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I like the ladder hanger on the back of the shelter. The normal configuration for the my AN/GRC-122 RTTY shelter has the ladder stored inside the shelter.

Does the new law require an air brake endorsement for air over hydraulic? I went ahead and got the endorsement to be safe, and now I have a couple of 5 tons with real air brakes anyway. I decided to get a class A, since it didn't seem like it would be that much more trouble than a class B since...

It's historical for registration purposes, but it's class B commercial for driver's licensing purposes. California vehicle code exempts historical vehicles from weight fees and the new diesel engine emissions control requirements. But the code pertaining to historical vehicles does not address...

Wow! I would never have had the energy to do all of that to the truck. I just bought it to lift stuff. It's looking great!

Yes, it can be used as part of a ham RTTY setup. The TT-4 has a current loop interface, and you would need arrange for that to connect to a suitable RTTY modem. The modem could either be an AFSK modem driving an SSB transceiver, or a true FSK converter driving one of the radios it was made for...

Given the thick mass of plumbing behind the valve body in the wrecker's gondola, I'd be a lot less comfortable about replacing the hydraulic valve body than I would with strapping some sort of external actuators onto the existing valve body. But maybe that's just me, and my approach wouldn't be...

Yup, the controls on the M936A1 are all manually actuated hydraulic valves. If somebody makes affordable electric actuators for retrofitting onto lever-operated directional control valves, then adding the RC system on top of those would probably be pretty easy.

Thanks for posting, LOR RC. How would those systems actuate the control valves on my wrecker? (I've sold the M543A2, but now I have an M936A1 that uses the same crane). Note that these trucks do not have any electrical control valves to connect a radio to; the valves are all mechanical.

That's a cool-looking cabinet. The latch looks like it might be the same style as the ones on the storage cabinets under the teletype/heater desks on the sides of my GRC-122B S-250 shelter. BTW, I haven't been on SS much lately. I've been obsessing mostly on my new vintage computer hobby for...

That is correct if my memory has not failed. Of course, it's been over a year since the last time I fired up one of my 5-tons… :|

That jogged my memory. I think that's how I did it, too.

I don't remember. It was too long ago. I still haven't gotten around to putting in my replacement actuator, because I've been fixating on other hobbies and ignoring my green trucks. I'll become re-obsessed with the trucks again eventually. :)

Yes, I did. I had to dig it out on my old laptop: My MV hobby has been on the back burner for several months, and lately I've been obsessed with vintage computer stuff. One of these days I need to resume work on my big green beasts! I have more hobbies than time, and I'm a lot better at...

LOL, that's another good one! By the way, I do just have one wrecker now. The older one lives with another list member now.

Well, there is that odd-ball fuel filter element that seems to be unique to the military HMMWV… :-P

Yeah, and I tell the girls that I got this here scar back in 'Nam. ;) Never mind that I was born in '68.

Mention of a shipping container gives me an idea. I know that one of the local shipping container vendors routinely cuts up containers and welds the pieces back together to make different configurations. Maybe I could have them fabricate a 10' container, then cut in openings as needed for air in...

Rodents like to live inside my generator because of its ASK housing. Can rodents climb a vertical section of steel box tubing? If not, then it may help if I made a steel frame to lift my genset off the ground on legs of box tubing. I'd still need to do something to keep them from running along...

On a related topic, if I'm going to overhaul my generator and get it set up to backup-power my house, maybe I should give it a more permanent spot to live in to keep it out of the weather. So, do any of y'all have suggestions about how to construct some sort of shed that will: Keep the genset...

No, this one is still on my to-do list. I'm a lot better at starting projects than finishing them because I keep getting distracOH LOOK, A SQUIRREL! :) Thanks for reminding me of this thread. I was just thinking that I should get around to working on my MEP-003A again, and finally set things up...