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Anybody else have anything to auction-off to help raise money? Know some of you packrats could part with something...

Yup, that's the idea. Lots of companies make kits, but there's really not much to it. WFO Concepts is worth checking out. Would highly recommend staying away from Ballistic Fabrication though. Horrible company.

Nice! Wondering the same thing about the electronicamol stuff in an S250 shelter we picked up recently (mini-camper for our smaller trucks).

Would suggest finding that other thread and reading-up on the differences in verbiage related to historical vehicles according to the DMV vs the vehicle codes that the occifers are enforcing.

Yup, that's a good way to do it. All comes down to execution though. Geometry. Specifically, the length/angle of the traction bar, as where the front is attached to the chassis is really important. Want to make sure that the arc the traction bar swings in complements the geometry of the...

I think you guys are all crazy for disabling the CTIS! We've probably had about 15 A2's now and not had a problem with any of them. Sure, 4-5 have had a few small/slow leaks when we picked them up, but we haven't even had to dismount a single tire to fix any of them. Seems like a pretty reliable...

There's a very good thread about registering military vehicles in CA that you should find and read. Covers all this stuff. We just registered a 1989 M923A2 historical last week? Sure hope Sacramento doesn't kick it back! Remove one of the rear axles why? Key to what? Same here. Also lets...

If you design/build them right, you won't ever want to remove them. Sure, traction-bars like mudguppy's are going to bind, but there are several ways to build traction-bars that won't. You really only need one, ideally located towards the center of the axle. Build something more like a...

Here are those pictures.

(those aren't DOT-approved)

Put the M109 box on the M923. Haven't driven any NHC-powered 5-tons, but love the A2's with the 8.3L. If you want to bob it, do that. It's a better truck than the deuces in just about every way though.

Done (link to the auction here)

Are you guys really that unhappy with the power or is this a 'more is better' kinda thing? We just flat-towed an M936A2 350 miles with an M923A2 and it was fine? Had to slow down for some of the big hills, but I was honestly pretty impressed.

eek, $2500 huh? That's not gonna work. Can't afford to throw away all the value in a wrecker, so might have to build on a standard cargo truck chassis.

Wow, that is surprising. What kinda condition was it in? Figured there would be a lot of people who might want to put one of these beds on another truck, something that might make a better tow rig. If I can't sell the wrecker bed for good money this whole project is kinda dead in the water...

We have several M931A2's, and they're great trucks, but want/need a little more length/space and don't want to have to tow a trailer all the time. Want to be able to carry my M109 motorhome box, and that would only fit on a tractor if I removed the spare tire carrier. Probably, yes. Will need a...

So... anybody want to coordinate a giveaway or an auction of some kind? We're in with a towbar.

We're probably only going to end up keeping three 5-tons. Two of them will be used primarily as motorhomes, and the third will be this supertruck. Registration and insurance are two big reasons to build modular trucks, and having the ability to reconfigure them to do different jobs while we're...

Will take some pictures of the M936A2 counterweights next time I go over to the yard. Think toolboxes or maybe hydraulic reservoirs or something, anything, would make a lot more sense. Seems stupid to add weight to something that's already so heavy.

According to the data plates, a hightop M923A2 weighs about 1000lbs more than a regular M923A2, and it's all in the cab. But after removing the wrecker bed, there's not much extra weight left in the chassis, right? I mean, except for the framerail reinforcing plates, and hydraulic components...