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Ah, so they're separate hydraulic systems? Well that simplifies things. Can replace the PTO with the cover from the truck I'm going to put the winch on, so no prollem there. Thanks a bunch for the help.

I'd like to remove the trolley brake setup from an M931A2 and add it to an M923A2 that I'm turning into a long(er)-wheelbase tractor. Anything I should be aware of when swapping parts around between trucks, besides the obvious?

Supposing I wanted to remove the front winch from an M936A2 wrecker. How would I go about that in a way that wouldn't compromise the integrity of the rest of the hydraulic system? Yes, I'm aware that removing the winch will make the frontend even lighter.

Looks good, but if you extend that piece of tubing further forward towards the front mount, you'll reduce the bending loads on the main tube and make that traction bar a lot stronger.

Well three cheers for that!

****, shoulda bought that one that sold outta Fontana today.

What are 916's going for these days?

Cool. What kind of suspension setup are you running in the rear?

(by the way, his username is misspelled in the title of this thread)

Those blueprints he whips-up on request are incredibly helpful, and he's provided me with technical assistance on countless occasions/topics.

Not trying to be a jerk, but the way those eyelets allow the pins to move around a bit, and the way those heim-joint are oriented - that's a bad combo. Looks unsafe. Would be much better/stronger if you made some simple brackets to re-orient the heim-joints so they'd be inline with the trailer...

Congratulations on the progress being made, and thanks for all your efforts.

Have been looking into that and haven't found anything definitive yet regarding holes in the sides of the framerails. Only this. When I was making new body mounts for an M1031 I referred to GM's upfitter guide and think they recommended staying something like 1" away from the top/bottom flanges...

Couldn't be much rougher on stuff than those forklift drivers.

Thanks! Had seen that info at olive-drab, but overlooked the TM's. Shoulda known...

Happy to hear that you've got such a good attitude about all this, and that you're going to rework the rear suspension. We're all learning and sharing here, sometimes from each others' mistakes. Like this stupid mistake I made last weekend. But you'll find plenty of help here if you want it, and...

That turned-out great. Have one of those fiberglass helmet hardtops for my M101A3, but your top is much nicer.

Nice work! Thanks for sharing.

Well, we flat-towed our M936A2 home with an M923A2, so they're not completely 'useless'...

Whoa, are those metric lbs? haha. Thanks for sharing. All very helpful.