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Needs more power.

What military designation is the crazy thing that digs out tanks? It's a recovery vehicle and I think it has a 3 in the name.  M83? That's a ridiculous machine

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HOLY SHIT!



You clearly read the OP. It's a dual engine diesel.  

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I've owned many things, but a bro dozer is one I've not had. I lift everything I own that's 4wd, but that's for function more than for looks, even though I do like my vehicles to look nice. The most ridiculous thing I've owned was a 2wd S-10 that was lowered, but it was more of a hot rod than a lowrider, it had a SBC with a supercharger pushing a little over 400hp.

Now I stick to European cars, and American trucks. That said I'll drive anything, and can find a bit of joy in just about any vehicle, I just love to drive.

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I think people have successfully swapped the engines in deuces with modern diesels.  If you've got 100 acres and money to burn, it could be fun.

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I agree with you 100%, if it's on the road it should be safe or it shouldn't be on the road.

I don't give a shit if they kill themselves, but they usually take someone with them, and then it's a problem.

I can't tell you how many times someone has brought me something in with a planned build of all he shit they've seen online, and once they're told how much it'll cost to do it right, they want to start cutting corners like brakes and steering, you know the shit that doesn't really matter because it doesn't look cool.

Suspension, steering and brakes are not something that will ever leave my shop half assed, it either gets done right or they can take it to a shitty shop that doesn't care if they die. I build high end vehicles, not some pile of shit back yard build. I've fixed some truly scary stuff over the years.

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Well, the 2 fords, one is a 89 3/4 ton with 351 Winsor as far as how it started life, the other is a 92 1ton dually with 460.. both run 60 fronts, the 92 is a ball joint front, the 89 is a trunnion 60..both run fords rear axle, not a fan, both trucks run 5:13 gears, Detroit locker out back, true track up front, both run factory t-case and trans, the 92 runs a ford AOD, the Windsor runs a C6 for trannies..not a fan of the AOD but it does ok..We build the flat beds, they are 8.5 foot wide and at least 9 foot long.Mostly they are stock, but they get heavily maintained, greased and fluids checked for water at the end of the trip before loading on trailer.. End of each season we bring them in the shop and go thru them, axles to the inner axles, the ball joint front gets new ball joints t least every other year, the 44's and the weight of the truck drastically shorten ball joint life..we have talked about replacing the "C"'s with trunnions, but we have half the shit to build 2 new buggy's that will never get built if we keep throwing money at the old ones... the rigs run special made springs that we order from a spring shop in Texas, they have the ability to carry the weight while still allowing decent movement..We run bilstien medium damping shocks, at least 2 per corner to offset the unsprung weight of the bigger tires/rims.. rims are 12x 16.5 steel and the tires are 44" super swamper boggers ...We also have a chevy, nothing fancy, runs a good running small block, a built 700R4 and a 208 t-case, it runs 5:38's Detroit and true track, all 3 rigs run chrome moly axles Wirth 35 spline outers and drive plates in place of hubs...The chevy also runs orbital steering instead of a steering box, the fords need it but it really isn't worth the effort for what will be back up rigs for big trips..what they have works fine for light use..all of them have had frames reinforced, the chevy was beefed from end to end..the fords are braced around the shocks and a couple other places where we have seen stress..The chevy has been off-road since 2003, the 92 ford since 2011, and the 89 ford is a youngster at 3 years off road in our group...

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No we have camps, fuel wise we generally haul supplies for hunt camp over the 4th of July week, it makes it easier to to get camp setup and have everything we need without going overloaded in the fall...We have a couple of these carport deals we use for camp, normally one for hanging out/cooking in and one for sleeping, we have both a wood burner and an oil heater and most all of the luxuries needed for hunt camp, including some simple shitters made with a hollow 55 gallon drum...We really don't use much fuel, on a mostly dry trail the buggys average about 4 mpg when its super muddy they will run about 2 mpg... generally we just haul fuel in 55 gal drums as needed, we have one are we go to where its 100 miles one way from the road, several others are 40 to 80 miles, all depends on what the animals are doing...

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shitter with a view ....

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The drum keeps the hole from caving in, it has no top or bottom, it is simply used to maintain the hole..at the end of camp we burn it just like the military used to and pull the barrel and fill the hole back up with dirt.. the barrel was used to haul fuel to camp, once drained the top and bottom are cut out, then when its done we flatten it and it goes out with us...the wood/styrefoam top gets used again..I don't know if you have ever shit in the cold, but styrofoam is instantly warm to the touch on bare skin..makes life so much more comfortable...

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The awesome dood that makes my food at peeps events and run the course tactically with a smoke in his mouth

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I damn near bought one very similar to that.... wife talked sense into me. Still would like one.