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What have you done to your 5 ton this week?
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Automatic Lawnmowers (Goats) really are useful critters!
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You might like this, Mullaney; read some funny story a while back about some big municipality with acres of solar panels hiring out goats to clean up the fields around the panel installations:
- They had a learning curve
- Now they contract sheep for that work
The goats were eating up parts of the solar panels (including cables).
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Well...According to my Dad (at least when I was a kid), the foremost "natural" way to get rid of weeds was to hand each of my sisters and I hand weeders (basically glorified flat-headed screwdrivers) along with empty buckets and point us to a field and tell us to get to work.
That was his definition of proper eco-friendly weed control...and child labor...
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I get the privilege of swapping and replacing a few (all but one) tires this week. Never done it before and learning through good old trial and error. I'm just taking my time and cleaning and recoating the contact and sealing surfaces on the wheels before I put them together with new o-rings.
It has been good to get out the tools and make sure I have all I need if I ever find myself on the road and in need of them. I am certainly going to make sure I have my impact driver when I go places.
Just to make sure, that rubber ring with the strap on it is not a run flat right? It seems like it is just for keeping the beads tight on the wheel.
It has been good to get out the tools and make sure I have all I need if I ever find myself on the road and in need of them. I am certainly going to make sure I have my impact driver when I go places.
Just to make sure, that rubber ring with the strap on it is not a run flat right? It seems like it is just for keeping the beads tight on the wheel.
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That look like a workout for sure, scatfast.
Guessing you broke a sweat getting that done!
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Definitely. Still trying to figure out how to get things torqued back down right before I get too many off at one time. I don't remember if the guy I bought it from had a multiplier in the toolbox.
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"Just to make sure, that rubber ring with the strap on it is not a run flat right? It seems like it is just for keeping the beads tight on the wheel."
It is a bead lock only.
It is a bead lock only.
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That's a bead lock. I took mine out.
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I have parking lot envy. Very nice!
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After an excellent dinner I started the process of busting my new 16.00s off the MRAP rims. Have 6 to go. I am crossing my fingers that my HEMTT rims will work with these run flats. I want to be running beads or anti-freeze in these babies so I don't have the BUNNIES that seem to live in the tires I already have. Anyone prefer one over the other? If so What is the measurement on either? 16 oz Antifreeze? I think I would prefer beads as I have no idea on Antifreeze attacking the rubber over time... not knowing what the exact composite compound of these tires is. I know radiator hoses are rubber... but they may be formulated different. Chime in to silence my fears and build my confidence in a proper solution.
Thanks in advance.
EDIT: SIMP is recommending 1 gallon for tires over 46" .
Thanks in advance.
EDIT: SIMP is recommending 1 gallon for tires over 46" .
Tire Balancing Beads
My MTVR sat in Yermo for God knows how long on flat tires. They’re holding air just fine, but are annoyingly out of balance. A couple even have minor rot showing on the sidewall, the part that used to be flat in the dirt. It’s a shame because the treads are in great shape. I think it’ll be fine...
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Put the BOT into the Veterans Alliance 6th Annual Car Show and won the Veterans Alliance Choice award! All those nice classic rides and the MV takes top honors! I felt very proud to donate the the cause. Held at the Wheeler Farm Historic Site in Murray UT. 
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Congratulations, Superthermal, kudos to you, Brother!
And that's some tough competition, too, there in the line-up. Nice show.
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Put on some new General Grabber OA Wide Base 385/65R22.5 tires on 22.5 x 12.25 4.75" offset 5 hand-hole rims on the steers.
And finally installed my M939A2-series outboard brake drum upgrade.
See post #113 https://www.steelsoldiers.com/threads/m809-series-m818-air-brake-retrofit.140055/page-6
And finally installed my M939A2-series outboard brake drum upgrade.
See post #113 https://www.steelsoldiers.com/threads/m809-series-m818-air-brake-retrofit.140055/page-6
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Lots of adventures this weekend, but I took a detour on my 212 mile round trip to snag a picture of my machine on the Burma Road!
I drove up to a killer car show and made an epic entrance by lighting up the jake brakes all the way into the parking area. There was a good turnout at the small show but the truck seemed to garner most of the attention.
The pesky fuel leak returned and washed my fender, cowl and door with diesel on the hill climb up to the show so that was fun.
Then i drove up to my in-laws in the north Cascades after the show and was greeted with a cold beer even before I could shut the truck down and they had a steak dinner waiting for me! I was feeling pretty special. I got to use my winch for the first time ever to yank out a small tree and everything worked fine! It was a fun learning experience.
I drove up to a killer car show and made an epic entrance by lighting up the jake brakes all the way into the parking area. There was a good turnout at the small show but the truck seemed to garner most of the attention.
The pesky fuel leak returned and washed my fender, cowl and door with diesel on the hill climb up to the show so that was fun.
Then i drove up to my in-laws in the north Cascades after the show and was greeted with a cold beer even before I could shut the truck down and they had a steak dinner waiting for me! I was feeling pretty special. I got to use my winch for the first time ever to yank out a small tree and everything worked fine! It was a fun learning experience.
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Well thank you sir. I've finally finished my big projects and now I can enjoy it more and work on it lessWell, all the attention makes sense, US6x4, because your truck is looking mighty good!
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Well lets see on My 925A1 I changed the oil and greased the chassis ordered and am installing a new O-Ring in my spare will get that remounted tomorrow Grease the leads on the winch and brought all the tires up to 75 PSI. Next week the truck will make it yearly trip to the lake house to pull out the boat lifts and dock, its a good 170 mile run for the old girl and it will be pulling a trailer with a tractor on it. I look forward to the run!
I made my annual trip for pellet fuel in the M813. This time I brought along a visiting friend from Britain who is a WWII militaria junkie.
He absolutely loved it saying "It's much less agricultural than I expected." LOL. He thought the truck drove very smoothly.
Threading that beast through downtown Annapolis rush hour traffic is an ass-clenching experience. I made sure to do a thorough pre-check before setting out. That's where the best price for pellet fuel was this year, so...
He absolutely loved it saying "It's much less agricultural than I expected." LOL. He thought the truck drove very smoothly.
Threading that beast through downtown Annapolis rush hour traffic is an ass-clenching experience. I made sure to do a thorough pre-check before setting out. That's where the best price for pellet fuel was this year, so...