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I had missed the need for a bulge in the wheel center to clear the caliper (just in time, thanks profo!) but do know that the minimum ID in the wheel's drop center is 17.25 inches for the calipers to clear. Also, the factory backspacing is 10-1/8 inch. Looks like I'm onto plan B, widening the...

At some point I'll make an easily removable extension for the exhaust pipe - and hope I'll remember to remove it before heading into the trees. Or maybe it should be made flexible instead?

Say what? Yeah, ear muffs are our friend. So is turning the flapper on the exhaust to face the right side. It did help with both noise and getting smoked.

Happy Memorial Day everybody!

You're welcome.

Hey, Felix, I'm guessing that you're looking through older posts. It'd be helpful if you could quote the original post, or at least mention the number of the post, so that I'd have an idea what your posts are supposed to refer to. Your second one I can tell has to do with how to lock the backhoe...

I don't see how removing the implements makes it a truck. Trucks you put cargo on, so unless you also install a bed of some sort it should still be a tractor - which you pull things with. If you do end up removing the loader and backhoe, please let me know how much fun it was to reinstall them.

Yeah, I've always figured that it'd be the easiest to treat the SEE as the tractor it is. Bought two inexpensive LED strobe lights (less than $20 each) to put over the cab, mounted on small but strong magnets. Also got a triangle mount for the back, and use the cheap LED worklights (replaced the...

never thought about what it'd be worth, but I wouldn't be greedy. I have so darn many parts and pieces and vehicles that I need to cleanse the garage at least to some extent. Even sold my beloved M1009 a while back, with 3/4-ton axles, Banks turbo, TH700R4, Atlas 'case, and more. That one I...

Tinstar, if you don't mind painting it, I have a NOS dash. According to the dealer it was the last one out there, so I couldn't whine too much about it being blue. Bought for a crew cab but ended up having the original rebuilt instead. Come to think of it, I should probably make sure it'd fit...

It can't be by much, if it is. At least it's not obvious to me.

That's one question I'd like to know the answer to as well. Could be a simple as that the centers are moved inboard. Or turned around in the rims. I don't remember where the drop center is on a stock wheel. Might have to give doing one of the two a try, since I'd really would like a wider track...

Since I'm not sure just how much work it would be to remove (which is likely the easy part) and reinstall the backhoe, does anybody know of photos and/or a video of the procedure? What I do know is that hooking up a 3-point backhoe to a tractor was a royal pain, even with extendable lift arms...

I must be getting old, because it bugged me when I came across the forklift and crane parts off an HMMH for sale. That means that somebody took a useful vehicle (only 290 made) and turned it into a basic Unimog. Except with a front suspension lockout and blackout lights. But, hey, it's a free...

I, too, am curious about the tires and wheels. But why buy a SEE and take the useful stuff off of it? To then also modify the suspension would make it that much harder to put the useful stuff back on again.

The 365/80s are too tall for my liking, and I should've also pointed out that I'd prefer a bias ply. Main reason being that I'm not fond of replacing tires based on age, but also because I recently put a hole in the sidewall of a 12.5R20 and bias ply tires generally have stouter sidewalls. To be...

Id like to go the opposite way, to a shorter and wider tire, since I don't need the extra speed or ground clearance but would prefer a lower contact pressure and better stability. Anyone have a suggestion in the 35 to 38-inch tall range? It could well be an ag tire as road use really isn't an issue.

What would be the purpose? Indeed, each connection is a potential trouble spot, so there would be a 50% reduction in those, but other than that I can't see any advantage over having the lower cost and extra capacity of dual 12 Volt batteries.

At the speeds I'm driving the SEE, I don't think that a spinal cord injury is likely, and (so far) most rollovers I've been in has been with a lap belt. Plus a few without anything. I've thought about using air springs to suck the suspension up, like a lift axle, but a straight swap of coil for...

I have no experience with a regular backhoe so I'm learning as I go here, but it sure seems like not having suspension would be a good thing. One of these years I'll figure out a simple way to at least limit the droop in the rear. 30 mph is probably the fastest I've driven my SEE, but it was...