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I believe this is one way bureaucrats are forcing older trucks off the road .. The 17 digit VIN came about in 1981 .. they need to be spanked

Used the M817 winch this morning to assist a tree felling , seems to be working just fine after that dead-pull last month .. (y) keeping fingers crossed .. not too worried, have a few parts winches with busted cases the highway depts apparently got too ambitious with

rofl Arlo's head went places nobody else would ever fathom, let-alone sing about... There is no way I can go out and operate a winch now. Remember the winch? We have to stay on topic and this thread is about a winch. Errr, physics.

the crime of the century :D

finally somebody admitted to catching that !!! (y):ROFLMAO:

what individuals can do for themselves in any state pulling this crap is get on the horn to your elected reps, including governor, and follow up with letters to them.. It is best to flood them with calls and letters, or resubmit copies of your initial letters if no personal response. Do not...

I believe they are sealed and unrepairable .. If I am wrong I am sure someone will chime in .. They go bad on occasion, however most of mine are from the 1950s and 60s and are still in use

20-some years ago when I was a hwy supt I obtained a USGI wheel dolly from Watervliet DRMO for the guys to use... It had a manual jack that used the typical folding crank handle typical for a car or pickup .. The guys did not like it because the height of the wheels could not be adjusted to...

okay, back to comical stenciling : while with engineers at FLW in the 70's , a couple of us were painting 55gal drums yellow and stenciling "High Water" on them. But the stencil machine was busted and we had to share a manila "put your own damn letters together" set .. It was one "H" short so...

being a smartazz while visiting with a personable customer one day, I asked what FUBAR meant, told her I thought it was a german word.. She got all red and started laughing .. I knew she was a WW2 german war bride :LOL:

at least as far back as during WW2 .. I believe Mel Blanc provided the voice

Welcome Wreckclues by clicking this name link , or right in this post, either way i suppose

Conversely, I have been that 117,000-122,000 pound vehicle 70+ hours a week, months on end, rolling all night long into the next day .. There were hills that would knock the heaviewt trucks down to 20mph for several minutes. In the snow, in the fog, in the heavy rain and every kind of bad...

My M880 of course is 12V with a BO switch .. Never had an issue even with fully-markered beavertail equip trailers with it.. My old "M38A5" uses a 12v system donated from a 70's CJ5, and it pulls M100 and M416 trailers bulbed at 12V, with no problems.. The BO switches work fine with 12V but...

Agreed ... It amazes me just how blind and distracted certain drivers are today that they cannot even notice a pair of tail lights.. Sometimes I think it is because lanes are wider and people can be less on-the-ball, they get too relaxed and less attentive to what is going on ,, and sometimes...

you are welcome .. I am curious as to what kind of other units , and where they were located, that were also fielding 6602-powered trucks into the 1990's During my earliest days on fleabay , about 1997 or 98, someone below Albany NY posted a M54 for sale, still with its 6602 .. He posted he had...

yup that holley carb ran way too rich and they sure like their gas .. The zenith replacement that was available for them later on is MUCH better carb for that engine

In my experience, it isn't that they left the military "early enough.." Yes there are cases where this is true since I have a M51 (6602) that was released in the late-70's to a County hwy dept ... But I also personally know of at least two Army NG armor batallions and an artillery battery that...

In the terminal block pic, the long mounting studs likely indicate there is a cover (and certainly should be) that goes over the connections

thank you but don't have to "sir" me , I hope you know how that saying goes !