Recent content by Dmartin247

Awesome. Thank you!!!!

So I marked and put the 2:1 reductions away for safe keeping for the future for now, but after getting to drive it around, Not sure on the going back. Lol. I have an M1085 that came with highway gears and have now added the eco hubs. The “quiet” is pretty awesome although I now hear...

Fully agree, it’s sooo easy to take something for granted that seems obvious that you are intimate with that the next guy has no clue. I left off one question.. What is everyone doing with their 2:1 reduction? Thats like 300lbs of dead weight. I’m pretty sure I am NOT going back. Is...

I’m a recent adopter of eco hubs for my 1994 M1085. My primary goal was to half the driveline speed to give the 3116 a chance to work where it’s supposed to in the correct RPM range. Any mpg gain obviously appreciated. Long term goal is a 20’ habitat to go play in desert and take to Alaska...

I would like to just say think you for this thread which is now bookmarked. I acquired an M1085 about a month ago and am finally getting serious about all the things I have been thinking about for the last year. This site has been great for ideas and knowledge and having this opening list to...

Will do. Thanks!

Yeah, And some of the short i could see that, but what a waste of good material. I mean, not like the truck is a secret base that they now have intimate knowledge of how to sneak inside.. :). Im about to start my build and found the slide video that is still up super useful

I realize this is responding to a year ago, but did 5 Tons of DIscovery take all their videos down? There are like 3 on YouTube and thats it. Tired to search the forums here for a bit, but didn’t find much. I swear I have seen other build videos they did… (he also broke his leg and they sold...

Hey, I have tried to start a conversation with you a couple times, but still needs an admin involved. Could you start one with me instead? Thanks!

Noted and will do. I will ultimately start a build/make trustworthy thread. Good news is I’m about 3 miles from desert BLM land so plenty of places to go get familiar with the truck.

I got the impression they bought it that way from Midwest. Not slamming anyone, just relaying what he told me. It has 1600 miles on it so I know it never got used, like freaking ever. They took the controller unit out so I am about to tear apart the dash to go looking for the harness.

Thanks, I had been looking for a while. Totally have the mechanical aptitude, but not a motor pool mechanic unfortunately. But I do like to be able to get myself out of problems, so this truck and i are about to get real close :)

AC and highway gears, but disabled CTIS. But hey, I think this makes 10 posts!!!

Picked it up from a guy who was going to build an overland truck out of it then as he went to soundproof the cab got told”that will never be quiet”. So he bought a 2023 4 door RAM 5500 4x4 and this sat on his lot for 2 years

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