tatra813 said:
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Cranetruck, I like your 8x8 alot is that a rare truck, out of all the rigs I have seen I dont believe seing one of those before I have always liked cabovers and the more tires and the bigger the better in my opinion.
What do you plan on doing with your tire setup, 1600x20 would look nice on your rig!
Dean, the tires were custom made for this vehicle and are low profile 16R20 on 12 inch wide rims. They are tubeless and designed to run on very low pressure. I'd like to find more of the same, have located a few, but not in the very best condition.
The truck may look like a cabover, but the cab is fixed, access to the engine is from the top. It is all waterproof (the cargo version has pressurized door seals) for fording/swimming....Well you can read more about the xm757 by doing a search, no point in repeating it all again.
I also like the open top, have had a bikini top on the deuce for years.
The M656/XM757/XM791 are pretty rare, only about 500 built (compare to 360,000 of the Tatras!). They were basically only used in Europe with the Pershing Missile system for about 15 years. Mine comes from the training battalion in Ft Sill, Oklahoma.
Hope to see some detail images of your new aquisition in the future.