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January 23rd, 2012. Kurtkds: A thinking man's conversion...! I donated my unit to a Air Base museum figuring it would be in context there, but it was a gasser unit with virtually no hours after rebuild at Toole AD, and if I'd had the time, I would probably have converted it too as the...

January 23rd, 2012. SO what was the final upshot on the O.P.'s issue with the City? I think the charge was dismissed, but curiousity kills the cat, so the saying goes....:?:fat lady sings

January 21st, 2012. Gents: The field manual mentioned above is the military bible, but if you can't interpret drawings, the "Scotch Anchor" uses a chain, a log, the front lifting eyes and the trucks weight to creat a "super chock" under the front of the truck. If you figure you're using the...

January 21st, 2012. Remember boys, those rocky crags out west are only mountains by the virtue they are one-third the age of the Appalachians.... The Rockies won't amount to very much when they are that age either.... And Applachian Mountain mud and clay could make you all quite stuck very...

January 18th, 2012. Sorry, but a 4x4 bobbed duece with open axles compares poorly off road with a Unimog with Locking differentials. Blow yer wad on an S404.114 and save the pain of being towed out, but if your wad's bigger, get a U1300L diesel Unimog by all means...I've driven a stock deuce...

January 17th, 2012.:p I love my S404.114, but whats a 408 Ambulance work out to in $$$ versus Euros? The 408 was a neat little truck, but an SEE with all the attchments would be useful around a farm, not so useful in the City. If my next post takes me to the Mountains of PA or MD, I may be...

January 17th, 2012. I had SN 2043 (M422A1) from 1977 until about 1987, it's in the Philadelphia area somewhere with it's second civillian owner. The only two complaints I had then were that parts were hard to find and you always need a supply of front hub center bolts, and no heater. It was...

January 15th, 2012. "So Lonestar, your Schwartz is as big as mine! Let's see how well you use it!":D I think the unpainted body was to take into account climactic conditions in the out back, but it rather does remind one of the Queen Mary come to roost on a 5 ton. Wonder what plate fees...

January 12th, 2011. More efficient locomotives equals fewer less efficient trucks. The railroads aren't complaining about it.... they are eating most of the long distance truckers lunches...now if we would only stop going with more inefficient roads as the rubber tire on asphalt or concrete is...

JAnuary 10th, 2012. The irony of not being able to open this site on that Verizon store computer, is a lot of men and women died in our services so the rest of us could have the freedom to discuss such subjects openly. I wonder what Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, and even...

January 10th, 2012. Someone's been hiding spare parts to take home off of the base?:?

January 9th, 2012. Like a Boss: While it is your truck, many of the modifications suggested here above are,beyond the changing of the engine, the usual "Jack Leg: engineering as regards designing a brake system modification to the deuce. It wasn't designed to go past 45 normally...

January 8th, 2012. THANKS RUNK and Company![thumbzup] That was the sheets I was looking for as the average deuce driver outside of the Army has no clue what to inspect. I'm too many states away to act as an instructor, so you gents are truely kingpins! I don't want the new guy to do a :gimp2:!

January 8th, 2012. Geez! To hear you guys tell it, the world's coming to an end. I have NO problem with Uncle making the commercial operators comply with EPA regs., our newer diesel locomotives do it, so what's the problem? And the law does not apply to all those Panamanian, Liberian...

January 8th, 2012 200th Anniverasay of the "Battle of New Orleans" Welder Sam: Ditto on the clear caps, My truck has the usual red caps and life is not good, but by picking bulbs whose filiaments are at the same height as the slots, it helps some. Thanks...

January 8th, 2011. Pretty good places for chaining down on a rail car deck. Remember gent's you also have the rear trailer chain eyes, the rear sling lift eyes and the front sling eyes to chain to, and AAR Freight car loading rules require blocking for the tires front back and side to side...

January 6th, 2012. It looks kinda like a Swiss Chihuahua next to a serious St. Bernard!:grin:

January 6th, 2012. You might do better to locate a serviceable S404.114 Unimog, as they already come in 4X4, higher then deuce axles, locking differentials and the ability to mount winches.The locking differentials, unlike the rigs you see on US vehicles, really lock and they tend to do better...

January 5th, 2012. hanley: Sir: Flyxpl knows whereof he is talking, unlike a lot of our experts on here, I can only advise you according to the M35A2 your truck used to be because I don't own a M35A3. The M35A2 woW was about 13,500 empty, Gross about 23,500 Lbs. For winch...

January 4th, 2012. USMC_05: These are just my thoughts, for whatever you want to take them for, but my bet is your M1009 has 3/4 ton rear axles and was not really geared for more then 45-55, and normal convoy speeds at the time were 40-45 MPH if deuces were included in the run. Your truck...