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Yes, @sue built one for his. It is unobtrusive, well thought out and well executed. I was very impressed with it and would like to have one like it in my hmmwv.

A slow rollover should be OK. A flip at highway speed is a different thing entirely.

No experience with other than carc. My best guess says yes. Maybe someone more knowledgeable will chime in.

I picked an existing hole on the driver side under the tail light and used that. One was good enough. It doesn't have a light, but that's not an issue during daylight and 99% of the time otherwise.

4 gallons of CARC does a complete 5ton.

In your climate, some kind of rust inhibiting primer is probably a good idea. We used no primer, just mostly intact but faded CARC. The tires are michelin XZL 395's and are a good choice for your dump truck. You should be able to find some on 10 bolt lmtv rims which will bolt right up to your...

Angle grinder with a wire brush for the easy to reach places. Sandblaster and needle scaler for the harder to reach places. Pressure wash and green scratch pad to prep. Behr housepaint the color of choice. (This is better than it sounds) Edit to add pic . Current picture of a truck we painted...

There has to be someone around there with a 5ton and a towbar. If I was close enough I'd do it for lunch and some fuel. Too many unknowns to try to drive it. I strongly caution against trying to tow it with a pickup truck. Just too much potential for badness, and no real upper limit on...

Your computers and stuff are likely to try to pull just one leg off of it and will be getting 135v instead of the expected 120v. I'm thinking no go.

House paint is actually a good choice for these vehicles, especially in your climate. The wheel cylinders aren't expensive, and the brakes on these things aren't hard to work on, but they're critical if they fail. @CastleBravo is in your area and maybe could go with you to get a look...

The chop house in kingman has a really good steak sandwich.

My 2 man soft top variant weighs within a couple hundred pounds of my GF's jeep wrangler JKU, and 4000lbs less than my 1ton pickup truck. My hmmwv weighs less than a Ford F150, and about 25% more than the current Dodge Challenger. In the scheme of things, this really doesn't justify...

They've been scarce at auction for quite some time.

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The wheels are odd enough that there's no shame in not immediately being able to identify them. "Those wheels look oddball. What are they, something custom?", would be appropriate.

Possibly re-centered hemtt rims.

In theory, it'll stress the bearings. In reality, the bearings will probably be fine unless you put a lot of miles on it loaded beyond the rated capacity. As for the front tracking differently than the rear, it makes a difference offroading when you have to create more than one path for...

Things to consider - 1) if the rear tires touch each other at all, they'll build heat and catastrophically fail. 2) the bigger the spacers, the more stress is placed on them. Spacer failure is not uncommon. 3) steel spacers are preferable to aluminum. 4) spacers add width to the truck. It...

I suspect the gladhand cover, service side on the front. There's a vent on it. If it clogs or is removed, it prevents the service brakes from completely releasing.

The wheels fit. Not sure about 14.00s.