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Oh, by the way, if anybody is looking for a 939-series truck in or around NC, John Winslow has 2 for sale. He has a nice M931 tractor with Goodyear 11.00R20's and a clean M925A2 with a NIB cargo cover with all fiberglass bows/seats. PM me for details.

No doubt. I'll be tossing those 37" tires like frisbees :) I got to manhandle some of those 14.00R20's on the rim on Wednesday and it was not fun, especially when they were laying flat on the ground and had to be stood up. I'm nowhere near ready to "retire" from the big trucks, but a little...

Thanks Neil. I am sure it can be put to good use. I appreciate you delivering it to Cabell. Well, if you must pry ;-), I am sending the 925A2 to David aka 19kilo in AZ and he is sending his M46 RV to Rick in TX who is sending his M998 HMMWV to me in WV. We are all ready to make the trade...

Well, it looks like it is time for one final installment on this series. I am working on a 3-way trade with a SS member, 19kilo, and another fella who's not on the site yet. So, I needed to get the truck ready for transport. I drove down to my old office in VA on Tuesday to load up a bunch of...

Good info! Thanks! The entrance is tight, but not impossible. It is easier to turn onto my road than it is to turn out of it. I have driven a 36' moving truck and a deuce in and out of there. The city has regular trash service there and I have seen a tri-axle dump truck down there too. I...

Thanks guys. I appreciate the kind remarks. It has been an incredible journey from start to almost finished. Most people would have written the truck off as scrap and probably thought I was nuts when I said I was going to get it on the road again. Well, truthfully, I am a little nuts...

Thanks Bill. The road has a very tight entrance with 2 stone pillars on either side and you turn out into a blind curve on the main road. It was a pain getting the deuce in and out of there and you take a chance of hitting someone by swinging into the other lane to avoid hitting the pillars...

Well, as much as I hate to do it, I am putting my long-running M925A2 project up for sale :( M925A2 5-ton 6x6 Cargo w/ winch - Steel Soldiers::Military Vehicles Supersite I don't have the time or the space to finish it right now and I can't see that changing anytime soon. I am getting ready...

No problem Dwight. John Winslow sells new and used parts for deuces, 5-tons, etc... I will more than likely be down there next weekend to finish up some odds and ends on my truck. You are welcome to come over. I'll show you around and even put you to work ;)

Thanks Mike. Progress has been slow lately since I am working in WV and the truck is still in NC. I was down there a couple of weeks ago and worked on the truck for most of a day. I was having some overheating issues and needed to do some work on the wiring. The overheating was caused by...

I got some more work done at Winslow's yesterday. I got there around 7:20 and immediately went to work stripping a few more parts off of the donor truck. I was waiting on Joe CrashAF and his buddy to show up. I was going to help Joe pull some parts off of the donor for his 936A2 wrecker...

Thanks Dwight. I feel like the US Postal Service of old. "Neither rain, nor snow, nor sleet, nor hail shall keep me from my appointed 5-ton work session." :) I actually Duncan, it's an automatic so pushing or pulling with it in gear could do significant internal damage to the tranny. I...

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Pics as promised! The first few are of my hydraulic motor rebuild. I took it all apart again in order to replace all of the o-rings and lubricate it with petroleum jelly as directed. It is a good thing I did because the check valves had water contaminated oil in them and were pretty gunked...

Thanks Bill! I had a good work day yesterday. There was around 6-8" of snow and ice on the ground, but thankfully the sun was out and it warmed up into the 30's pretty quickly. I focused on a lot of little projects to make it road legal/safe. First thing I did was install longer 1/4" bolts...

Right on, Neil! I had a little time last night to work on the hydraulic motor that powers the winch. I messed with it the other day getting the bent and broken hydraulic hose fittings off of it. I couldn't spin the shaft by hand and it was very hard to turn even with a strap wrench. I...

Thanks Dwight! Jason, glad you got a chance to see it again. Hopefully I'll be able to take you for a spin before too long! Kevin, those boxes are definitely a better fit in the bed of a 5-ton. Too bad they are so dang heavy we had to use a Bobcat to load them [thumbzup] I am hoping to...

Thanks Bruce! I had a productive day at John's today. My goal was to get all of the lights working, get the mirrors installed, and anything else I could lay my hands on. I got some Grote LED marker lights from Santa and have really been looking forward to putting those on. I started out...

Thanks! Now I can test drive it without worrying about losing all the stuff sitting on the bed :oops: That spray-on bed liner will need to be stripped off of the entire bed. There is rust forming anywhere it was cut or gouged. I need to figure out a more efficient way of stripping it off...

Thanks Mike! I felt like a major slacker because it had been 2 weeks since I worked on the truck so a work session was scheduled for today at Winslow's. I managed to talk my brother and Dad into going with me. I knew I was going to need their help because today was bedside and tailgate day...