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I picked up my truck in Louisiana and drove it home to CA, over 1,700 miles. I changed all the fluids there in LA, and I only drove the truck for a 1/2 hour or so to warm it up beforehand, so I have no real basis to compare to. In general, it runs quite cool, the only time I see it rise is...

No, just the one change when I got the truck last year. I want to do it again and I have the oil, but not the time at the moment... Jon

The reference was regarding the prior Dirtbag events and that he missed that "fun"... I know this is a different group, and that's why I came to the last one and will come again in the future, but I'll never "get over it" because I have a constant reminder that I have to struggle with for the...

I agree completely... I took Hundy's reference to be to the old "Camp Dirtbag" events, which got a little too drunk and stupid for my taste toward the end. The SoCal Rallies are different altogether, I enjoyed meeting you guys at the last one and I regret that I was unable to make it to this...

I switched to Transynd in my HEMTT, but I don't remember exactly how much came out when I drained it... I want to say just under 10 gallons. I brought 15 and had around 5 gallons left. Personally I think switching is the right thing to do, but I acknowledge that a transmission with a lot of...

I'll nominate my HEMTT, this picture was taken at this year's SoCal Spring Rally north of Barstow, CA. Jon

Not me, that was why I stopped going. I still have hearing loss and tinnitus in my left ear from a firecracker some drunk a-hole threw at me. "Heads up" doesn't mean "plug your ears" for people who aren't in on the joke.

Nice to finally have a Tower Park style event that isn't a 400+ mile drive each way for me... We've had some fun events in So Cal but what is generally lacking is the vendors, and everyone else bringing their stuff to sell and trade. The weather should be perfect that time of year too. Jon

This... You stack up the wood blocks in alternating layers, and then each player takes turns choosing a piece to take from somewhere and stack on the top. The player who causes the stack to fall loses.

I'm fascinated by the 7155... It's one of the reasons I've been looking to replace my current tractor with a M920. I have a 7155 question: How do you think it would behave behind a completely different engine than the Cummins 400? Let's say the Detroit 8V92TA from a HEMTT at 445 hp...

You should tell your "friend" about one of the world's most amazing innovations: The Internet. All knowledge on every subject in the history of the world is readily available on The Internet, even manuals for military trucks that could have taught him how to shut it down so as not to run you...

Notice in the second video at around 13 minutes, after you downshift, how much happier the engine is at 15 mph @ 2100 rpm instead of 18 mph @ 1400 rpm.

Those are older and I wouldn't think they'd be affected. I'm pretty sure the M871 has a regular C-channel or I-beam frame, whereas the M872 must have box-section members to be rusting from the inside out. Too bad, I like the M872 and had been on the lookout for one. I bet the rusting issue isn't...

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Maybe acme66 will beg to differ, but I don't think he's being attacked here... It's just that, unlike the LDT engines from a deuce, the Cummins 250 does not have a reputation for blowing up. Of course they can and do like any engine, but they are not known for it to be a serious problem. So to...

At high elevations, the turbo can over speed because the air is thinner... I think they make these zippy turbos for emissions purposes, so there is less lag time, but their sensitivity to high altitudes is the down side. I don't think you can have it both ways, a fast, high boost, low-lag turbo...

A friend of mine was a truck driver back in the 1970s-1980s... I remember something he told me when he saw that I was installing a pyrometer in my deuce back in 2007. "You don't need that if you know how to drive!" He went on to say that you should never keep the accelerator pedal down to the...

I have ordered parts from Reforger in Germany and had no problems. Occasionally their prices and availability are better than we can find here, even with overseas shipping and the exchange rate! http://www.reforger.de/de/ Jon

Sounds like fun! There's lots of threads from people who have done it in the past, check lists, etc... Some things you can never be fully prepared for, like Cranetruck's hydraulic head failing at a truck stop somewhere in the midwest. He was stranded there for a few days while someone...

Cool and functional like a 14x14 HEMTT with Phalanx gun? Sorry, my corniness could easily derail this thread!