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Winch testing went well and our plan should work out just like we were hoping. The air dryer needed rebuilt so we did that today and then mounted the bed and tank back in the chassis. The rest of the afternoon will be spent mocking up my electrical system and switch panel so I can figure out...

Got the winch in place tonight. We want to test our orbital motor plan before we permanently mount everything and that should happen this weekend as well.

Got a little more done on the Deuce. Bed and Tank were painted the same time as the truck, just didn't have any pictures. Put bedliner in the bed and built the platform at the front today. Winch should get mounted in the frame tonight. Bed and tank back on this weekend so I can start running...

Thanks guys. We've got a lot of work to do yet, but it's definitely going to be worth it. After working on this thing I'm thinking it may be time for me to get an MV of my own.

Well it has been awhile since an update, but we had to put our project on hold for a little bit. We are working on it again now so that it's ready for the Fall fire season. Paint is done and in the next couple of weeks we'll get the box back on, the tank in, plumbing run, and electrical done...

Thanks for the heads up on the tires, ours has 6 brand new ones on it, plus a brand new spare. I will start looking though to see if I can find us another set to have around.

I would be very interested in the details of your build. We're working with the exact same stuff as you have there and I would love to see how you put it together.

Could any of you guys that have built brush rigs out of 6x6's post some pictures of the pump and plumbing on your rigs? We're in the process of deciding what we want to do there and are having a hard time deciding what will work the best. Thanks!

Here is what we're starting with. It's going to take some work but it's going to be worth it. The CTIS even works! First order of business is to find out what died in the heater and get rid of the smell, also need to get the cargo cover, bows, and troop seats out.

Well after months of runaround from the wonderful Iowa Department of Transportation we finally got our M35A3. We'll use the winter months here to put it together. I'll be sure to post some pictures of our progress here.

Thanks for the info mcmullag. We already have a tank we're going to use, but I found some good info there.

We got our name on it before anyone else so we will be moving forward with this. Our Forestry rep is looking for a hydraulic pump and winch for us since it doesn't have one, anyone know where we can pick one up if he isn't able to? We are very much looking forward to upgrading almost 30 years...

Thanks for the info! From the picture it looks like yours is set up pretty close to what I'm thinking of doing for us!

Thanks for the concerns. It's nice to know that there are other people that worry about safety as well. We are not unfamiliar with MV's as we used an M54 as a tanker until just a couple months ago and we used to have an M38 Jeep(talk about an unsafe vehicle!) so we realize there are some...

Thanks for the reply, after some discussion we decided that if we can get this thing done we will just stick with the KISS principal and use our 300GPM gas-powered pump. There were just to many things to figure out to use the particular PTO pump that we have.

Well it looks like we may finally have the opportunity to move forward with this project. Our Forestry Dept. has a 1992 A3 with just over 11,000 miles. It has seen time in Iraq, would there be any maintenance issues we should look for if we can pick it up? Also, anyone know where to pick up a...

These folks have all the parts to set up a PTO: Muncie Power Products Problem is the cost, $500-$600 just for the PTO, then we'd have to have power shafts and brackets for the pump made. So if we end up doing this we're thinking that we're going to stick with the original plan of the gas...

Thanks for the info and Pics guys. Ghostrider, that setup look almost exactly like what we want to do! I was able to do some digging and it appears that the 500/1500 series allison's do have a PTO option, so I'll have to se exactly what we would need to make it work, or if it's capable of...

Thanks guys. We're probably going to end up using the 300 GPM gas powered pump that's on our W200 right now and using the 500 GPM pump on our tanker that we just got a new chassis for. I think that will be about the best option for us.

Ok, another question. Does the A3 have a PTO option? I was informed that we have a 500 GPM Waterous PTO pump available to us. If that were useable on the A3 it would make it more of an Interface unit than a Brush Rig and that would be good for us. Maybe its completely impractical, anybody have...