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Yea they are heavy haha. But after looking them over a little more closely I've found out why All but that 1 "little" single are sized for 7/8" steel cable, the one little single is stamped 5/8". I don't like things rolling around unsecured and would like to have all the equipment...

Haven't put them on a scale but around 100 lbs each

Checked the rear winch cable today and it's done, rusted out. Cut off a 5ft section then another cut about 8-10ft from there with no change. A bunch of parts for the wrecker arrived today as well. Now I need to figure out where to stow everything haha. Forgot to take a picture of the tow lights...

Hahahaha it comes and goes. Besides paint/body stuff the wrecker is almost complete. The m51 would be multipurpose, dump bed dedicated to a gun truck but replaced with a 5th wheel the rest of the time. I'll start a build thread before long Sent from my XT1585 using Tapatalk

Possibly. That m51 I have hasn't sold so it will end up being built. Sent from my XT1585 using Tapatalk

Has anyone built a m51 gun truck? And directions for more info on 'Invader II' would be appreciated.

Broke within a foot of the end. I'll cut the cable further back and see how it looks Sent from my XT1585 using Tapatalk

The way I lifted the truck was first centered with the support legs then when airborn retracted the boom from 12ft-10ft. From there set it down, removed the support legs, rotated a few degrees, then repeat a few times. So a slight angled lift each time but nothing extreme. This trip has...

Well this was an interesting July 4th with the wrecker. That morning participated in a parade, ended up towing a ambulance through the parade (clutch failed on the way there) so the wrecker got to show off one of it's capabilities. Got home around 7pm and received a call about 9 from a...

Use this m103a2 to haul stuff with the wrecker.

I was issued one of those Mystery Ranch 3 day packs, good unit and seems pretty comfortable to me.

Indeed it does. More it's driven the happier it seems to run judging by the decreasing volume of smoke from the exhaust system. Sometimes need a nap after working it....:mrgreen: This weekend headed up to Valence's place to take care of the last of my heavy stuff that was at his place...

Been covered many times in the deuce sections. If your truck has the multifuel engine the FDC is most likely leaking internally, letting diesel flow into your engine oil pan. Been covered even more is that the FDC DOES NOT affect the engines ability to run other fuels such as oil, veggy oil...

I have not. But it's not the compression ratio that's the concern. The 6.2/6.5L diesel engines have a 21:1 compression and they can run the methanol without complaint. It's the timing when the methanol is injected in the multifuel that is the issue.

The hypercycle process is the issue with running methanol in a multifuel. It begins the combustion process too early, igniting the methanol while the piston is still on the up stroke. The water is fine no issues there, but you must keep the methanol very low/none.

Been running one on my m816 wrecker with 395's. If I maintain 2000rpm on the highway I'm getting a bit over 6mpg. Elevation up here is right around 5000ft. Considering most say the wreckers get 3-4.5mpg on the highway I figure the air scoop and the modified air filter are helping.

Well had my first lift tow experience today, went successfully. Had to recover the M51 dump truck this weekend so took the wrecker out to the canyon to bring it back. M51 was parked towards the top of a fairly steep hill and had been sitting there for awhile. I'd rather tow a vehicle on a...

I can see someone doing a face plant by tripping over the tow bar climbing off the wrecker.

Haha will complete the tasks in order of functionality. The oil seeps seem to have stopped so they have moved down the list. Storage access, parking brake, spare tire, extra air tanks, and changing the rest of the fluids are highest on the priority list right now.

Figured I should go ahead and update the list