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Attention!! Please use caution when driving vehicles home from auction!
First, condolences to Jesse6325 on this tragedy. Second please add Common Sense to the list of registration and insurance, of things that we should not leave behind. this last summer, while horsing around with 2 passengers in the 42 GPW, I managed to hit an 18" boulder along the shoulder of... -
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Attention!! Please use caution when driving vehicles home from auction!
This thread is certainly worth a reread. Hopefully some of the folks that are new to this will take some of it to heart. I hope no one took my M54 recovery as a cavalier action. It started with a detailed read of the Operators Manual for this truck, then fluids, belts, and hose inspections... -
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Attention!! Please use caution when driving vehicles home from auction!
M54 recovery post script As a post script to this saga, this truck developed a persistent leak of the left front wheel cylinder. After reading many threads on SS it seemed we had better get to looking at it. Took the wheel and brake drum off. The brakes and bearings looked great, but the... -
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Attention!! Please use caution when driving vehicles home from auction!
M54 recovery How about a story where it went right, even though it should have gone wrong. I picked up an M54 w/w from a city auction. We recovered it on a cold day in March. Assisting in this was a retired 1st Sgt. of Artillery. He was expericenced on this type truck. Chalked on the...