Recent content by Gunny 0369

Keith, I see you are still missing an axle.

wowzer.. a 4 1/2 ton box. I went with a much lighter box after reinforcing the frame for stiffness.. Then filled it with everything under the sun, and I’m still quite a ways away from my GVW. Im About 8900 lb all in. You have a tank! what are your plans? Over the road distance travel?

Really odd. When I removed my long bed on the 86, it was removing almost 3 tons.. (coupled with the weight rating of 5 tons, I can add back to the frame almost 8 tons. I can’t see your main box being that heavy, but maybe they made it out of concrete and iron… lol I would take your truck to a...

I would say add weight, these trucks were designed to have a little weight on them. With a full load of water in the back, my wife can ride in the back and drink a cup of coffee and put it on the table and It doesn’t move… its actually pretty smooth. I’m running the custom rebuild Able Fox...

Little FMTV 600 lb is deflecting your trundle springs on your 1087? I know the 87s are super heavy but My 1086, equipped with main 90 gallon water +tank ( 804 lbs ) 2 reserve 25 gal water tanks (416 lbs) a washing machine (140 lbs) murphy bed with a California king purple mattress, (245...

yes, that is a fact. My brother’ has a horse ranch in Missouri, and had a neighbor who raised elephants —for what I don’t know. Raising an elephant in Missouri, is a lot like owning a military vehicle. Bringing that big, ugly grey and green thing home seemed like a great idea -until you had to...

To close to that BiG C ity! Love that shiney 37

ive been busy too, still burying the millions of dead from the snow apocalypse at the beach… :/ Rbox- We JUsT drove through Elkin Sunday.. Bbq downtown at the old hotdog cafe ( my truck is wintered outside Wilksboro) I also had a headlight issue last year, (no headlights, but I have parking...

They don’t make the brand I purchased anymore, but it looks identical to this: Pic 1 Pay a little more for the nicer control panel and not the cheap one. I use this as a primary heater It is so good, they like to be run full tilt though. Last winter i let it go for weeks at a time. I plumbed it...

But the cheap 180$ chinese one, and rebuild every other year- Im going on 4 years, just replaced the fuel pump. Other than that- smooth sailing. It is a dirty job to tear it down and clean it and put it back together, and you will look like an 1880s Chimney Sweeper in the middle of England...

that is them, they’re quieter with those ball bearings, and they do not wear on the rubber locks as they would to steel bead lock. There’s a great trick to installing them in the tires, collapse them down, tie them together, put them in sideways, then release the string holding them collapsed...

Thanks Keith for the real world testing, good info. missed u in the midwest!

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No way on planet earth. :/ How about a class on building tactical overland travel bag -nukes instead?

The rebar could double as an anchor, for those without a pacbrake. No need for full ground, Energize the panel's/ parts/ or handles in pos and neg ground, separated by nylon sheet or washers. When the part is touched, the “ bear” gets knocked on its butt. You can use the same principle...