting place in Google Earth. Is this it? http://www.nf6x.net/tmp/taco.kmz

It really hurts to see your truck going up for sale, knowing that I'm not the lucky guy buying it! :cry: If I had the cash to spare, it'd already be on a Landoll heading towards CA! ;) :driver:

Welcome to the MV hobby, and to a great forum for MV owners! "MWO" stands for Modification Work Order. I assume that you're referring to a little triangular metal tag riveted to the driver's side door jamb that says "MWO APPLIED" and has a place to mark a date. I've seen those on some of my...