paradeduty
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Hey guys -
Yes Castle, I'd love to get a picture of the "family" together soon. Right now the M985 Cargo is at the truck shop awaiting a thorough, professional going over. I know what I know, but more importantly - I know what I don't know. There is more than a couple things on these big girls that I am just not familiar enough with to trust 40-55 K on the road to! Definitely is reassuring to know that the guys at the shop (who work on trucks much bigger than any of these if you can believe that!) are confident that the brakes are up to snuff. When they were tinkering on the PLS, they had a huge 150K 10x8 crane come in with a blown tranny. What a monster - the trans cost more than I paid for the whole PLS! This is kind of working out well as a break-in/get-aquainted period between me and the truck shop. The PLS didn't need a lot of work at all if you exclude the crane hydraulic lines - so it worked out to be a good starting point. The 985 is most likely to need a bit more - so we will see how it goes. Next will be the 984 which is going to possibly test their patience! That one they are going to have to get running amongst a list of other things. Because of the list on the 984 and time just blowing by, the wrecker may not be ready for the TACOM show (sniffle). The HMTT prototype is going to have to be tinkered on at home as most of its list is "design-build" - kind of the lay of the land when it comes to prototypes. Shouldn't be too difficult to get it at least respectable for the show. Probably end up keeping it solid OD as it never saw "active duty" - can always add the camo later maybe. I think I am going to leave the cab "accessories" the original civi chrome (roof air horns, roof clearance lights, grab handles, grill surround, etc.) as that is how they are shown on the cover photo in the manual! A military truck with some bling - what a hoot!
Dave.
Yes Castle, I'd love to get a picture of the "family" together soon. Right now the M985 Cargo is at the truck shop awaiting a thorough, professional going over. I know what I know, but more importantly - I know what I don't know. There is more than a couple things on these big girls that I am just not familiar enough with to trust 40-55 K on the road to! Definitely is reassuring to know that the guys at the shop (who work on trucks much bigger than any of these if you can believe that!) are confident that the brakes are up to snuff. When they were tinkering on the PLS, they had a huge 150K 10x8 crane come in with a blown tranny. What a monster - the trans cost more than I paid for the whole PLS! This is kind of working out well as a break-in/get-aquainted period between me and the truck shop. The PLS didn't need a lot of work at all if you exclude the crane hydraulic lines - so it worked out to be a good starting point. The 985 is most likely to need a bit more - so we will see how it goes. Next will be the 984 which is going to possibly test their patience! That one they are going to have to get running amongst a list of other things. Because of the list on the 984 and time just blowing by, the wrecker may not be ready for the TACOM show (sniffle). The HMTT prototype is going to have to be tinkered on at home as most of its list is "design-build" - kind of the lay of the land when it comes to prototypes. Shouldn't be too difficult to get it at least respectable for the show. Probably end up keeping it solid OD as it never saw "active duty" - can always add the camo later maybe. I think I am going to leave the cab "accessories" the original civi chrome (roof air horns, roof clearance lights, grab handles, grill surround, etc.) as that is how they are shown on the cover photo in the manual! A military truck with some bling - what a hoot!
Dave.
