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Whenever you're ready to put down the muscle cars and pick up the green iron again, we're here to welcome you back! There are many 10-tons out there waiting for your "touch"!

Hey Dirt - just a quick question about your restoration philosophy. When you do a ground-up restore like you are doing, do you try to use all new bolts/nuts/etc. or do you prefer to try and use the originals and clean them up as best you can?

Just don't do like some do and, ahem, actually LIQUIDATE the trucks, as in liquid scrap metal. That would suck.

Hey, any updates, Dirt? We need our fix of heavy iron restoration!

BTT - any updates, Dirt71?

Yes, the M125 cargo trucks were built in the mid-to-late 1950s, and they were powered with a LeRoi TH-844 V8 gas engine with 297bhp at 2600rp, which at the time was the only wheeled vehicle in inventory with an 8-cylinder engine. I believe the early M123 tractors also had this engine, before...

Might be easier to take old shoes and have them re-lined than to try and source NOS shoes for this model. Wow, new hardware for the fittings too, you're pulling out all the stops on this restoration!

Is that the third M125 of yours in the background of that one pic? The tan one? You sure are collecting the BIG iron!

Thanks for the pics, dirt71. That one cleared up the "double frame" confusion of mine. Must be pretty tough rails!

Keep up the good work, man! That's a great project you got there! Wow, look at those rear spring packs!

Oops, my bad. I thought by double framed you meant that inner frame box for the pintle assembly. I didn't even notice that there is a C beam inside a C beam, I had to look closely. Wow, that must be a STRONG frame....

Just the rear end of the 10-ton was a double frame, mostly because of the extreme towed loads these trucks were supposed to handle. The artillery piece the M125 was supposed to tow was an 8-inch howitzer, with dual axles and about 15 tons of weight. When you get offroad and you're towing a...

ooooooohhhh....I need a cigarette after seeing that you have TWO M125s! Man, that's a cool truck, although it would require a third mortgage to finance the fuel bill. Glad to see you're bringing them back to life. Also, great idea to honor the memory of your brother by dedicating the truck...