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It just takes two people to run bids up. A common mindset among the naive is "the other guy knows what he's doing. I really want this truck, so I'll bid until i get it. I know it won't go more than a bid or two too high, because the other guy won't go beyond reasonable value. So even though i...

Note that GVWR and GVW aren't the same thing. GVWR is unalterable and is assigned by the manufacturer. It's what the vehicle is capable of weighing, fully loaded. If the law is triggered by GVWR, then there's not much that can be done. GVW is what the vehicle actually weighs and varies...

Good ideas succeed on their own merits and don't have to rely on coercion. The fact that the EV is being forced, is prima facie evidence that it isn't a good idea. And there are many good arguments supporting EV, but I'll be damned if I do it simply because it's being pushed.

I'm one of the guys with a deuce who wants 5ton prices for it. Not rusted, dual circuit brakes, multifuel engine, 395's on aluminum MRAP rims. $17k. Your $10k deuce turned into $26k pretty fast.... My preference is the 939series truck with airbrakes and NH250, but the good deuces are getting...

I make them. 12v/24v, alligator clips or slave plug. I've got a couple in KS but I won't be there for months. It charges through the slave port at 4 amps and then drops to a trickle as the batteries become charged.

But there's no reason not to use all four even on low amperage slave starts. It'll only draw the amps it needs. (Or am I missing something?)

I do the same with my wrecker. I don't use it enough to justify buying batteries for it, so when I need it I just slave it from one of the other trucks (and leave the cable connected)

I speculate that this idea came from the fact that the voltage regulator on some of the trucks will malf and fry the alternator unless there are good batteries in the loop. They applied this to all military diesel engines. (And I wasn't sure either way until Dewie's post)

It's a complete roll of the dice. What's your tolerance for risk? Me, I consider it recreation and entertainment. I'm willing to sift through a dozen trucks to find the "keeper". Other people want to buy once and be done.

I have them and sell them. I've got about a dozen left, at which point I've got no way to get more short of exorbitant prices. I also make slave cables. I've got the hydraulic crimper and heat shrink to do it right. I make them with 1/0 and 2/0 copper cable. The problem is they're in KS and...

But only the knowledgeable can differentiate the now-nontagged reset genset from a unit that wasn't reset. If you know, you can get a LEAD genset at "regular" price.

I speculate someone wanted a Letterkenny reset genset at non-letterkenny reset price and had the access to remove the tags.

I'm guessing you're a 98H, attached to an SF unit. Or a combination 98G and 98H, team leader. Which language? Welcome. If you like a deuce, you'll also like a 5ton.

The 939series is a different animal entirely.

I wouldn't do it. Two main reasons - 1) the potential for badness with any kind of brake glitch is high. Trailer brakes being full airbrake with springbrakes will go a long way to mitigate this. 2) the clutch in your deuce will be unhappy.

It runs?

Appear to be LMTV rims. Same as 5ton combat rims except have twice as many bolts holding the two halves together. Suitable for use on M809series and M939series trucks when using 14.00R20s or 395s. Will rub when used with 16.00's.

Agree. The latest HEMTT rims are the ones on my M925. They're 2 piece bolt together and work well on 809series and 939series trucks with 16.00R20s.

Please elaborate on the need to balance loads between the three legs. How evenly balanced? How much imbalance will it tolerate before damage or accelerated wear occurs?

If i were selling the truck, I'd fix the (most likely fuel) issue and then price it somewhere around $12-15k. If buying the truck, you're gambling that it is in fact a fuel issue. You can replace everything from the tank to the IP pretty trivially, and rebuilding the IP is somewhere around...