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As for weight placement, a good rule of thumb is 60% to the front and 40% to the back. You can certainly get by with a little more or less than that but don't get anywhere close to 50/50 or the trailer will fishtail. When I was picking up a lot of M105s, I'd regularly pull two at a time, one...

It wouldn't be too hard to find a available replacement. I've had to do this with old tractors several times. There are a lot of older Garret and Air Research turbos that are being remanufactured. I'm sure you could find one that would work, I just haven't took the time to find out and I haven't...

I've done several M25a2 hyd setups. My current truck drives off a transfer case PTO, which I think is the simplest, if you can source the PTO. I've even done a couple that drive off a standard winch PTO, with the pump mounted beside the engine, in the frame well. The only down side to that is...

I started filming one the last time I loaded it. Problem was I had unloaded it on a slight side hill. When I went to winch it on, the shelter kept trying to slide to the downhill side on the tail roller. I'd have to winch a little, get back there with a long bar and straighten in up on the...

Here is what I did- http://www.steelsoldiers.com/showthread.php?139405-Deuce-tail-roller-and-bed-winch-skid-loading-setup&highlight=

I'll get some pics of my escape hatch. Best I remember, mine has some big louvers like in Dan's pic and some smaller louvers behind that, kind of like what's still in the top of your hatch.

A pound of gold, if I got to keep it.

I've been leaving my floor plug out but I guess I should at least install it loosely to keep mice and such out. Mine isn't all that tight, only thing that seals the exhaust fans is a aluminum weather flap.

I saw a guy use just a regular is where I got the idea for mine but I thought "why do you want to have to dump it out"? That's when I thought to cut the bottom out of mine. Take it with you behind a tree, take care of business, pick it up, and leave the poop on the ground. Funny thing is, when...

Yea, but it I had my choice I'd rather be hit with a recoiling synthetic than a wire rope. :grin:

I'd be willing to bet the SF-97 was never applied for or never converted to civilian title. If that's the case, the military, or the auction house is the only ones that would have info on them.

You could do like the military did on a lot of them and just take a A2 hood, cobble it up, and put it on there. It looks like somebody forgot to fasten the two safety latches. It happens and I've done it myself, I was just lucky enough to catch it before it flung open going down the road.

I haven't noticed mine sweating on the inside like that. I agree a small fan would help, mine is sitting right beside the shop so I could power it up and just use the stock exhaust fan. Looking at the pics, I can't help but notice how many different ways they are set up. Seems almost no two...

You're camper is much nicer than my S-280 camper. My toilet is a 5 gal bucket with the bottom cut out, I did add some foam pipe insulation around the rim for comfort.

Watch that gauge or better yet install another relief on the winch line. You get tear stuff up sending more pressure to the winch. Here is a link to what I had to do in a similar situation-...

If it never was transferred from the government to a individual (SF-97), it could be hard to find the owner. Did you tow it to the impound? If so, where did you pick it up? There are some people that would know, probably Government Liquidation, GSA, GovDeals, or GovPlanet, but getting them to...

Here is a couple I've done- http://www.steelsoldiers.com/showthread.php?50583-Started-my-dump-conversion&highlight=Dump , http://www.steelsoldiers.com/showthread.php?50583-Started-my-dump-conversion&highlight=Dump I haven't actually seen one fail, I'm just comparing the frame rails of a...

Your hoist is mounted "backwards" of any I've installed. I have seen them mounted like that though, whatever works. While I've never done a M939 dump, I've done several deuces and other 5-tons. I will caution you on one thing, be careful with bed strength, especially with that hoist mounted so...

Well when I say "I'll tear in down when I get a chance to see what's going on" I must admit really means "I'll throw in in the pile with all my other broken parts and never fool with it again". I guess you could call me a hoarder when it comes to MV parts. Seems every time I throw something away...

The old pump looked fine and on a bench test I could shine a light through the screen and see the impeller shaft turning. I ended up putting in another pump I had and everything ran fine so it must have been the old pump. I'll tear it down when I get a chance and see if I can figure out what's...