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The tires aren't rated for higher speeds, due to centrifugal forces. You run the risk of catastrophic failure at sustained higher speeds. If the goal is simply to increase speed, changing gearing accomplishes that. The problem is that the truck as a whole is not designed for higher speeds...

M934A2... learn to like cruising 60ish. You can make them go faster, but it's hard to make them stop safely from higher speeds...

I like using the shackles off large trucks on bumper fab. (This bumper still gets the winch bolts drilled and some channel front and center)

1.5x2x9"

They aren't under built. They're generally way overbuilt. The shear pins mentioned above are a safety feature to keep it from breaking itself. they aren't designed to be used by one person acting alone. Controls placement and such...

This contradicts my understanding. 20 ton = 40,000lbs.... the winch on my 5ton is only 20,000 lbs rating. My understanding is the M35A2 winch was 10,000lbs....

Your trimming really looks pretty good.

Post office vehicles used to collapse the fuel tanks that way...

Variations on a theme... milkman ' s looks a bit more refined.

Thing is, the pto winch on the deuces is a 10k winch. Adding the pto winch is a pita.... but you could add an 18k electric winch for about $1k all in.... And while I agree a pto winch is generally better than an electric winch (duty cycle); ease of install, cost, and increased line pull would...

This leads me to believe 33's and a 4" lift is optimal. Especially if not changing out the 10bolt differentials. Comments?

Add a leaf?

Rough country part number 245.20 is the full spring kit that fits the m1009 (I think. Someone correct me if I'm wrong)

Building a winch bumper. It's still a work in progress. Dimensioned for the warn series 18. Front center is going to get a piece of channel with fairlead. I think I'll put deuce shackle mounts on it (thanks wreckerman)... (If you can read this, roll me over...)

Friend of a friend attempted a preview and was turned away.

"Better" for what? Either makes a fine toy.... Artisan's M916 is very nice. I even like the strange shifting sounds it makes.... But the HET is unmatched by anything else in US inventory....

I was able to read what was under the civvy paint. Now, if I held the gun on it longer the CARC was eaten away. But just a light touch and the civvy paint was gone and what was underneath remained. I used a $20 harbor freight sandblaster, about 90psi, and just plain old sand (with respirator...

I have lightly sandblasted and removed civvy paint while retaining the carc underneath.

The thing is, multiple calls to the DMV in just about any state will get you multiple conflicting answers. I travel for work, and was moving every 13 weeks up until recently. I started off with asking MO's DMV. 3 calls got me three different answers, mutually exclusive. I moved to TX and...