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Nope! I’ll help fund the purchase of the device, and consumables.

My truck is not shiny I think there are more than a few of us on here that use our trucks... And what reasoning do you have for this? Yes. Also look into firetruck cabs, and remember M939 will seat 3 in front and crew cab done properly can seat 4 in the back. So what controls the engine and...

If I’m guessing correctly how your going to use this, unfortunately your bolt is in a bending, not shear scenario. If you could sleeve a snug fitting pipe inside or outside of your tow bar tube then weld a lug or something on that for your chain, then your bolt would be in a double shear. Not...

Be careful! Not sure how your end product is going to work, but even a grade 8 bolt will have very little strength in that situation.

I think the blocks you are looking at are overhead rated, 4 or 5:1 safety factor. Most recovery blocks only have a 2:1 safety factor.

Start with the longer truck. Adding a fuel tank is easier than extending the wheelbase, and you wont have to splice the frame in a high stress area.

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Everything still looks the same to me![emoji2957] However, I am viewing with Tapatalk in my phone...

Yes, staggering the upper and lowers at least a foot would be ideal. I doubt your sandwich plates would even be necessary, although I believe those frames do already have a ton of bolt holes in the very rear that you could utilize. Use grade 8 hardware that fits the holes nicely, and have a...

Ever better reason not to fish plate...

Most modern frames are proprietary alloy and heat treatments giving you a min yield at the very least of 100ksi. Welding is best left to a professional, with frame repair knowledge and experience. 11018 is a decent rod choice. A lot of people will tell you to cut the web on a 45, but my belief...

Here’s your free aftermarket upgrade! Unless the lug nuts wont tighten down all the way, anything more than two lugs top, and two lugs on the bottom half is just fluff, and a huge waste of material...

This is my preferred method of attachment on the back of the 5 ton. However the 11,000lb lifting strap didn’t prefer the tow hook on the loader. Strap was in good condition, at least 4-1 safety factor, and was obviously overloaded due to stretching and shearing the stitching off the capacity...

Ok, back to the original question. My 5ton frame is 9x3”od, by 5/16” thick. Assuming Tobys dimensions are outside, and correct, in the grand scheme of things I wouldn’t call 1” taller and 1/16” thicker x2, way heavier. If your already dead set on 5ton axles, that little bit of weight doesn’t...

There was somebody up there a few years ago offering inspections and load outs, but I can’t remember a name, or get a hit on a search. The only other person I can think you might try is member Gottaluvit. He’s still about 100 miles out, but in the right direction, and he has a truck that he’s...

I’m not real close (150 mile) and the wrong direction, but your more than welcome to to get it towed here. It would be at the very least a month before I could go after it myself...

Check with member bulldogger, he was working on making some prototype fabric boots.

I was planing on going up Thursday through Sunday, but got real busy and will likely have to tap out on this one. I will be around the farm and can come up and help if anyone gets in a jam though. Have the tools, equipment and trailers to handle just about anything. What vehicles are you all...

Ok, so even with the PTO engaged the winch hoses should see no real pressure, unless you move the winch control levers. Also short of the hose connections being loose or a hose blown at the crimp these are fairly reliable connections. Are you certain the steering ram hoses or lines on the inside...

If you’ve already tied the fuel shut off solenoid back to eliminate it, the lift pump would be my next guess, but I would put a gauge on it to make sure it’s making pressure as well as flow before throwing parts at it. If your pressure reads low, you should be able to crimp off the return line...