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Need two medium towbars on a pallet picking up from Joint Base Lewis-McChord. Expected weight ~ 480 lbs, they have a few sets of feet loose on pallet too. Once picked up, I can organise shipment. I actually only need one of these towbars so would be willing to do a deal if anyone can help...

Understanding that e-mail addresses of S/S members are not available to the general masses only the site techno-nerds etc. Is there a a way that someone who hasn't posted in a couple of years, can be contacted on my behalf, with my question, for them to decide if they want to then contact me...

Wrecker play time - or as my wife says "Your still trying to justify getting it aren't you?" You know the saying "I don't know what we did before we had ...... " (Insert as necessary - vacuum's, cell phones, microwaves, remote control TV's etc., etc. Now I can add 'wrecker'! ) Had a little...

So, I wasn't lucky enough to get welding tanks on my 816, heck, didn't even get the welding tool box or torch/gauges etc. No prob. Won't be gas welding with the wrecker - have a shop set for that. But a "demo only" set would be nice. (could stencil them "M-T" as in 'nothing inside'!)...

Does anyone with an M816 have their pioneer tools located anywhere other than on the crane boom behind the cupola? There are pics here on SS that show wreckers without tool racks on the boom, but it's not clear where else they might be. The BII is in conflict as to whether there is a tool...

OK - silly question time. Front stabiliser - "L" pin retention. On my 816, I cannot see how the L pin and the retainer clip are supposed to stop the L pin from falling out of the 'U' bracket, then free to fall out of the stabiliser leg. There is a weld lump for the end of the chain, but as...

I realise that US vehicles traditionally don't have these, since pushing a vehicle infonts bumperettes would not be possible... However most other NATO countries do have front tow pintles, for use with rigid bars and also 'nosing' of trailers or back loading of landing craft etc... AND, I...

Has anyone ever had their "collar fealt" by a LEO/DoT/Trooper etc., or even inspection problems with the height of the headlights? This is not even regarding lifted trucks, bigger tyres/'stumpies' etc... Now that the vehicles are in private hands and not subject to in service exemptions, it...

Vids are already surfacing from this weekends MV show at the Whitbread Hop Farm in Beltring UK. If you haven't been, but have heard of it, check out the helocopter ride vid for an idea of the size of the event... I went back in 2009 and then there were over 1000 official vendors, add to...

What we (in the States etc.) just missed: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqFTmcmeED0 Nice collection of tanks, trucks and Jeeps etc. Inc Pacific, 2 Wards, Diamond T n Rogers + High Speed Tractor, Mack NO, Sherman, Weasel .......... also other vid's of WWII re-enactors and vehicles in the...

OK, so I found out the hard way what the little strips of flat stock held in place with two 3/4 bolts are for just above each outrigger... I had thought that they come out a whole lot further than they are supposed to! Nope - just to the end of the taper, like the TM pic - however one of the...

Tired of patching my 'tube n mesh' grill I noticed in an old post an earlier style grill on a M816 - is this a "factory" left over or a later inservice mod or a civi 'upgrade' (since it's more solidly construction)? I notice the vise is also different. I'd like to have a similar grille/guard...

Ok - been through TM's and searched forum (question was asked once but no replys), I can't find maintenance / testing for the EBLS for M816 - looked through electrical and brakes also special equipment (wrecker)... Can some one please point me in the right direction - TM or personal...

I 'kind of' have the green light to orgainse a camp-out/BBQ type thing on our farm - Nr Cooperstown NY, (1 hr West of Albany). This is intended to be a low stress event, a gathering of military vehicles (no public) to come play, camp, get dirty maybe - we have lots of trails on 75 acres -...

In tearing down the siezed Level Wind and Cable Tensioner, I have discovered that the Sheave frame extension #20 shaft was never drilled for a grease fitting #16. No lateral delivery hole to needle rollers either. And no - the old grease is not solid thus hiding the hole. I even ran a lathe...

Ran out the boom and lowered the hook yesterday (for the first time), hook set up for 1:2 reduction not using second boom wheel and cable terminating at boom not hook - this is how I got it.... However, when the hook is lowered to the ground, there is only 8-9 wraps left on the drum. Single...

I was down at a base in PA last Fri collecting my latest and saw two truck drivers wandering around, tape measures in hand, one very busy on the phone, both looked vexed and scratching their heads..... :mad: They has already loaded the M911's but they hadn't been told that they were oversize...

Done the search through TM's and FM's - couldn't find specific instructions for use of 816. Could someone point me in the right place in this forum - I will take necessary abuce squarely on the chest... This is probably like the "it's on the bottom' shelf sir" in the grocery store since I'm...

You're going to hate me for this, went to a country type farm auction - sort of a rural community thing - loads of farm equipment, loads of crap in boxes - hand tools and your general spring clearout... I was bidding on a tidy '68 M102A2, used for hauling gravel last, few small dings, couple...

OK, so I got accepted to bid on Gov'Liq site - fell head over heals for the M.A.N tractor wrecker but had to watch it slip away as time ran out due to not hearing back on the End User Certificate EUC requirement... No idea how many more of these are around - don't even know why they were...