• Steel Soldiers now has a few new forums, read more about it at: New Munitions Forums!

  • Microsoft MSN, Live, Hotmail, Outlook email users may not be receiving emails. We are working to resolve this issue. Please add support@steelsoldiers.com to your trusted contacts.

Search results

  1. msgjd

    Unimog forklift/crane up for auction in NJ , 2days left .. have you ever seen one??

    https://municibid.com/Listing/Details/78800961/1990s-army-unimog-crane-forklift
  2. msgjd

    MV of the month Oktober nomination 2025

    why not? It has wheels and makes noise, right? :ROFLMAO:
  3. msgjd

    Waste Oil in MEP802/3

    good to know !! ,, whatever it was it sure smelled like sulphuric acid (and that's what we all thought at the plant) and it sure made a mess of engine oil and the internals
  4. msgjd

    Waste Oil in MEP802/3

    I concur about using WMO (and WVO) to spray-undercoat vehicles and treat wood on trailer decks , truck flatbeds, wagon beds etc .. Been doing it 50 years... HOWEVER,,, i learned long ago to avoid WMO coming from diesel engines, especially worn out ones, as back then the wood seemed to punk...
  5. msgjd

    Waste Oil in MEP802/3

    Although i know of places that dumped their WMO back into the bulk fuel tanks, especially in the days when B-model and R-model mack's were the usual trucks "eating" it, I wouldn't use it. Not only because of ash, but because of increased injector wear from microscopic metal in the WMO .. One...
  6. msgjd

    Single out on stock wheels and tires

    all i can tell you is in the early 2000's a motorpool i drove past had a couple M35A2's that they singled out just by removing the outer duals and left the inners facing inward .. The trucks looked goofy as all hell :rolleyes: idk if this works but if there was an opportunity to grab a set of...
  7. msgjd

    M416 trailer: were there Magnesium wheels on the early ones??

    THANKS for the pics !!! Yes, they were fitted afterwards, without any doubt now ! .. Not just in AIT, but i ran into several "A0's" afterwards with other units as my time progressed, all with directionals , and all were in CONUS.. Probably one of those USDOT things, just like the...
  8. msgjd

    Baffles in or baffles out?

    amazing ! .. Years ago when i was regularly hauling loaded flatbeds and box trailers 120+ miles continuous with my M818 and the XM818 , the two trucks ran at different temps, especially on the climbs although the hotter one never got beyond 205 degrees .. I always took this to mean one...
  9. msgjd

    WANTED: M-GATOR consultant -having mechanical issue - need a consultant on repair

    common issue with the commercial gators as well , almost always screech only in reverse if e-brake is sticking .. Gator HPX 2005
  10. msgjd

    Dodge M882

    "the first scratch hurts the deepest, baby i know .." :D
  11. msgjd

    M416 trailer: were there Magnesium wheels on the early ones??

    If the M151(A0's) did not have directionals, then yes it is plausible the first M416's were lamped like the M100's.. I do not know because in my experience beginning in the 1970's all the Mutts's, old and newer, had directionals. When i was in AIT for heavy motor transport, all three M151...
  12. msgjd

    M416 trailer: were there Magnesium wheels on the early ones??

    early-1960's with or after the introduction of the M151 but I do not know exactly when .. All M416's. I saw in the 1970's-up had twin taillights ... I have an M100 w/single stop/taillamp and am familiar with what you are referring to (y)
  13. msgjd

    WANTED: WWII Case SI Airborne Stump Puller

    i had a Converto dump on a homemade trailer platform and later installed just the unti itslf w/2-stroke manual hyd pump in the bed of of M880 for awhile.. Was very handy
  14. msgjd

    M416 trailer: were there Magnesium wheels on the early ones??

    I have an M416 as well but i am pretty sure it has steel wheels but this post has me curious to double-check... Most trailers & wheeled vehicles still having the metal lamps had them replaced by the composite type in the 1980's , thus on older M416's the individual BO-stop lamp seen in the TM...
  15. msgjd

    Baffles in or baffles out?

    An M813 i sold, plus my M818 and an M818 i parted out have/had baffles-in .. My XM818 and M817 are baffles-out .. Motorpool pics i took in '78 or '79 show a mix of both situations. .. I recall a PS-Magazine discussion about changing out the fan bolts on the M809-series trucks but i wonder if...
  16. msgjd

    WANTED: WWII Case SI Airborne Stump Puller

    i saw a red SI (not airborne) at an auction in the early 70's , I recall thinking how rugged it looked despite its size because it had same engine as the larger row-crop 1941 SC we had here for 20 years.. The hand clutch was literally handy.. The SI's and SC's had a long production run, 13 or...
  17. msgjd

    Search original (NOS) military mirrors

    i agree if you're talking about aftermarket ones.. The originals on my civvy '77 have been on it since new and still are holding up strong , same design, same size as my 880 and 890 .. But my civvy truck was built in canada and has a few oddities about it
  18. msgjd

    Search original (NOS) military mirrors

    i haven't seen any in some time but am interested as well.. I got a few on epay in its early years.. I have also replaced just the glass but that leaves deformities all along the edges of the frame, they are same housing as the civvy ones.... Have considered painting over the "chrome" but...
  19. msgjd

    Caught by pure luck and couldn't resist sharing odometer pic

    M890 , all military-use mileage except for the last 1900 or so
  20. msgjd

    CUCV II Pickup Cargo Cover

    correct, i recall the M880's having turn buttons screwed to the body .. somewhere i have a pic of that setup i took in spring '78 or '79
Top
AdBlock Detected

We get it, advertisements are annoying!

Sure, ad-blocking software does a great job at blocking ads, but it also blocks useful features of our website like our supporting vendors. Their ads help keep Steel Soldiers going. Please consider disabling your ad blockers for the site. Thanks!

I've Disabled AdBlock
No Thanks