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What state was the truck originally registered & titled in? Is this an out-of-state purchase, if so, was it from a state that would register it but not issue a title due to its age? This latter sounds like why your DMV is making you jump through these hoops. The better & sooner you can answer...

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The video is awesome, would love to hear about how you acquired it as well as any history you know of it. Unless you have already posted this and I missed it (entirely likely)….

Is that your T55? All the Russian soldiers watching YouTube just died a little more inside, watching the demise of an appliance they never had a chance to ”appropriate…”

I used to but found that by doing so with steel wheels it really accelerated corrosion & rust inside…. And I live in a dry climate. I stopped doing it, switched to Goodyears on everything & don’t notice any difference any more.

Not at the moment sorry…. But if plans change I’ll reach out to you.

That is amazing!! Fantastic job!

I recently picked up a couple of these at a local auction. The davits & hoist pieces are stored next to the carrier and secured with straight pins & R-clips. Hope this helps.

If it’s just a light coating I wouldn’t worry about it…. I haven’t had any issues with mine since.

Hopefully you’re just overthinking things…. I haven’t had any issues with mine since posting this but I only used a very thin coating.

Welcome from Southern Utah! You’re in Utah Military Vehicle Club home territory there, I’m surprised @Valence hasn’t posted here yet.

Western Star oilfield truck

Simp’s 920 Build thread has some good info on what wheels fit the 920 & 916 trucks as well as links to other useful threads.

20-inch wheels won’t fit on 920/916 front wheels as the valve stem doesn’t have enough clearance. It will require grinding the front drum down for the valve stem to clear. @simp5782 listed the wide flotation 22.5” wheels he runs on his in his 920 thread, otherwise 24.5” wheels generally fit...

Not right off hand, but a member here was selling replacements a while back… Mine had the solder joint break & the pickup tube was lying on the bottom of the tank. I took both to a local Parker-authorized hose shop & they brazed both for strength. Haven’t had any problems on the pickup side...

The turbos will definitely help; your big issue will be visible smoke…running WMO will generate some. IIRC Utah allows around 20% opacity for exhaust, particularly up in the Wasatch Front with its inversion layers. Adjust the percentage of WMO added to your diesel for the desired exhaust...

Quite an impressive equipment layout. What was your theme/time period with all the woodland?

WOW nice, clean, and complete! Looks like you could use a new cover for it! :cool:

WOW! That’s going to be awesome!!

Israelis use pintle hitches on their tanks to tow mobile bridges to cross obstacles, among other things. In Desert Storm a few tanks towed MICLIC mine-clearing trailers, the MICLIC system was pretty new at the time.