Just won an auction - M1088A1

[GeneralDisorder]

I have mine setup for both. Either wet tank or glad hand using high flow 3/8" fittings and a universal female quick connect with integrated shut off that can adapt my truck to almost all other quick connects if I need to interface with someone else's trucks or tools.

 

[dwlindsey]

Milton is a mixed bag. A lot of their cheaper stuff is basically slightly better rebranded Chinese crap. The military side of the equation is..... different. Totally different department with different mandates. I've sworn off buying their consumer/commercial stuff after some really pathetic aluminum quick connects and some inline desiccant filters that almost immediately cracked and failed.... I get it they have to compete but I wish this wasn't the world I lived in.

I've got the Milton from Amazon. I'll fill two tires and see how it goes. The next 4 tires will arrive in the middle of April. I've paid for them already, but I'll be in Las Vegas for a week at a trade show. I don't go there for fun, so I've delayed delivery until the middle of April.

3rd week of April the baby will have all new shoes

 

[dwlindsey]

Balancing beads? What do you guys think about balancing beads in tires? Are they working? Stainless? Tempered Glass? Ceramic?

 

[dwlindsey]

I spent another happy hour scrubbing mud today. The three seats are out. The storage boxes are out and the M-16 mounts are out of the cab

Now to finish getting the mud out of her . . . lots and lots of mud

 

[GeneralDisorder]

Balancing beads? What do you guys think about balancing beads in tires? Are they working? Stainless? Tempered Glass? Ceramic?

I don't believe they do spit. But no one seems to be be on the page I'm on so.... FWIW.

Not one person I'm aware of has actually done a before/after of *just* beads and reported the results - not because no one has done that - because a bunch of people have done that and it basically does nothing but lighten your wallet and waste your time. So not worth reporting a failure.

That's not to say that ALL tires won't have balancing issues but Goodyear's own engineers agree with me. It's not a balance problem it's an off-center and out-of-round problem and no amount of beads will fix it.

After about 5k miles they behave themselves. They will SUCK at first and gradually learn their manners but you HAVE to drive. Daily if possible or they get flat spots. And they will never be perfect till they are about worn out and nice and hot from driving. Then they will be perfect - just in time for a new set.

It's not as bad as I make it out. You get about 20-25k smooth miles. It's the first 4-5k that sucks.

 

[dwlindsey]

I don't believe they do spit. But no one seems to be be on the page I'm on so.... FWIW.

It's not as bad as I make it out. You get about 20-25k smooth miles. It's the first 4-5k that sucks.

I very much appreciate your wisdom.

I'll be doing the tires without balancing beads. At first I'll be driving without any load on the rear and as reported elsewhere, probably bouncing a lot anyway. I'll get the hab on someday and then when I have some weight on the rear, think about balancing.

The tires are going to wear out in 30K miles or so?

In my motorhome world, the tires age out at 7 years with most of the tread still on them. I did 30,000 miles one year, 50,000 before I changed them and there was still a lot of tread on the tires when I changed them.

 

[GeneralDisorder]

These aren't like that. The tread will be gone after 25-30k.

Chassis life is 35k. The military ends up throwing away LOTS of tires with EPIC amounts of tread because the rubber spoils. 10 years is a hard stop and the military policy is not to mount any tire more than 7 years old from date of manufacture.

 

[dwlindsey]

These aren't like that. The tread will be gone after 25-30k.

Chassis life is 35k. The military ends up throwing away LOTS of tires with EPIC amounts of tread because the rubber spoils. 10 years is a hard stop and the military policy is not to mount any tire more than 7 years old from date of manufacture.

I certainly get the 7 year limit. I want the tires off my rig at 7 years.

Chassis life is 35K? Does that mean the military won't run the trucks more than 35K? I certainly hope to put 100K on the truck myself . . . hope it doesn't die at 35K.

 

[GeneralDisorder]

I certainly get the 7 year limit. I want the tires off my rig at 7 years.

Chassis life is 35K? Does that mean the military won't run the trucks more than 35K? I certainly hope to put 100K on the truck myself . . . hope it doesn't die at 35K.

Oh that's a "projection" based on usage statistics and that's what the military would *like* to see but it never happens. I've never seen an FMTV exit service with more than 20k.

With ECO hubs and proper maintenance, including replacing a LOT of stuff that just wears out because they are BIG HEAVY machines, they can last as long as you want to keep footing the bill. Tires being one of those things that takes a lot of abuse. Especially the front due to the steering geometry of solid axles.

 

[hike]

The huck bolts were the easy part, getting grade 8 bolts locally was difficult. I went to Lows and two different Home Depots and I got a few to put the rear shock upper mounts back on. I still have a center support in the frame, where the rear air lift points (crane lift?) were, to bolt on.

I ordered more bolts from McMaster, which might be here tomorrow.

I'll get back on removing the spare tire structure in the morning.

I'm making progress

Tractor Supply typically has a good selection of grade 8 bolts and nuts—