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Car on a light duty trailer...yes Car on heavy duty trailer full of tools, fuel, and parts...starting to push it As long as you watch your weights, distribution, and brakes it should be ok.

Flatty! You wouldn't last a second in New England with that gearing :)

It helps with tracking...looks terrible though.

That is quite the MV, do you have a build thread? Congrats on the win!!!

Realistically anything is possible Could be the entire door off something else with the entire driveline pulled from a donor with the front axle of something else. The tags are meaningless in something so old. You really just have to look to see what you have. Lots of old MV's that go on ebay...

Deep cycles are designed to be brought from fully charged to discharged (actually 50% if you want them to last) where a starting battery is designed for short high amperage draws. Has to do with the number and thickness of the lead plates. Both will work and interchange but a starting battery...

You should run a matching pair of standard starting batts. Deep cycles have no reason in a standard Cuck. Unless you are doing some serious winching or running them down all the time, starting batts only. Even if you are, a hybrid like a yellow top (which I despise) would be a good compromise.

That is one clean rig! Enough about your truck...what is that in the background? Looks like a camo camper hooked to some medium duty rig. Please telling more :)

If you have the coin (which is not much because frontend parts are super cheap on these rigs), I would take a weekend and freshen up the entire front end. That means all new steering and balljoints, repack/adjust wheel bearings, and have it aligned. You can try and do one piece at a time but...

Make sure water is not getting in through the filler cap. Since we are talking a small amount of fuel, I would dump that tank and fill it with fresh. New filter and maybe some biocide. Anything short of that is going to make you pull your hair out.

I love it Loaded it to capacity...loved it Great fuel economy Oh yeah...had to rescue a heavy hauler that needed a jump Just another day in a Cuck's life :)

I will tell you from personal experience that the 12k lb hydro mile markers are pretty decent winches for the money. They pull great and the speed when in HI mode spools quickly to get the line in or out. Had one on a TJ that I loved. Here is the downside. In stock form, they tie to your...

I've got one that has that style along with a flat 4/5 underneath it. Nothing plug and play though, you will have to tap into the military harness or the factory tail lights. If you do find something plug and play, post it up. I doubt it because of the age of the vehicle. The combination plug...

Sorry to hear about everyone's loss or near miss with death. Bad things can and will happen, it's always when you least expect it. This is not an area to be bragging about how far you step out of the line of safety.

Holy big money batman Since all those rigs have a serpentine drive, that is probably a reverse rotation water pump. I'm assuming that will require a belt drive change in a Cuck?

Sounds like bad injectors or a failing IP. Anyone else?

May be leaky injectors or air in lines. What color smoke?

This is all great info to know for anyone reading this. Thank for putting all those weight ratings together. Note to self...stay out of CA :)

So how does this seem ok? Who cares where you live, 20k lbs should only be pulled with a 2 ton plus rated medium class truck. Even the new fancy diesel 1 tons can pull (key word is pull not stop) that, still makes it a dumb move with the tractor being so small. You are aware that loads that big...

Yeah it can be done, just like kissing your sister. You are not only creating an unsafe situation very quickly (who cares what trailer brakes you have, try emergency stopping that train wreck) but are clearly exceeding the GCVW which opens you up to some serious liability if you ever get in an...