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The outriggers are also very useful for bending/straightening metal. :-)
The outriggers have been used to make a heavy lift when the boom is extended to capacity. Tilting the truck with the outriggers can move the extended boom up a couple of feet.
The winch was taken off because of too much weight on the front axle. The HIAB adds almost 1,000 lb to the front axle load. The winch adds more weight here than a full rated load on the bed!
Using 1100's tires also help the front loading situation. 900's would be close to overloaded.
The winch...
Here is another image of the new deuce. The vinyl top is draped over the "bikini" top when parked. The turbo was added later. Note the M756 truck bed. (The yellow cord is for the Chargetek 500 battery maintainer.)
This truck has been driven some 6,000 miles since the fording experiment last...
Al, glad you'r enjoyng the fording video! Next time I'll wait for more water :devil:
My deuce was won at an auction almost exactly ten years ago from DRMO, Camp Lejeune, NC. It's an USMC truck. Paid $3,300 for it, later the 1,200 gallon stainless steel tank was sold for $1,000. A tanker is a...
PS to Boone, NC delivery.
A few days ago I replaced all brake shoes on the deuce. Now, during yesterday's trip the left front brake drum got really hot, we could smell the hot steel.
We stopped at a truck stop, lifted the deuce on the outriggers and found that the left front brake shoes didn't...
I use my deuce for work and made another delivery yesterday.
Some stats:
Fuel: 20 gallons of home made biodiesel (unwashed), 5 gallons of cooking oil and 20 gallons of petro diesel
Loaded weight: 22,000 lb
Empty weight: 17,000 lb
Driving loaded for 134 miles resulted in a mpg of 6.7.
Driving...
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