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David I actually have two extra tanks, I’m just going to mount one as a dummy. Are there left hand and right hand tanks ? If so all mine are the same, left hand.

Fenders and grill are on, it is starting to look like a truck again. The hard top is temporary, but my new canvas top will not be ready for several weeks. We are going to the show topless ! Rear wheels for the singles. We are still looking for the spare tire davit and the winch pully...

The original goal for this truck was to have it ready for the 2020 Macungie truck show. The Covid travel restrictions did in that plan and the show was canceled anyway. But now it is 2021 and the Macungie show is Fathers Day weekend, just a few weeks from now. The push is on to have it ready for...

It has been a long time since this thread had been updated, but with the truck several hundred miles away it has been difficult to get away and work on it. However on my last trip I brought the fenders home to do some rust repair and repair two 2x6 holes punched into them by the forestry service...

I don't know what caused that crack, it does not appear to be in a high stress area. It is getting welded up. The actuating arms are also getting welded up and re-surfaced. Almost every spring in the clutches were broken, but I was able to find a spring vendor who was able to provide a very...

With a little bit of effort I was able to get the Fleetstar running. The RD450 seems to run pretty good although the rear main seal leaks like a sieve. But with the truck running I was able to start evaluating what worked and what didn't on the Gar Wood crane. The boom up and down seemed to work...

Great videos Kyle ! That is a great truck. Boy, that crane is excruciatingly slow. It's hard to tell how the PTO is set up on your M211, does it come off the transmission or transfer case ? Since you have the KW M1A1 book you probably know that originally the PTO came off the transfer case, the...

Congratulations to Junkyard Wars Crusher for MVOTY ! You've done a beautiful job with your truck and are well deserving of the win. As for me, it was an honor just to be in the running. Thanks very much to those who voted for the red Federal.

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Howard, it's actually the same model number that Gar Wood used on the WLF and KW M1A1 wreckers, all are model US6. The main difference is the curved boom used on the early C2's. The crane towers are the same size. Hope to see you at Harrisonburg. I plan to be at Macungie too. Mr. Ahab, the...

Big news, we located the "Holy Grail", an original Gar Wood US6 C2 wrecker boom ! Best part is it was only 5 hours away in Bainbridge, Georgia. It will need a lot of work but is mostly unmolested with only the main PTO sprocket being relocated from its original location. So hopefully the Federal...

It's an honor just to be in consideration for MV of the Year. Every vehicle in this competition is worthy of the prize. Not much has happened on the old Federal since April, although I have located a serviceable exhaust manifold to replace the existing one with multiple cracks. Then we will be...

Karl, you are right that it had a sander on it. I was told the sander was only on it for a season or two and it was only used to sand one road up on a mountain. In any event there is no rust on the frame and only a few small spots on the cab. Parts trucks are always good to have but transporting...

Seeing this thread for the first time. Love the 10 tons ! Mine has it's own thread which has just been updated. Here's a "before and "during" photo. We didn't get to the "after" yet.

Here is a photo of the pulley block we need installed in it's correct location.

Finally at the beginning of October the planets aligned and I was able to travel and get back to work on the Mack. A new set of four Group 31 batteries awakened the old girl from her long slumber and she came out into daylight again. She looked like the Beverly Hillbillies truck with all the...

Wow, when you haven't made a post since last February you find your thread buried on page 10 ! As I have mentioned I live in Florida and the truck is in Connecticut, so work stopped when the Covid put a big kabosh on my travel plans. A few things did happen in the mean time. Before it was closed...

That's great David, you truly have a one of a kind ! Are they sending you copies of the photos ?

I find most of my bearings on ebay for a reasonable price. https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=m570.l1313&_nkw=timken+23100&_sacat=0

David, I've been wondering when you were going to start a thread on your M125. That is great truck. Are you saying you think Mack installed the V8-300 in '58 ? Or was it converted later ? I hope to get back to work on the M123A1C this fall.