M109 Box Removal

[clayne2014]

i am thinking of removing the box on my '72 M109........can anyone tell me if the box must be lifted off, due to bolts, flaps, etc. or is it possible for it to be pulled off from the back? i was thinking of having it sucked onto a flatbed wrecker, and then set onto the ground.

 

[Katahdin]

You can take off the bolts/flaps etc and slide/pull the box onto a wrecker like you described.

 

[jasonjc]

You would have to remove the mud flaps. But that is just some bolts.

 

[cbrTodd]

Mine also had some brackets bolted behind the front mounts on the box that guided the front of the box back down squarely when the frame flexed. They would hit the mounts on the frame rails if you did not remove them.

I've seen multiple threads where the boxes were removed by sliding them backwards though.

 

[USAFSS-ColdWarrior]

When you do this please remember.....

Thank you.

 

[clayne2014]

Also, the box has a lot of rusted out places........is this still worth anything, or easily fixed?

 

[Opie]

Whichever route you pick, consider removing or at least being gentle with the ladder storage brackets and retaining hook on the back of the van to the left side of the doors. They are often missing or mangled from these trucks, and not so easy to source.

 

[daytonatrbo]

Whichever route you pick, consider removing or at least being gentle with the ladder storage brackets and retaining hook on the back of the van to the left side of the doors. They are often missing or mangled from these trucks, and not so easy to source.
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Mine are a little dinged up, but very much intact and functional. I can see how they might get wiped out though.

 

[daytonatrbo]

Also, the box has a lot of rusted out places........is this still worth anything, or easily fixed?

The ones that aren't rarer than hens teeth.

 

[armytruck63]

I'd unbolt the tail lights and let them hang down. I saw a post where the cases were cracked when pulling the box off to the rear.