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I have my 'extra' deuce up here in WA finally, anyone want to buy it? ;)

Nice!

Stalwart, you have a lowboy setup to haul that track? Be fun to hook up and haul that thing around!

If only! That would be a nice thing to do, but I would barely have time to swap the tranny, let alone all the work for getting a 7 speed setup up and running (at least for the time being).

Not much for options because of the size of the current transmission, and needing room for the front drive shaft. There are a few transmissions that will work for clearance, but they are longer, and will require moving the tcase back some. And the rear drive shaft is fairly short, and the front...

Well, that price would be hard to beat! And yeah, his place isn't going to be that far from me now that I am up here :) Forgot about him having all those parts. Thanks Mike! Of course, I would pull this one apart after I have another one in it's place. I would be too curious NOT to mess with it.

Ok, so the syncros in my 818 are not the greatest. 3rd gear doesn't really HAVE much of syncros. And I have a feeling that there are a few teeth issues on the gears. I KNOW how to shift without the clutch, and it doesn't really help on 3rd gear. So, I am tempted to pull the trans and rebuild...

Not sure I can make it, I work Saturdays. But it would be fun to see some more locals.

Last spring time. Not really doing too much in the snow, just seeing how bad the front wanted to sink into the snow/ice.

NHC-250 does NOT have a lift pump. The IP does that function. And if that guy checked out the IP, that would have been one of the tests he SHOULD have performed. Which is also the reason that any air leak is a PITA for these setups. Pull the tool box under the driver's door. Replace ALL those...

Well, getting a deuce is a good thing, but having one of each, then expanding on that, that is so much better! Heck, I have a couple stock deuces, bobbed deuce, 818, etc. and I still want to do the bed conversion for my 818 (with a fairly quick change-up to still use my 5th wheel trailers.) And...

Oh yeah, I got my rims from M1075. Shipping is what makes them expensive, especially those tires!!! As for my other trucks, not yet. I have the M1009 up here (DD that thing right now), and the others will be up in the somewhat near future.

Now if you only worked at the DMV, I would be golden!

What size tires on the truck? Big super singles will most likely hit on that setup. But, take pictures so we can see how it works for you! Always interesting to see another setup. Always something to learn from each way of doing it.

My 5 ton weighs over 20k EMPTY! So you won't be able to put much of a trailer behind it before you need that CDL. Where as my deuces are about 14k empty (with my stuff in there, and fuel, etc). curb weight stock is 13,030 wo/w. That leaves more room before you need that cdl.

A: 105 bed is a perfect fit for the back of a 818. B: The 5th wheel itself comes off VERY easy! C: a 5th wheel pin between the frame rails of the 105 trailer make for a strong setup... D: a second set of ramp mounted upside down to the 105 frame will brace the rear very well. E: racheting...

Rueb, it's only been a couple weeks now. Mike, it will be nice starting the next convoy from CLOSE to home, not 11 hours of driving MVs just to GET to the convoy!

Straight through mufflers are best for noise and performance reasons. I am tempted to pull the stock muffler and use my stack muffler for that very reason. But it isn't worth the effort when the stock one still works fine for now.....

Put some flex pipe in place of the stock muffler, then put a muffler on the stack. Trust me, straight pipe is LOUD!

Oh, there is definitely POWER to that line. But the stud that it goes to (the one that goes into the solenoid itself), is FRIED. I went to wiggle the wire and the entire stud came OUT of the solenoid, throwing some sparks around when it did (forgot I had the ignition on.....)