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The knuckle boom and hoist, while being worthy add ons will also deprive you of 20% of your off road capacity and 10% of your on road capacity which are not insignificant numbers for a truck this small. I am always intrigued by posts from volunteer fire departments that want to put 1200 gallons...

As I am sure you know putting knuckle booms and dump hoists on increases the tare eight and proportionally reduces the payload even further. After you make these additions think about taking the finished vehicle to a scale and get its true weight so you can figure out how much to put in it...

Post 6 is right on with the weight. 175 tons at 2.5 tons per load is 70 loads. And hand bomb it off ? I hope you have a lot of good neighbors for this. An Army dump truck has an adjustable tail gate, and if chained to open at say 3" will lay a nice strip of gravel by itself.

I measured the body on the M35 here and figure, level with the top of the steel sides, loaded level it holds 3.83 yards. If we go with the Army's number of 2970#/yd that would indicate a load of 11,397# which overloads the truck for highway use and doubles the off road load. The Army used to put...

The transfer pump uses a "slow blow" fuse. Check applicable parts book TM 9-2320-209-20 for a part number. This is not Army unique so Auto Zone should have them. Don't make a move without the pubs: operator's manual, organization repair manual and parts book, and a lubrication order. A M35WOW...