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  1. msgjd

    The next Project an ASMH

    Finally got 1st cut hay and new ditching done, beating the current spell of bad weather.. I forgot that you had posted pics of what you needed but this morning I grabbed some pics, don't know if they will help you but here goes
  2. msgjd

    Serial Number/Unit Markings for a 1953 Manufacturered Truck

    Looked at the gasser M51 (1962) and the (former gasser) M62 (1953) .. Both have clean frames, the red-lead primer is showing .. I cannot see frame stampings on either truck :???: ,, on either side
  3. msgjd

    Help ID Military Trailer M105?

    yep , but obviously not an available option in the military, nothing could ever be handy or easy.. :rolleyes: Your hitch logic can be seen on pre-1960's farmall farm tractors, a drawpin-hitch was an available option to bolt readily to the steering post on narrow-fronts, or to a bracket for...
  4. msgjd

    Help ID Military Trailer M105?

    It is a M105 for sure, (possibly an A2 version) .. It would've come with 900x20 NDCC tires.. It is the correct S/A cargo trailer to use behind deuces as well as 5-tons .. Rated 1-1/2T off-road/on-road but the armor BN S4 section always stuffed 2T or so of misc crated or palleted cargo into a...
  5. msgjd

    Steel Soldiers MV of the month 2024 - May VOTE HERE!

    thanks.. i never did have the opportunity to picture all of them together, there's about a dozen more elsewhere .. they work (or sleep) at two locations 3 hours apart .. sometimes they swap locations but basically i have at least one of everything at each location , except dump trucks, there's...
  6. msgjd

    22.5 Rims on deuce

    you should be able to find 900x20 radials or 1000x20 radials with no problem , they will help considerably with the bounce.. 20" radials are still fairly common around here, especially on pre-1990's semitrailers which some also have all-season tread patterns
  7. msgjd

    22.5 Rims on deuce

    1: Others here pretty much have answers to your questions under control .. 2: There are the terms "lug centric" and "hub centric" , meaning, the rims rely on the lug nuts to keep them centered on a hub, versus a rim relying on a tight center hole that press-fits onto the hub flange to keep it...
  8. msgjd

    I just inherited a bundle of AN/VRC goodies!

    how does the adapter you had mentioned also step down the input voltage? .. I was unaware there was such a thing, so, thanks for mentioning it .. Back when i was messing with these i didn't have any vehicle radio mounts, but I have a couple now that came with the trucks
  9. msgjd

    303M HydraMatic rebuild

    I sure can collaborate your info .. In the early-mid 70's around here right before I enlisted the Jimmies could be seen lined up in droves at DRMO's as Guard units turned in the last of them. Several local highway depts and village depts had been already receiving G749's for several years via...
  10. msgjd

    303M HydraMatic rebuild

    Yep, hang it like a stuck pig ! ;)
  11. msgjd

    Hydraulic Head Question

    I learned in the 70's as a teen laying underneath a car stranded in a store parking lot during a snowstorm that we should also always test a rebuilt starter's function before installing it .. (y) Luckily a NAPA was only a half-mile walk and i had my tool box in the trunk , but still ! ... I...
  12. msgjd

    I just inherited a bundle of AN/VRC goodies!

    Yes there are people that have been doing D cells for a long time now.. The commo helper had also offered to make me a D-cell box that fit inside the radio battery case, but being i was using the pricks in military vehicles, well, no D's (or OEM batts) were wanted ;)
  13. msgjd

    What to do with old Armasafe batteries?

    About 15 years ago I had a weird situation on a M52 where i was using it a couple days a week in winter thus i rarely disconnected its ground cable.. Went to start it one day and they were deader than dead so they got swapped out and all was fine. I discovered one battery had shorted plates ...
  14. msgjd

    I just inherited a bundle of AN/VRC goodies!

    about 20yrs ago i had a construction helper who claimed to have been in a company commo section ... He talked the talk and likely had been commo.. I had two PRC77's which worked fine except, of course, batteries were sometimes an issue.. He offered to build a vehicle power adapter (24 to...
  15. msgjd

    Chambersburg, PA to MA... anyone moving?

    I have a 45ft stepdeck haul to/from Bloomsburg (pa) two weekends from now, detouring into the berkshires on the return leg but am loaded both ways, sorry I have no room for your gennies :( It would help others here if you indicate whether or not the site will load your gennies
  16. msgjd

    What to do with old Armasafe batteries?

    1: I save all larger / heavier batteries (typically everything more than 700ca) and they go to a scrap yard.. Price ranges from twelve to twenty-five cents a pound here depending on the market . About 10yrs ago I was at a point where I had accumulated enough to fill a M100 jeep trailer and...
  17. msgjd

    MEP-803A Batteries & Long Term Use

    everyone has good suggestions and experience of what works for them ... what works for me is simple... I keep mine hooked in series however the ground cable stays disconnected at all times except when i go to run the unit .. Have gone through 3 or 4 used lead-acid junkyard batteries...
  18. msgjd

    Sticky fuel shutoff

    the only time i've had the button fall off is when a multifuel has sat a long time and as Floridianson said, it's probably because the plunger is sticky and created a gap .. My thoughts are that and,,, perhaps the button was also stuck to the opposing mating surface and got pulled away from the...
  19. msgjd

    What have you done to your 5 ton this week?

    1: M870 lowboy is of course too heavy for what you want 2: M269 is a decent vintage trailer but no ramps .. 3: With ramps, the M172 (15T) and A1 version (15T/25T) are the typical match for a M52/M818 5T tractor 4: There's a ramp trailer similar to M172 but is lighter WW2/korea-era with single...
  20. msgjd

    Batteries Blew Up & Caused A Fire

    Your situation would make a good case argument against insurance companies that require "classic" trucks and cars to be garaged .. I had a good fight going with a prospective agent about my trucks being a helluva lot safer to themselves and everything around them if they were stored out in the...
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