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    Looking for salvage yards around Houston Tx

    Not seeing red river on eBay and the only feltz tire I’m coming across is in marshfield, wi sold by hotrod something.
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    Looking for salvage yards around Houston Tx

    I did come across the feltz tire on eBay, but it something about being somewhere in cold Midwest so I moved on. Not worried if they would be open when I go up this wkend. I’m going to visit friends, but I can do a drive by and see if there is something that catches my eye. I want the 16.R20...
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    Looking for salvage yards around Houston Tx

    Any idea if they are still open for business? Only thing I can is some old FB pages and no web link. I am planning on going up there this wkend to visit a friend from the army and his brother. 1 of them currently works at RRAD, so I will inquire with him if he can get me connected for parts and...
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    Manual 5 Ton?

    i was wondering about that.There are a LOT of older (R, RD) macks for sale, especially if the cab is tore up and frame twisted. I was thinking either swap the axles out or swap only the chunks out. I did a google search for compatibility but came up empty. Do you think the whole...
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    Manual 5 Ton?

    Copy. I read somewhere on here folks talking bout lockers and a power divider. I couldnt remember if i had seen the PD switch when i was test driving a wrecker a few weeks. Thought they were both powered but wanted to double check. thanks.
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    Manual 5 Ton?

    if you dont find crayon ends and or melted crayons under the floor mats, you dont have a USMC truck
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    Manual 5 Ton?

    Am i to assume these trucks have limited slip axles since there is talk of of lockers? Do both rear axles drive or is it like civi big trucks, have lock the power divider in to get traction out of both axles?
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    Gooseneck hitch on a 5 ton

    i was thinking of getting something like this https://www.govplanet.com/for-sale/Trailer-Dollies-1996-Great-Dane-GCDAR-1-S%2FA-Dolly-Louisiana/3102124?h=5000%2Cct%7C3%2Cc%7C2706%2Cmode%7C2&rr=0.14286&hitprm=&pnLink=yes cutting the axle frame from the dolly frame, welding on a plate to the axle...
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    Gooseneck hitch on a 5 ton

    that is WAY to high for my gn. id have to put a lift kit on my trailer to get it to couple that high. or build another outer tube and weld a cap on the inner tube to keep water from pooling at the coupler. but it an option. ill back up to the trailer when i get back home in 12 days and take...
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    Helped a gentleman whose car slid into a ditch

    iv seen recovery/rotator/wreckers pull loaded 18 wheelers from a quagmire or lift them from the front rims. granted they were also using another rotator to pull from the back of the trailer as well, but still yarded from the aluminum wheel, without tearing the wheel/axle up.
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    Gooseneck hitch on a 5 ton

    i was wondering the same thing, how to fab a gn hitch sys for the 936. my former employer uses fuel trucks and trailers and the dolly axle has a rotating ring so the trailer tank pivots on the ring, and pivots at the pintle point. i was thinking of modding something similar, but instead of the...
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    Wreckers: Do people buy them for hobby or use?

    since I'm not finding any hemtt trailers close (150-250 mi radius) to me, i guess a 30,000 lb pintle equipment trailer is what i'll be going with then. i was wanting something that was the same height as the truck, but I'm not driving a wrecker to idaho just for a trailer. thank you for your input.
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    M923A2 Engine Swap

    3406B. I do LOVE a ylw kitty, but a cat isn't a cheap inframe, granted it was an E, but my step dad did an inframe plus had the head rebuilt and a new set of jakes and it cost him nearly $12,000. he did the eng himself, sent the head off and had them install the jakes. iv seen plenty of B...
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    M923A2 Engine Swap

    im im not able to find these trucks ya'll speak of for cheap prices. I'm not against auctions at all, but depending when the bid closes depends if i can bid on it. my schedule rite now is a 3wk on/off. if it ends 1-20 day/s after I'm on shift, well, i can't bid on that bc i would have a way to...
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    M923A2 Engine Swap

    i have to start with what i can get my hands on. I'm buying the wrecker to load logs on a trailer, haul them to my mill and load/turn/unload off my mill. once i get a pair of axles under my mill, ill then haul my mill to the customer and mill onsite. as for lacking a dog house, depending how...
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    Wreckers: Do people buy them for hobby or use?

    i never messed with the hemtt trailers. when i drove anything bigger than a m35a2, it was the ammo tck which was a PLS. other than that, i was on the gun line sending 155 rounds down range. i didn't know they had a locking pin. thanks for the info. most of my backing would be in dirt, unless i...
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    M809-series (M818) Air Brake Retrofit

    I first saw/dealt with wedge brakes when i went through the MRAP school at RRAD back in 2012. we only tore down an oshkosh MATV brake sys, and after the crap with that, i never wanted to mess with wedges again. i'll tear into an axle just s&g to assess the wear of the liners and how mechanically...
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    Wreckers: Do people buy them for hobby or use?

    @gstirling i was thinking of getting a hemtt trailer. its got a 20,000 lb capacity which will do everything i need it to do. only downside is, the dolley axle is a pivot point and the pintle is another pivot point. iv tried backing a fuel tck with a dolley axle trailer, and i SUCK at it. if...
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    M923A2 Engine Swap

    i was thinking of an engine swap too, along with a 8-10 spd manual (IF it will fit and not have to relocate the t-case and mess with the drive line, other than the short shaft from xmsn to t-case). i like rolling coal, but every time that happens, its just $$$$ being pi$$ed out the stack. so...
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    Overland 5-ton camper with a 20' container (now 40' !)

    i know it may sound strange, but what a refer box/trailer. it is already insulated, and can get a 20' box tck type, but since you are now talking 40', there are those in trailer form. yes, it limits the inside width by 4.5", but you won't have to worry bout temp changes. i know, well, know...
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