Recovery of 5ton from Letterkenny to N.H.

[beaubeau]

Drove out to Pa. with my Deuce and a Home made tow bar that I have used on large trucks for years. I tried pullint 5ton 818 with a chain to see if it would run, NO GO!! Lack of fuel???. Hooked up tow bar and thanks to Kevin I tried to start it one more time as I pulled him around the parking lot. I guess the wheels went one way and I kept going the otherway. Bent the tow bar!! Well Kevin helped me pull it to a local lot across the street.
I met a couple helpful locals and before long I had the tow bar stitched and hooked up again. I brought my portable welder which came in handy!Tow bar weighs about twice as much as it did before. BUT< it worked fine and off I went to N.H. . Other than fuel problems with the Deuce and losing overdrive on the NY-Mass. line, all went well! If U think a Deuce is slow , try driving 100 miles in 4th gear! But I was able to make it on my own, without a TOW!!! I had fuel problems at half a tank, which I think may be a pin hole in the suction line. Ill check it out tomorrow. I had an extra tank of fuel strapped in the bed of the Deuce. I ran a hose and line to the 1/2 plug on top of the Deuces fuel tank. As I needed fuel, I just turned on a valve on the Aux. tank, and watched my fuel gauge go up. AS it got close to full, I stopped and turned of the Valve. Extra 90gals. came in handy on this trip! I filled up in states where fuel was low.
Anyway, I did find out that an M818 is quite heavy pulling with a Deuce. The Deuce had a great work out. I did not hook up any lights. I had these magnetic lights that run on 2 AA bat. and they worked well! No one stopped me or gave me any Crap. I did not hook up any brakes to the 818, and I really did not have to break much all the way hame. It's amazing the Hold back a Deuce has when going down a long grade! Traffic was as well as a trucker would want, NO traffic Jams at all!! One more thing, the seats in a Deuce get Hard on a 1000 mile trip!! I'm getting to old for these trips. I got to stop buying! Phil Ps Justin at GL was a big help and so was Kevin. Phil Pics will come Later.

 

[Alredneck]

Man sounds like you gave her he!! good you made it back in one piece hehe!!!! Now let me see here

 

[Offroadfabworks]

 

[swbradley1]

 

[beaubeau]

If I send Pics of a Deuce hauling a M818 with a Tow bar, it could be Indecent!!It certainly felt that way driving it!!

 

[Alredneck]

Yea right then we can post it over on the 5 ton forum and say look fellas, see what are lil trucks can really do

 

[beaubeau]

I am sure glad I did not go get this truck with my Chevy 1ton Duramax, and my 10ton trl. I got water in the fuel in the Chevy, so I went with the Deuce instead. That 5 ton pulled heavy, but pulled well. I think I got up to 60 going down some hills and it handled well. I build my tow bars Long for better handling, except when they bend in the Middle.

 

[grobinson2]

OMG! Kevin you are one hell of a guy and thanks again for helping me when I came to pick up the M35. For some reason after hearing this story I feel like I could pick up anything after what you went through man. WOW!

Thanks,
Glenn