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Congrats Migginbros. Probably a first that a non-US vehicle owned by a non-US member wins the MV of the Month. [thumbzup]

I don't have video on you tube but we do have a few pages on the truck and its history on our Czech Emigration Museum website. Halfway through that page, just above the pics is a link to a pdf file on the dump truck - tractor conversion. On the next page are two video's of the truck, on the way...

Finally back at the main computer with all the pics, so I can finish the Dutch part of the M51 A2 w/w story. The moment of truth: on the way to the Dutch DoT transport for the final checking of the truck. IN front of the checking station and inside. Equipment for measuring...

Trying to put some new live in the thread after the weekend barrage of new posts. By a second pre-check for the DoT approval, the biggest problem of the tractor configuration was that the rear wheel are unprotected and without cover. So in consultation with the DoT, I made a wooden frame...

Procedure for mounting the fifth wheel. .. . The fifth wheel is laying on a pallet on the truck, just in front of the hourglass-formed cross beam. Fifth wheel and ground plate separated. .. .. .. .. Ground plate is positioned above the cross beam. One thing I forget: how...

Fair enough :beer:

Working on the fifth wheel conversion. Bringing an EU-certified JOST fifth wheel from the Czech Republic to the Netherlands. Measuring how the ribbed ground plate of the JOST can be fitted around the rivets on the frame of the M51. Normally, it is not permitted...

Finally, I was back in the Netherlands with some time to start do vital repairs. Sitting in my "headquarters" behind the truck trying to figure out how to do things. New brake lines and hoses. It occasionally can be hot in the Netherlands, and rain 5 minutes later, so some tarp...

For even better access, remove the tires as well. Tires and lots of beams to make sure the truck is safe and stable enough to work under and to test the engine.

My first goal was to make the truck street legal AND to make it a dual function: dump truck and tractor in one. The first thing I did after buying the truck was going to the Dutch Department of Transport to get a preliminary inspection of the truck and ask if it would be possible to get papers...

Same here. Officially, I am allowed to transport 12 soldiers in the M51A2. I discussed this also with the Dutch DoT and the Czech police ... no dice ... no way. Even for transporting tourists as part of a museum tour for a few miles from the museum to the Cold War border crossing between...

Wait till the last few days: - you will not get voter's regret - we have to do some hard canvassing to get you on our side, which will make PB happy as well. Win-Win, but don't forget to put an alarm to remind you to vote in time. More canvassing tonight (our time), have to go play...

Depends. In the Netherlands are a few scrapyards with enough stuff to repair an army, not kidding. However, that's a 650 mile drive and unfortunately, I am not that often in the Netherlands anymore. So once I know what I need, I try to combine it with a visit to my family. Unfortunately, they...

When I first saw this truck in 2007, I never thought I could get my hands on it. In 2010, my Czech family was with me in the Netherlands for the funeral of my brother, and my stepson saw the wheeled excavator and later asked me to see if it was for sale. The owner has a camping place- golf -...