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Way to go team? Definitely look at why it was stuck, when you have them out. If it was a tight fit issue, a little candle wax on the verticles where they go in the stake pocket can make a big difference.

You can also bridge the bottom slat with a piece of wood to distribute the load, so you don't damage the slat, stick a high lift jack in there and jack it out. If the stake pocket is fairly clean, take some candle wax and lube up the posts and put them in and take them out a few times and you...

Think I will be at Camp Rilea, hauling troops with the 923. How about March 2?

You can also loosen the nuts and bolts that hold the slats to the verticals. Let it flex a little bit and with the above tip of getting a little wood under them, they should come right out. When you go to reinstall, leave them loose, and find a good neutral position on them, where they slide...

SRO how about picking a day without snow on the ground. :) Or monsoons. Do you have a tarp? Hope you guys got something good accomplished. What size stencils did you make?

Thank you for posting this. It is good to see what others on doing on similar situations. As has been alluded to here a few times, it comes down to who has the money. You are entangled with a bureaucracy of job for life folks that are insulated from us by our elected officials. I have been...

Thank you for the tip on the wood. Here in the NW, exposed to rain is a given. I am still hoping to find that stripped M113 hull behind someone's barn. Papabear, did you use 1/8th in. steel for this project? I don't think weight is too much of an issue, unless we make it removable. these...

There is one M35 out here with a quad 50 in the back, but it isn't really done up as a gun truck. After reading your thread and a few others, I was getting the idea to find a Guntruck Vet. One of the guys in our group was a truck driver running supplies in 65-66 and he told me his unit was the...

There are several threads that pertain to this with very good explanations. The key work to all these discussions is "Commercial". Are you using the vehicle for a commercial use? If the answer is no, as Stumpjumper replied, you have a private vehicle and are not subject to the CDL...

I had a damaged front crank, before it got fixed. So used a high lift jack to get it off the truck, with no blocking on the wheels and a small incline. Recommendation, use tire chocks if there is any question. These are really nice trailers and a lot heavier than the 1/4 ton jeep trailers...

Thank you for the tip on that. I fixed one with Bulldog replacement parts and the gears they sent were smaller than the originals, so i used the handle with the existing gears and had to bore out the gear and bushings a little bit. Works like a champ again. Was also looking to install a...

Angus when you were talking about the front mounting leg, did you mean the pivoting hand crank like on the M1101, or an actual pivoting leg with no crank like on the M101 trailers? Thank you for the tip on this.

I just went and looked at my 99 dated trailer, and on the right front frame rail there is a data plate with lots of info. One of the lines says Manufacturers Serial number. That would be a good one to go with. The other is a government number

Are you scaling your conversion off pictures? It seems like these trucks are all fairly custom. You guys are causing my resolve to waver on keeping the M54A2 stock, even though it did time in the sandbox, and is still in original configuration.

Wrecker Ray, I hope to go on Sunday, but may not make it till 1200 or so. It is the top on this trailer. You wouldn't happen to have a spare M1101 top would you, preferably in tan? I need a couple top bows too.

Thank you for the tip Dwayne. I would guess there are a lot more guys out there with green or camo 101 trailers than with tan ones, so I don't want to mess a nice green one up with paint. It looks okay on the trailer and matches what the military would have had, as they mix and match a lot.

Does anyone have a tan cover for a 101 that they would like to trade for a green one? I have a really nice green one and want a tan. the green one is vinyl. P

I will let Teri from the Museum know. I want to take my new M923 and I think the first Sgt. will want to take his too, unless he wants to take the CCKW to put it up for sale. He is still conflicted on that.

Here are the rules as the museum has sent them out.

I think they are 25 or 30 dollars. I will get a poster for the event posted with the updated contact info.