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  1. zebedee

    Tractor military trailer hitch

    What!... ? Some UniMogs have three point hitches front AND back. So what does that mean for M984E1-A3/MTVR owners that have essentially the same with the 'Stinger' recovery three point!!! Doubt any of them would notice. Nice tractor bye the way. IH 686? (Just the same as mine - also...
  2. zebedee

    Trailer toter for my tractor

    Funny! I have a 50mm (Euro) ball hitch on the top of my three point spear for moving our 'Goose neck' trailers while the clasp stays locked shut (I think Goose hitches are the bigger size - 2&1/8"?). It's also got a receiver tube down low for a Pintle like yours for 'army' trailers or a NATO...
  3. zebedee

    M936 Commercial Insurance and tags?? (I have searched)

    Have just looked at your website, you already state that you "are fully insured" and "can recover anything from a car up to a fully loaded tractor trailer". Not so sure about that last point - the 936 is only a 'Medium' wrecker and only carried rudimentary ground anchors/spades... I don't...
  4. zebedee

    What 13K$ In LED Tail Lights Looks Like.

    Back up camera +++ Speaking of backup cameras, hows about a camera on the towbar! Check out this vid - interesting part from 1:00..... Edit for 319: No idea on the turbo - but I'm sure there are loads of factoids on the Leopard 2 ..... And yes, it does really sound good!
  5. zebedee

    Hard Tops vs Soft Top

    M816 topless Up until now, I'd never owned a military vehicle with a hard top (M/C's included) and I don't plan on starting now. Have to have that "topless" capability and not after 3 hours wrenching either. (3 hrs was sarcacm by the way) ... and the truck mine will be restored to - has to...
  6. zebedee

    M936 New hydraulic hoses and a little paint on wrecker bed!

    When i was in the UK - there was something like strip grommet, various cross section sizes, sold by the inch or foot, just fit to empty hole and cut to length, but I haven't seen anything here like that. I have used old hyd return hose or fuel hose and slit lengthways, but that is not a...
  7. zebedee

    M816 Wrecker- Pioneer tool rack location

    With so many options, probably unit mods too, that in it'self is probably why it never made it into the TMs! Thanks all.
  8. zebedee

    M816/936 etc Stabiliser leg security

    "Verical hole - BRILL-EE-ANT" (said with heavy Irish accent.) Well I guess that would work! My pins must have been replacements then, as the chain is not welded to the body or the spring clip fastened to the second(or third) link from the end of the L pin. But I can do that. Thanks a...
  9. zebedee

    This Picture Needs a Caption (M543A2, M936A1)

    "J" is for Jealousy. Having TWO wreckers that is. or... My other wrecker's . . . . . .. .. ... a wrecker!
  10. zebedee

    M816 Wrecker- Pioneer tool rack location

    Does anyone with an M816 have their pioneer tools located anywhere other than on the crane boom behind the cupola? There are pics here on SS that show wreckers without tool racks on the boom, but it's not clear where else they might be. The BII is in conflict as to whether there is a tool...
  11. zebedee

    Purchase Private vs. GovLiq or other

    Ken - I don't know about the availability of these trucks, but to 'comment' on your original question, in my opinion, is that, as said, the GL thing IS an adventure. Don't assume that the vehicle will be road ready and that there will be wrench time before you can enjoy the driving part. To me...
  12. zebedee

    M816/936 etc Stabiliser leg security

    Hmmmm - that bracket seems way too thin for that... But a little weld on tube (just big enough for the pin) would work.... Thanks.
  13. zebedee

    M816/936 etc Stabiliser leg security

    Is this what you have? Maybe I need to go poke something....
  14. zebedee

    M816/936 etc Stabiliser leg security

    OK - silly question time. Front stabiliser - "L" pin retention. On my 816, I cannot see how the L pin and the retainer clip are supposed to stop the L pin from falling out of the 'U' bracket, then free to fall out of the stabiliser leg. There is a weld lump for the end of the chain, but as...
  15. zebedee

    Any Way to Rejuvenate Faded Paint?

    Or you could go 'old school'.... WD 40 or diesel on a rag (lint free). Great for keeping stray fingers off when at a public outing. ... don't plan on properly repainting 'till it is eventually rinsed off in the rain.
  16. zebedee

    Barstow M936's recovery

    Ah. No wonder I didn't recognise it - I have batteries there! ... Handy. I have seen something there, had wondered if they were just extensions to the sides and end. Thanks
  17. zebedee

    wrecker rope

    For when you have to shimmey down the cliff to attatch the winch rope to the Hollywood star who just sent their Porsche into oblivion!
  18. zebedee

    Barstow M936's recovery

    Majmalfunction Which locker is pic 3? Looks like the door swings down or out to the side not up like those for pic 1 and 2. Great haul - will save a bunch of searching headaches! M35A2 - AZ Earlier pics - do I see two working 30ton bottle jacks? If so, want to cash one in? My 816 did...
  19. zebedee

    Front lamp identification

    appologies, I thought "Europe" would be enough. Most US units operated out of Germany and Britain during the Cold war, then did the Balkans, Bosnia, former Czechoslovakia etc..... (Wow - try spelling that without coffee) but they had to travel throughout most of the central, Northern and...
  20. zebedee

    wrecker rope

    Other rope? Not sure if it helps, but I've bought climbing rope before - 1 million uses! Would be great with tackle blocks as it wouldn't untwist inder load. Always loads on e-gay, even black, also some 2" manilla right now!
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