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I towed a laundry trailer with all the laundry equipment on it, 10K pounds, behind the deuce, and it was SLOW going. And braking made me feel a bit nervous. Your trailer is the same, and with the vehicle on it, it will weigh the same as well. IMHO, get a 5-ton to tow your trailer and truck...

I've heard they were good to 2.1 KW.

The PRC-68 series of radios, including the PRC-68, -68A, -68B, PRC-126, PRC-128 and PRC-136, are all decent platforms for a handheld 6-meter band radio. However, one drawback is that these radios use crappy batteries that require a special charger to service. One solution is to get the...

PRC-77 is 30 to 75.95 MHz. The freqs you need are WAY higher, in the 2-meter band. There is no way to convert the PRC-77 easily to use these freqs. Best bet is to get a standard 2-meter radio and play with that. But you'll HAVE to get a ham license to play with either of these.

0 to 60 in 3.5 YEARS?

Here's some pics of the deuce that showed up at Rausch Creek last month on 16.00x20s. It looked...topheavy...

Does anyone here have experience using a Holmes-style wrecker? Not sure the mechanics of an older tow truck, having grown up almost entirely in the rollback tow truck era. Can anyone explain to me the purpose of the black-strap looking thing that hung down in the rear of the older tow trucks...

Great save, Dirt. Another one that will at least be saved in one form or another. What is it with 5- and 10-ton trucks and goofball front bumpers? I've seen 8" pipe, railroad track, and now huge I-beams.

That's along haul ahead of you, but I'm glad that "big Rusty" is going to a good home. Hopefully we'll see pics of the completion of Chris's project truck.

Great gun truck project idea, AMG! Good way to save that old iron and put it to good use....

PERFECT! Awesome, thanks!

Does someone have a pin-out of the standard military trailer receptacle, showing the pin numbers and locations, and what each pin is used for? I have to re-wire the trailer receptacle on the M37, and I have nothing to go by.

Yes, too much filtering involved. We've been over this several times, even varnish and wood stain is too cruddy to use as fuel. Not worth it. I think the recycling centers may be using it in waste oil furnaces, which aren't as sensitive as truck engines.

Anyone here have a M915/916/920/etc tractor that can tell me how these rigs handle going up and down hills? Lotsa up and downshifting? I understand how most big rigs work with the manual transmissions, just curious how these larger MVs do with a load with its semi-automatic tranny.

Oh, they looked in the back of the trailer - and they saw more junk they didn't need. If it ends up in the DRMO yard, the people there have to assume it's excess. They may check to see if any controlled items are back there (like ammo, weapon mounts, sensitive gear, etc.), but if not, out it goes.

I think any shelter of any camping size would require either running it mounted in the bed with no cover, or extending the cargo cover staves. You might also consider the S-788 shelter, that normally mounts on the HMMWV. It is a little bigger, might afford you a slight bit more room inside...

You might have to fab them up. I have only seen a couple complete sets anywhere in the civvy world, most were scrapped by surplus buyers because they are kinda useless, none of us have any Chinook to sling load our trucks. Also, you cannot drive your truck with them on. You can, but first...

Whatever you do, don't camo the wheels with two colors. It looks great when you're sitting still, but if you are moving, the whirling two colors actually attract the eye toward the movement, not camouflage it.

Man that tailgate sure looked in better shape than the one I got on mine. I had to buy a new one from VPW. ($550!) Congrats on a great looking ride.

Just remember as a ham license holder that there is a BAND PLAN. In other words, hams are allowed to transmit only in certain frequency bands. Military radios may cover this band, and lots more. For example: the RT-524 transmits from 30 MHz to 75.95 MHz. As a ham license holder, you may ONLY...