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  1. ke5eua

    Need Information for Flat Towing M931A2

    Learn something new. I was explained it the other way, and it stuck. My apologizes.
  2. ke5eua

    Need Information for Flat Towing M931A2

    You can leave the driveshaft connected. It is just a precautionary thing to disconnect them. As I said before, I towed a 900 series dump from Louisiana to Florida with just the transfer and transmission in neutral. Now when you get it all running it might be a little sluggish going but it will...
  3. ke5eua

    Need Information for Flat Towing M931A2

    I edited my post with the info. It is FM 20-22 Vehicle Recovery Operations. Phone autocorrected to tm for me. Here is the 1970 version from the site http://www.steelsoldiers.com/upload/misc/FM20-22.pdf Here is the new version FM 4-30.31RECOVERY AND BATTLE DAMAGE ASSESSMENT AND REPAIR 2006...
  4. ke5eua

    Toughest beads I've ever seen!

    I love how he hits the ring several times with the hammer then puts the mat down to protect the finish when he rolls it over.
  5. ke5eua

    Need Information for Flat Towing M931A2

    Need help(information) to flat tow M931A2 Undo the cage if you are going to tow it with the deuce and hook up air lines, you will need the brakes. I flat towed a dump and put it in neural and everything was fine. Per the FM you need to pull drive shafts. Disconnect the shafts at the axle...
  6. ke5eua

    Blew up a battery....

    With multi battery setup all batteries should be replaced equally. If the other two can hold a good charge then it will be fine, but if they are weaker than the ones you just order then it will take the new ones down with them. As far as the 4v one, yeah I would count on it coming back to...
  7. ke5eua

    FMTV High Speed Gears

    But that S&S is a sweet ride. Not so sweet on the MPG, but sweet non the less. Have a good and safe trip.
  8. ke5eua

    2014 VIN Info Thread

    a. 05E37370C12412328 b. UNKN c. 23200508984 d. Fellow SS member e. Zep cleaner took them off before I could jot them down. Thanks
  9. ke5eua

    FMTV High Speed Gears

    Yeah I defiantly wouldn't have had room. Are you in the truck in your pic or a mv?
  10. ke5eua

    Back from the paint shop

    Love the fire truck red. Makes me want to paint the 818 fire red.
  11. ke5eua

    Looking for transportation Tx to IL

    If it is a for hire type situation and you have a dot number, and mcc on your truck and you don't have the doubles endorsement I wouldn't do it. Especially if you do weigh stations. Now if you wanted to tow your boat behind your 5th wheel, as long as you don't exceed a certain length (I don't...
  12. ke5eua

    FMTV High Speed Gears

    Did you just get into Texas? We ended up leaving a day early due to hotels.com fubar mistake costing me double.
  13. ke5eua

    Looking for transportation Tx to IL

    If you are licensed for doubles just tow the trailer behind the cucv.
  14. ke5eua

    GL no longer processing trailer titles ( m1101)

    Might want to tell them that.
  15. ke5eua

    Steel Soldiers MV of the month - July VOTE HERE!

    Well someone has voted for me so I will thank you for the singular vote, lol Only thing I can promise is I won't put my truck in font of a swift truck if I win, wait, I won't put it in front of a swift truck if I was broke down and the driver offered to push me gently.
  16. ke5eua

    Looking for transportation Tx to IL

    I'm in cleavand tx right now headed back to Louisiana tomorrow then to ga next month if that could help you.
  17. ke5eua

    South Florida to Louisiana to recover CUCV-II at Jeepsinker's place.

    That's really good. My dad's dodge 2500 cummins pulling the 5th wheel doesn't even get 12, so yeah I say that is a win.
  18. ke5eua

    M998 trailer plug

    My mistake when I did the plug was align the big notch with the big grove, was wondering why the plug went in and nothing worked. Took me a min but figured it out, popped the plug out and ended up putting the connecter in the vehicle plug and then the cover over it then seating it the rest of...
  19. ke5eua

    South Florida to Louisiana to recover CUCV-II at Jeepsinker's place.

    Those pallets, gotta love it. Glad you made it safe. What was your average fuel economy towing the truck?
  20. ke5eua

    What have you done to your 5 ton this week?

    According to the tow bar smart book, no i'm not kidding. U.S. ARMY HEAVY DUTY TOW BAR NSN: 4910-01-267-2912 WEIGHT: 300 LBS. LENGTH WITHOUT ADAPTER: 88 IN CAPACITY: 112,000 LBS (weight of M88A1) END ITEM: M88A1 (HEMTT AAL) U.S. ARMY MEDIUM DUTY TOW BAR NSN: 4910-01-554-7296 WEIGHT: 140 LBS...
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