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the first is a m246 tractor-wrecker, same as the diesel m819, it has a Austen-western crane, the second is a m62 with a austern-western crane, the third is either a repowered m62 or a m543/m816, which has a Gar-Wood double lift cyl. crane, all can lift the same weight, the m543 replaced the m62...

i got me BIG TB adaptors (the ones with the 1" hole and the big hole) from somebody here on SS. these adaptors are made so they pivot just like the medium adaptors do on the front lift brackets, if you try to bush a double big hole adaptor, it will bind up on the lift brackets, the big adaptors...

sounds like a m108 that you are looking at, not your everyday truck, all these trucks are fairly easy to work on, no rocket science involved nopics

"A Mack dump truck has a power divider which kicks in and basically locks all the rear wheels in for muddy situations. A deuce has 6x6, but only three wheels are actually powered at any one time. So the Mack will have power to 1 more wheel than a deuce does" the mack normally does not have...

A friend of mine that i worked with in CA. had a 1008 lifted, big tires, lights , ect it was in 3 color camo, looked good, this was his daily driver, one night he stopped at a local watering hole, when he came out there was a HOT WENCH sitting in the truck, she said "I like your army truck, lets...

what scale is the 113, where did you get it

the pics here of the bolster trailer are different then the ones that are shown in the 260-10 tm, this one shows 1100 duels, NO second bolster (bolster Centered on the duels), a round reach. this trailer shown in the tm is designed to ride on the rear of the 815 with the axles straddling the...

an 8v71 or a 8v53 ( even a 6v would work) would be a good swap, in ca., at the paso robles airport, there is a military museum, in the back they had a DEUCE 1/2 track, it was from Israel, had the stepped frame, ect. it was missing the motor, but was set up for a 6v53, which was stated on the...

what 1/6 Stuarts do you have , i have the USMC (jungle fever) and the sandy tan one

is your build RC

MORE PICS PLEASE, a whole lot more PLEASE pics of the build, the underside

is that a kit or scratch build WOW are you going to do the m151 trailer to go with it where did you get the plans, , i only have about 500 questions all i can say is WOW i need one of those with trailer to haul one of my 1/6 rc M5 Stuarts WOW WOW WOW WOW

you got to be kidding, this thread has now gone overboard and is sinking good night all, ive said what i believe with never a thought to put down GJ, but to bring up a safety issue

yes you can stop a deuce but what is the difference in stopping distance between a deuce with air and without air. this stopping distance difference is the unsafe part of this. we are not talking about a normal roll to a stop stop but a have to stop NOW. if your willing to go with this kind of...

not really "END OF STORY", because GJ did a ez mod that works for him does not mean its safe, if there is a queston of safety, then id rather not take the chance. would you went your family in the line of fire of a deuce with no air, if not why put somebody ealse in that spot

GJ. they are right, vibration alone WILL break that nipple, with the quick disconnect way out there on its own long nipple will put side load on the tank nipple, so between this and vibration it WILL break not IF but WHEN. its the WHEN id be worried about, like going down hill, coming to a...

maybe this thread It is Home my M816 can be added to this thread because they both are for the same truck, same topic, by the same SSer, only one thread was started in the WW2 5t trucks and the other (this one) the modern 5t might be a bit less confusing

wheel cylinder took a dump, the mushyness should have told you something was wrong

i noticed a bunch of post are missing ??????

same here, i could not keep filters, in the end i had to pull the tank and steam clean it