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Welcome - from another tripod in the three-State, two-Country stance beside CARNAC. An M105 is a bit large for pickup truck duty, as is being discussed in an active thread: http://www.steelsoldiers.com/showthread.php?38402-Towing-a-M105a2-w-civilian-Pick-Up

What about ether for the start and the flame thrower in the exhaust stack:)

Replace the throwout bearing. I believe it is a standard bearing size available at any bearing supply place. At least it is a common bearing on the 5 ton multifuel trucks. EDIT: sorry, I meant the pilot bearing is a standard bearing.

My 97 3/4T 4x4 reg cab long bed diesel weighs 6900# empty. My 05 3/4T 4x4 x-cab short bed diesel weighs 7100# empty. Both w/o driver/passengers. This is from certified scales after unloading scrap metal. Pulled an empty 105 300 miles though west Texas and much of Big Bend National Park with the...

I had considered an airbag setup. If you place a pair of bags between the frame and front-rear axle to push down, it would unload the rear-rear. My thought was you do not have to push so hard as to actually lift the rear-rear. You just have to slightly increase the amount of weight carried by...

You are supposed to wear your raingear. If you notice, the truck is designed to be wet on the inside.

The load rating of the 395 Michelin XZL's on my deuce are rated at 12,330 lbs. each. The 1400 x 20s on my 5 ton are "only" 9,960 lbs.

I believe the tires you mention in the original post will be problematic on the stock A2 wheels. If I recall, there is incompatibility with the tire bead area. So you may now need to embark on the search for the elusive A3 wheels. I have MRAP 395's with bead locks and run flat inserts on...

I'm going off of memory here but doesn't the boom winch have a worm gear for the first gear reduction? If so, that is key to it not moving under load.

It overheats when power is applied but it does not retract. Disconnect the wires before the magic smoke escapes.

Just for giggles, have you checked around the base of the turbo where it mounted to the exhaust manifold? One of my trucks had a leak due to loose nuts but the guy that spotted the problem (experienced) told me that blown out gaskets are common. Fairly cheap and easy to replace if that is the cause.

That there is funny, brazen, though maybe not to sed.

Finding a parts guy worth his salt these days is the real trick!!!

Have you thought about having the 395's gone through by a tire groover? Removing every other row of lugs should do something. And since the tires are regroovable, you could also go deeper in the valleys for even more aggressive tread.

Never/rarely on a good brake system. The TM 9-2320-209-20-3-2 includes the bleeding instructions starting on page 120. I do not think it specifies a routine time interval though. A spongy brake pedal is the symptom that indicates bleeding is called for. If a brake pedal travels almost to the...

Lots of very good advice but the original question is whether anyone knows of a place to PM/store the beast for a little while.

Keeping the gear oil level one knuckle below the fill port is a suggestion to limit some of the oil getting to the bearings.

We have another one: http://www.elpasoproud.com/news/local/el-paso-news/man-electrocuted-at-asarco-site

Take it from another desert rat, it does happen despite the dry air. You can get a waterlogged load of fuel easily. small amounts of fuel below the pump pickup point will remain there and allow the algae to grow. Apparently, I have not read the TM's sufficiently to run across the technical term...

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