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Been there, done that with M100's and M416's, with dodge M880/890's as well as with a F250, F350, and F450 pickup ... Flip it upside down and it will fit just fine with closed tailgate .... Just make sure the tongue is to the rear because nothing says hello better than a lunette coming through...

yep, I was referring to M1951's. My Bn was still issuing them in the late 70's-early 80's .. One time got a new/unissued pair , was very itchy on any exposed skin.. I had a habit of using them like pajamas at bedtime during early spring and late fall field operations, when it was too warm to...

How about a long 6x6 story involving tire chains? .. Wonder how the M34's in the pics did in the mud and snow, versus the duals of a M35 etc.. Early one wet snowy morning a M35A2 dropside from Brigade S4 rolled into 2BN's motorpool and a few of us were sent out to unload it.. There were...

After the war my father stayed in Germany almost 3 years .. He was former Cav.. As was his older brother who eventually made his way home after being wounded during the push into Austria following "the Bulge.". After the surrender, members of certain Cav units were among those tasked to stay...

.... and the wool trousers we had .. Brand new ones were Itchy, itchy, itchy !!!! :LOL:

an older post but have some info on pumps: If the vendors in the classifieds are NLA on the pumps, I have installed 24v aircraft pumps that fit the cage found in the multifuel trucks .. The ones I bought are made by same mfg.. Requires a little modification (drill out rivets in order to...

Once bought a dead M51A2 from a highway dept's parts yard .. Got it running and the horn squawked weirdly.. Found the internals and bells stuffed with decades of mud-wasp nests ! :hammer:

did it pretty much keep to the "advertised" gallon per hour under load? Ours can exceed that on full-load occasions but generally averages .8gph with what we have happening during the day with the house and shop

I concur.. We have replaced the military batts with a pair of normal automotive Group-65 1000ca/850caa batts in the cummins 5-tons in summer and install 4 of them for winter (it's usually zero to 25 degrees when we need them).. In the multifuels we get away with just a pair of normal...

Lost power around 0430 yesterday until around 1100 ... Cell phones were buzzing in our circle about people getting stranded on back roads as they came across downed trees, turned around to only be boxed in by a tree that had fallen behind them previously.. Anyway, at least yesterday it was just...

...and some people laugh because I run tire chains 100% of the time on my plow trucks on a long private road and off-road acreage that has to be kept open .. 50% of the time I have to be into places where the chains sure do their job .. Funny how I am the one they call whenever they get their...

checked antifreeze temp, made sure stacks will stay capped, unhooked batteries, rodent poison blocks on floors, and otherwise put them to bed until spring

looks like no tire chains on grader? tsk tsk. tsk. :rolleyes: .. i went out sanding on ice decades ago with dual chains on the back but it was also the one time i didn't chain at least one of the steer tires.. Darn near got fired for it

Not a lot of snow down yet but wet, heavy, and very windy as you can see by the unhappy faces today

well, apparently we didn't have enough fun with the one we had !!! rofl

while captain crunch (above) was saddled with the drudgeries of tank ops in "wonderful" weather conditions, I got to goof off a time or two, even steal someones jeep for a quick spin, in between my own daily dealings. (M151A2) (early Mack-powered M52A1, downswept exhaust, M127A1C trailer...

\ the el-tee yells from the cab, "Get them lousy tankers over here to help unload their own willy pete !!!" (severe editing in effect). #36 was one of the few A2's that OMS swapped its multifuel out with a mack ENDT-673 .. At the time, batallion command would take promising officers out of...

yeah, I concur.. That does not sound anything at all like any Reo "gold comet" deuce engine I have ever been behind in the service (M49C) and in my own business (M49C and M108 ). The comets I know were/are smooth and even with a steady "brrrrrrrrrrrr" out the pipe

Our Curtis "airplane" M35 had been listed for sale cheap on CL for several years and in SS as well.. Now it has been resorted to being parted out/ scrapped .. The front axle and bed has already been taken.. But it still rolls and if somebody wants it, PM with an offer .. truck can be seen...