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Outside residential walls have to be a minimum of 2x6, but the other stuff is so typical of how different jurisdictions have different opinions/requirements.. Is the Balloon method an actual local requirement , or actually stated in today's IBC (Inter. Building Code) , and not the personal...

1st day on a 4-story brick building interior gut/reconstruct project, the FNG in his late-20's is standing over the blueprint table, sees that something is off.. The Lead man yells over at him "don't just stand there we gotta get busy and do something ! " The new guy tries to tell the Lead...

The T/O bearing failed on one of the 818's a few years ago during a 250-mile round-trip haul with the stepdeck trailer, fortunately it happened on the return leg and was empty at that point... Luckily had about 45 miles left to go, mostly uphill and fairly desolate secondary roads at that...

You are not totally off-base with that thought... A multifuel A3 does exist in the form of the M109A3... I can find no difference other than it's "clean air" engine and turbo perhaps. I am confused as to why those were designated A3 instead of following the old logic of becoming something like...

My motiovation at a much earlier age was a '55 john deere 40 and a '53 farmall SM. By 13 it was mastering (sort-of) a '51 international L122 pickup with a scraper box 4sp .. No matter what one did, 2nd / 3rd shift and the 4th / 3rd shift would always scratch or scrape, right up to the day I...

as you may have noticed, the M880-series doesn't have overload springs, but other dodges of that era sometimes do

we have never run WMO in anything , only WVO .. totally different animal .. in some trucks we blend a percentage of diesel and gas with the WVO depending on outdoor temp, using a hydrometer to get the specific gravity fairly close to diesel .. Straight WVO heated to 180-190 degrees is just a...

well I can give you my 2 cents as owning a M880 and M890 for many years and also seeing them haul (some ungodly bulky loads and trailer loads) in the military when they were new .. It is my understanding that although the rear axles share the same model number, the M's supposedly have a...

From what I've read about the Kirkland brand, be it oil, meats, and many household items, it generally is coming from top-of-the-line brand names under contract with Kirkland distributing .. Always read the specs on oil labels no matter what, if it matches Mack, Caterpillar, Mil-Spec etc listed...

we have run our mep003's on WVO whenever they are gonna run for over a half-hour , done that over 10 years very successfully.. We only use the diesel in the main tank for startup-warmup, cool down-shut down, and short-period runs .. Installed 3-way tank selector valves from 5-tons on them...

Some on here may find interest and be surprised to learn that the basic (straight) M60 was still in use at Ft Hood TX as late as the summer of 1987, at the least, almost 30 years after its development. A very good friend was part of a fire & maneuver tactical night exercise utilizing several of...

both M48A5 tank BN's in "our" Brigade had the stabilized M68 main gun, IR sights and periscopes, the IR-selective searchlight, M60A1-RISE powerpacks and crossdrive, the NBC system, and the RISE hull upgrade , to the least of my recollection ..No TTS , and obviously no ERA .. I recall crews...

I believe it ! I do recall seeing M48A3-based or perhaps A5-based AVLB's on occasion as late as the early-mid 1990s in the states , but no idea how long they lasted here. Long ago there was talk our Brigade had at least a BN-sized number of A5's sitting in WGermany kept in operational status in...

why would you say less fortunate? The A5's certainly are better than anything older and their M60A1 gun system was a huge improvement over the M48A3.. The A5's in my pictures had IR sights/scopes and other updates which put them equal with the M60A1. Very late on, a few in the BN had LRF...

yes they did .. the particular ones pictured had left their batallion as M48A3's , were rebuilt , and came back as A5's with the M60A1 gun platform and the RISE standard.. At the time of these pics , this BN's A5's had been fitted with improved IR, stabilized M68 gun, and other updates which...

Learned at an early age to always stand sideways on the hay wagon , with feet spread slightly and always at the ready. Cuz ya never know when that jumpy clutch gets popped or there is a chuckhole , or sudden stop for the next batch of bales ! Yup, had my share of scratches and bruises...

just a few of my personally-taken pics from back when. .. the last pic illustrates what happened to a minty-fresh butterbar Scout in his M114 who fed the Tankers misinformation :ROFLMAO:

just a couple pics from back when. .. the last pic illustrates what happens to minty-fresh butterbar Scouts in their M114 who feed Tankers misinformation :ROFLMAO:

nice find ! .. and about your previous jeep i sure recognize the (Fort) lost in the woods bumper / unit markings, but by the 1970's i don't recall 5A (5th Army) being on base support vehicles .. was that just a 1950's thing?

you really should edit your post, this statement in your post is incorrect ... Just listen to your poppet valve next time you are in the truck.. Reverse and neutral on the tranny shifter are the rev/fwd shift points on the transfer case .. This method applies to the M809-series and M39-series...