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PaFarmer, I will say that as long as you stay within 5 tons you'll be ok. The problem is when people put dumps on deuces they tend to exceed the 5 ton limit (myself included). It doesn't take much rock to get to 5 tons. When I have my deuce loaded down (some will say overloaded) with rock and...

Setting the bed back will put more load on your rear tandems though. Ideally you want 60% of bed in front of the axle and 40% behind the axle. In stock form the deuce is about 55/45. I'd think if you went back much farther than stock you're front end could get light when heavily loaded.

I had a truck one time that would only start cold if you held the throttle to the floor until it hit. You would have to keep giving it a little throttle to keep it from dying until it warmed up. I turned the fuel up and then it started and ran fine cold. A 5 second shot of ether is a BUNCH...

:ditto: One is for high and low range. The other is to spool the winch in and out.

I'm not sure you could stack pumps. There's barely enough room between the block and the radiator to get one pump.

Agreed. The only reason I was even thinking about a hydrostatic "hybrid" system is I have several hydrostatic setups lying around off of farm and construction equipment.

Yes, that's what I'm talking about. They are commonly called "hand pumps" by the hydrostatic steering manufacturers. Mainly because you are actually pumping oil when you turn the wheel. With the engine running the "hand pump" is assisted by the hyd pump but you can pump the oil by hand with the...

I had a grill that was twisted and didn't fit right. You couldn't tell it was twisted until you laid it on the floor next to a good one. Put a new grill on and everything fit fine.

I was just saying that was the cheapest option I've found if you have the skills to fab it up yourself.

I've had a P/S idea in the back of my mine for awhile. What if you took a hydrostatic setup, tied the hand pump into the steering shaft going to the gearbox via a chain and sprocket or something, and added a assist cylinder to the tie rod. The theory being that the hydro system would act as an...

I've never actually seen a HHO system. We don't have them around here. Natural gas only. Must be a northern thing. I would look into it though if I could burn WMO.

I could put together and offer a kit. The problem is that most of y'all wouldn't pay for it. Steering components aren't cheap. Partly due to the liability involved. I'd have to have a huge liability policy to sell steering components that I built and extensive testing would have to be done to...

I do have a oil burner hooked up to my wood stove in the shop but it is very inefficient. The oil is cheap though (free). The main thing you have to worry about if you mix it with your HHO or if you get one of those factory made oil burners is clean oil. It needs to be as clean as if you were...

Here's the setup I was talking about- http://www.steelsoldiers.com/deuce-modification-hot-rodding/71123-deuce-hyd-power-steering.html I knew I started a thread about it and finally found it. All you do is replace the drag link and add a cylinder to the tie rod.

Garrison Manufacturing as listed earlier in the thread makes a hyd kit that works just like the air assist only hyd.

I had thought the politics were getting out of hand in the mess hall but it seemed like the staff was letting it go. I've been scolded from Chris in the past for politics and was staying out of the political threads to see what happened. My thoughts were right, when Chris found out about it he...

I don't have a problem with the "bug out" threads but do we need so many? I think there are at least 3 going on right now.

Not if you don't have any air pressure. If you've got air pressure why would you cage the brakes? If the service brakes work there's no reason to cage them.

Anybody got a price on this kit? There are better ways to add PS. There is a kit out there that works just like the air-assist only it's hyd. I tried to finding the link but came up empty. When I checked it was kind of pricey but required the least amount of modification to make it work.

Frame width is the industry standard 34". There is an oddball every now and then but 99.9% of trucks (regardless of type and brand) will have a 34" frame width.