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I have been watching some Canadian big wrecker shows. They are using a new product that is a giant air bag. They are using like 4-5 of them to help lift the trailer and using a rotator to pick it the rest of the way. The bags don't have good traction on snow but they seem to be able to lift a...

DriveDarrel: That's solid advice. I would like a EGT gage to see how much it climbs when the truck is going uphill and use it as a barometer of workload. I do plan on doing water/methanol injection in the hopes of getting some improved fuel economy with no change to the fuel injection system...

Snowtrac nome: if you did have any kind of winch is there anything to attach them to? What got you so stuck?

Deep mud: I think deep enough both vehicles will get mired. The extra ground clearance gives the Mog a huge leg up in this race. Steep Slope: the max slope looks to be a function of how low gearing do you have. I know the mog has a whole basement of low range working gears. Absent of having...

With any luck someone will make a kit with usable instructions. :wink:

I do like the idea of adding a manual override to the CTIS in case of computer fault. I had a first generation rover with air ride. The system failed endlessly and everyone swaps it back to coil springs. I found and fitted a manual system which made it possible to air up and down the air springs...

I wonder if the fuel economy of the other vehicles is higher because the tires are run at a higher PSI and the contact patch is smaller. I heard the LMTV runs 75 PSI but you can get the CTIS reprogrammed to run 100. I know commercial trucks run over 100 PSI like 110-115. The other factor might...

I do plan on adding a pyrometer and doing water methanol injection to control the EGT and possibly improve fuel economy. I have no idea why the military didn't at least put in the gage. Looking at the CAT spec you can certainly turn up the power output of the power plant a whole lot. Given the...

Would an exhaust brake be worth retro fitting to the truck? It looks like for turbos there are dual turbo (small/large), VNT and twin scroll turbos available. I think you can turn up the base HP but increasing the torque the transmission is torque limited. I'm not clear on what is needed maybe...

DriveDarrell can you tell me more about exhaust brakes. I've never owned anything large enough to have one. I did see a build with one retrofitted to the LMTV. So much of what you say makes a whole lot of sense. Commercial off the shelf parts (check). I am actively investigating both lockers...

I'll take a stab at what drove the choice of suspension on the LMTV. If anyone knows better please correct me because this is just all speculation. The US military wanted a whole family of trucks based on the same base design so there would be some parts interchange and it would be easier to...

I have long been an admirer of the Unimog products but alas I can't afford one and have purchased a M1078 LMTV. I believe for my use (off road camping) it should be perfect. I have a lot of new questions about why the US military chose the LMTV and it's design features. Also how those compare...