What model is this?

[Ajax MD]

Thanks. Not sure on any dry rot. If a little dry rot maybe 70psi?

I run my tires around 80psi for highway travel like the dash plaque says. I agree that you shouldn't take them up to 110 psi if they're dried out.

Like @Jbulach says, if you have a couple of buddies have one of them drive your dually in front of you and have the other buddy follow you with flashers and a "slow vehicle" triangle on the rear of their vehicle.

 

[Floridianson]

Green Cove Springs | SteelSoldiers

 

[98G]

There has to be someone around there with a 5ton and a towbar.

If I was close enough I'd do it for lunch and some fuel.

Too many unknowns to try to drive it.

I strongly caution against trying to tow it with a pickup truck. Just too much potential for badness, and no real upper limit on the level of potential badness. If you do try this, 10mph maximum and come to a full stop before making turns so that the pickup is actively pulling through the turns - otherwise it'll get pushed sideways.

$350 should get a heavy wrecker service to move it for you.

 

[SandBar]

Thank you all. Ok, it passes all the basic safety checks and operates well. Going to do the short drive home today with lead and pilot vehicles. As a plus, it has two full and fresh tanks of fuel and a recent fuel filter change. Floridianson has given me heaps of great over the phone advice as well. I have now sat in the seat and it is indeed a M51A2, multi fuel wo/w. It may be little ugly, but very serviceable. Will post more photos when it is home safe.

 

[Ajax MD]

Rock on!

Attack that thing with a pressure washer, needle scaler and a paint gun and it'll look great!

 

[SandBar]

Needle scaler eh? I have a HF model I have never tried out. I have been suggested so many options from a wire wheel to sand blasting. My goal is not a show truck, but to stop all rust and make it look decent. I do own a HVLP gun set and adequate air compressor. Have a new door coming also.

 

[Ajax MD]

Needle scaler eh? I have a HF model I have never tried out. I have been suggested so many options from a wire wheel to sand blasting. My goal is not a show truck, but to stop all rust and make it look decent. I do own a HVLP gun set and adequate air compressor. Have a new door coming also.

You'll die of old age before you wire wheel that truck. Just hit the worst parts with the needle scaler and paint the whole damn thing with Gillespie Coatings.

Gillespie Coatings Willys Jeep Paint | Army Jeep Parts

Army Jeep Parts is the oldest vendor of Gillespie Coatings Willys Jeep paint. We stock most GCI military paint colors used on equipment from WWII thru present.

www.armyjeepparts.com

You can do the standard CARC 383 substitute but if you want to do Vietnam era colors, they sell that too.

 

[SandBar]

Hah, point taken. What do I do to the non rusty paint to make the new paint stick?

 

[98G]

Hah, point taken. What do I do to the non rusty paint to make the new paint stick?

Angle grinder with a wire brush for the easy to reach places. Sandblaster and needle scaler for the harder to reach places.

Pressure wash and green scratch pad to prep.

Behr housepaint the color of choice. (This is better than it sounds)

Edit to add pic . Current picture of a truck we painted with housepaint 3 years ago.

 

[SandBar]

House paint eh? No primer? I need some tires like that too!

 

[98G]

House paint eh? No primer? I need some tires like that too!

In your climate, some kind of rust inhibiting primer is probably a good idea. We used no primer, just mostly intact but faded CARC.

The tires are michelin XZL 395's and are a good choice for your dump truck. You should be able to find some on 10 bolt lmtv rims which will bolt right up to your 5ton, requiring only new lugnuts. (The pictured truck is a deuce and therefor required adapters).

 

[NY Tom]

My local Sherwin Williams rep was very helpful when I was looking for paint to use on my truck.
She got together with the support people who recommended SHER-CRYL HPA (High Performance Acrylic)
Can be sprayed, rolled, or brushed and looks pretty good to me.
Went with 24084 paint code from the FS595B which is Semi-Gloss. They made it up with Ultradeep Base.
I paid about $60.00 per gallon on a contractor account.
https://www.paintdocs.com/docs/webPDF.jsp?SITEID=SWPROTECT&doctype=PDS&lang=E&prodno=B66R300

Their system used KEM BOND HS Primer in Gray color for my application. Pretty serious stuff.
https://www.paintdocs.com/docs/webPDF.jsp?SITEID=SWPROTECT&doctype=PDS&lang=E&prodno=B50NZ3
Good results wherever I used it. Proper prep required. In rusty places I applied the primer over a Rustoleum rust converter per the converter instructions.

I also used the Acrylic by itself on top of existing paint with almost no prep and it has been holding up surprisingly well.

 

[SandBar]

60 a gallon is reasonable, about 5 or 6 gallons total?

 

[SandBar]

Home later than expected, had a few glitches in getting her started and moving but she is home. Tomorrow will get to start going through what is needed. After the belts stopped squealing she sounds pretty good. Blowing a lot of smoke, hoping it's the air filter and not injectors.

 

[BEASTMASTER]

geezz guy, you should check some big wrecker companys . they'ed probably do it for 3 to 400$ maybe less. it would'nt take them two hrs,

 

[Ajax MD]

Well, you got it home for free. That'll be $1k you can put into parts right away.

 

[SandBar]

Well, you got it home for free. That'll be $1k you can put into parts right away.

Yep, and it will use 1k pretty fast.

 

[NY Tom]

Looks like a fun truck. Glad you got it home safely. Good luck with it.

Idk how much paint it would take to do the whole truck. I have been mostly painting the undercarriage where the East Coast rust was the worst. I think I used up a gallon of primer and two gallons of paint so far. Brush painting probably uses a lot more paint than if I was spraying it.

 

[98G]

Looks like a fun truck. Glad you got it home safely. Good luck with it.

Idk how much paint it would take to do the whole truck. I have been mostly painting the undercarriage where the East Coast rust was the worst. I think I used up a gallon of primer and two gallons of paint so far. Brush painting probably uses a lot more paint than if I was spraying it.

4 gallons of CARC does a complete 5ton.

 

[Ajax MD]

4 gallons of CARC does a complete 5ton.

(Looks in box with 4 rattle cans) Hmm.