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I disagree. Just because something is a good idea isn't sufficient justification to mandate it.

Ever tow a trailer with insufficient tongue/pin weight? It will make a lasting impression. You'll only do it once, either because you'll be convinced or dead... There's a good YouTube video illustrating it. I'll see if I can find it and add it here. Edit to add - https://i.gifer.com/8knb.gif

Detailed answer including pics of a deuce on a 22GN here - https://www.steelsoldiers.com/showthread.php?179868-Newly-purchased-an-M35A2-trailer-towbar-Houston-Area If your equipment trailer is ony rated 16-17k GVWR it's going to be overloaded as well. But the 22GN is rated 22.5k so it would be...

They look good. Why would you expect to get into the low 30s for mpg? I would anticipate your mpg to be essentially unchanged. Any gains in gearing and reduction in unsprung weight will be more than offset by aerodynamics and rolling resistance. Speculation on my part, informed by...

The tongue weight is going to be substantially more than listed, due to the fact that it's going to be severely nose down. The bare trailer is 2440lbs. The genset is north of 3000lbs. I don't think it's legal anywhere behind a pickup truck, as you'll have no trailer brakes. Legal be...

Please don't hack up a LWB A2 truck... they're worth a premium. If you want a bobbed truck, sell your LWB truck, buy a standard cargo or tractor length A2 truck, pocket $4k or so in value difference, then hack that one up. The end result is the same, except you'll have an extra $4k. Dropping...

Am I buying? Or am I selling? If I'm buying, I want it for about $3k. That gives me good axles and a rolling chassis to work from. Since it's far from stock already I can stick a Cummins in it and probably sell it at close to break even on the investment, with the gas engine left over to be...

Ranchhopper did a digital camo paint job that looked pretty good. In your climate (WI) I'd worry about applying bedliner. The potential to rust away underneath strikes me as pretty high...

Brakes enough to get it on a trailer? The parking brake combined with low range and shut off the engine when it's where you want it. Brakes enough to drive it on the road? No...

You're getting fluid in the air side, and air in the fluid side. I don't know at what point the airpack will stop boosting, but I strongly suspect your pedal will go to the floor with no braking effect well before that happens. I'd replace the airpac before badness ensues. I think...

I speculate that your fluid is going into the air pack. I had similar symptoms and it was resolved by replacing the air pack.

I hate to be the voice of doom and gloom.... but I strongly suspect California is going to want you to have a class B CDL for that. Heavy enough to trigger the requirement, and too new to fall into the exemption. (But then again i seem to remember you drive for a living, so you probably...

A0 truck on G177s. 1986 started A1 trucks with super singles and some other subtle differences. Conceivably 1984, but unlikely. Almost certainly went through reset about 2007, so it may have an engine dated 2007 or so. But it'd be all but impossible to prove the frame wasn't manufactured in...

1985.

39.5x13.5R16.5 isn't close enough?

You're posting about a hmmwv in the 5ton forum... so you're likely to get answers specific to 5ton trucks. My experience in painting over CARC is that CARC is tough as nails and provides rust and abrasion resistance, while the overcoat of lesser paint provides cosmetic appeal. This has been my...

I've painted over CARC on 5ton trucks with good results. Just a good wash with green scrub pads. HMMWV is a little different though... but I'd guess it'd still be just fine.

Consider the differences in hinge design...

I have two 818's and four NOS 105 beds. That looks like something I should look into.... did you post specs on the modifications to the bed? (I'm assuming kingpin on a plate, but what else?)

Do as I say, not as I do.... 1000miles of this...