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Keep us posted. I am planning to start bobbing a M54 tomorrow. As for a M105 bed, it might look funny. I did some measuring and the 5 tons are almost 8' wide as compaired to a deuce at close to 7'. I don't know if the 800's are the same as the older 5 tons but I will measure the M813 here...

You are right about not wanting to flat tow. The trailer will move your Bronco no matter what goes wrong. A few years ago I bought a tow bar and planned to flat tow deuces when I bought them. I tried it one time and realized I never wanted to try that again. As long as I have a trailer, I would...

I have been following your situation and I have wondered one thing. Can you flat tow the Bronco? I used to pull my Wrangler everywhere with my deuce. It followed great. I usually just cut the flashers on the jeep on for lights. I towed my jeep to Aberdeen one year that way. It sure would make...

SECO in Augusta had a dozen or so last time I was there.

To answer your question, MY OPINION is, yes. To the tow rig not your sanity. That kind of weight range will work well and if you look around you can find a nice running deuce that might need a little work for under 3K. For your needs you don't need a winch, that's just extra weight and money but...

I have seen a few trucks with stock tires. For what it's worth my old truck with the 14.5's was the same basic height as a stock truck. No lift or no steering problems. The truck was easier to steer than the 6 x 6 trucks. I really liked it. It was the same size (foot print) as my F-250. We had...

I sold my "bob" this year for under $6000 and I thought it was a very nice practicle truck. The rear hubs where flipped and I had 14.5 radials on it. I made the rims and had about $500 in the tires, tubes and rims total. All that because I am "cheap". I made a custom dumping flat bed. I needed...

Just to re-cap: A "friend" asked me if I ever ran across old army trucks with no EMP sensitive equipment. The only thing I see for sale from the government that I thought might fit the bill is the M35A2. It would appear the deuce would be as good a vehicle to have sitting in the back yard as any...

EMP. I didn't search for EMP. I'll have to read that thread. The search feature wouldn't look for EM the other day because it was too short. You may return to your regularly scheduled program:twisted:

Well am I know about this kind of stuff I learned from "Golden eye", or some other 007 gold member. For what's it's worth, this is the first thread I have started that the new little "keep the dummy's from posting when they shouldn't" feature actually said "no matchs start you thread and let...

I was talking with someone about emergency preparedness and they wanted me to let them know if I ran across any former military vehicles that didn't have much electronics in them so they would not be disabled by an EM pulse (if I am talking about the right thing). So the question is: Will the...

Well I just purchased a Yaesu FT-7800R from HAMRADIO.COM. The "required" radio for our local use was a 2M and 70CM range with a 50 watt output so this model was just right for the price. The one I bought is not just for me. It will be passed around in "the group" for us all to practice and learn...

I'm licensed. KJ4IIM. Now I'm off to buy a radio.

Yee, Haw, passed the test today. I should have my call thing next week. Now the hunt for a radio.

I would have made a set of fenders to match the front fenders on the truck I had if the 101 bed I had wasn't a rust bucket. I think it would have looked a lot like a M37 on steriods. If you have the truck and nothing on the back, set it on there and see what you think. I personally don't like...

Well now I have lots of info to process. Thanks everybody for the help. I will take the technician class test Saturday. It looks pretty easy to pass so now it's just a matter of learning how to use the radios and deciding what equipment to get. I assume all military surplus equipment is 24...

Been there, done that, no t-shirt. The factory drive shaft is perfect. The bed is too narrow but I think a set of fender flairs would look great. It would look like a true step side. See picture below. I will try to find some more pictures.

Thanks for the info guys. Just for the record, our church (LDS or "mormons") has asked us to get a couple of people in each of our units to become certified with the ham radios. Locally a member that is an expert on emergency prepardness is teaching a class on the techincal class. After the 9...

Happy Thanksgiving. I have been encouraged to become a ham radio operator and know nothing about them. I assume some of these radios I see at shows in trucks and stuff broadcast on amature radio frequencies. I will one day need a radio and was wondering if any of you guys are experts on the...

Piece of junk. HIGHLY modified and if I understand you it doesn't have the original engine. Good for parts unless someone wants a real job. $1500 at most. It has most of the death marks on it: Butchered cab, drive train mods, little armor, cut armor, rear frame probably welded and cut. This...