lowboy dropped off two m916a3s at my house!

[chess]

hello all. today i took delivery of two m916a3s i bought back in mid November. man they are sweet trucks. everything works on them no issues at all. i plan on taking all the 5th wheel stuff off. putting 16r20s xzls and swapping in a 55000 series oshkosh transfer case. and have them put pto, 4000 gallon tank, plumbing and pump. so i can use them as a water truck for my business. i have a m916a1 that i will end up putting a allison 4070hd trans as soon as i get it too. maybe next week been waiting on that trans for almost 7 months. also i bought these bad boys in pearl harbor hawaii. i used pasha to ship them to the san diego port. they gave me a good deal compared to the other companies out there. also within a few weeks ill be taking the winches off and all that so pm me if you will want all that stuff or in the scrap it goes. can't wait until they are finished. ill put pics when they are done. but heres two pics for now.

also today I'm sure i won a bid on one more m916a3 in hawaii today ill know for sure tomorrow.

 

[blhar15]

Very nice, those Freightliner FLD series of trucks were a workhorse.

 

[bigbe5678]

Hi Chess Congrats Good Luck

 

[iasc399ia]

Badass. Congrats on the new purchases

 

[swbradley1]

Nice.

Will you have to re-power them due to the regulations for diesels in CA?

 

[hklvette]

I'm curious how the 16.00s will fit under the newer front fenders. Never seen one setup like that...

 

[chess]

I'm curious how the 16.00s will fit under the newer front fenders. Never seen one setup like that...

They have to be removed and modified. I have xzls on the m916a1 and I still hAvnt cut them but they will fit when I do.

These motors are are the series 60 ddec 4 motors so i will be able to put a dpf filter on them.


does anyone know how strong these front differentials are? They look super small. I know the planetary hubs make them stronger. But they are small.

 

[OilfieldRoughneck]

What kind of business do you have?

 

[chess]

i own a water truck company we work in heavy earth moving construction. next to 657 cat scrapers ,d8-9-10-11 dozers. this truck in particular is my brothers it was a m923a2. now it has a tank. pump, plumbing, pto. he even put a/c and a loud radio in it.

 

[swbradley1]

Where do they use D11s out there?

 

[SLOrazorsedge]

Kinda makes me tear up a bit...big sigh

 

[OilfieldRoughneck]

That cool. How does that work in California if it's not for a business? Do you still have to pass emissions?

 

[chess]

They are not common like the d10s but there are companies that use d11s here. On one job there was two and they were building a brand new one.

 

[chess]

Ihave had to do anything yet. But when I do I want to have these trucks with the dpf on them already.