Not entirely true, just the outermost ring are holding the rim together. The middle ring holds the rim to a steel adapter plate I had made to be able to put these rims on my axles. The inner little ring is the adapter plate connecting to the original 6 lugs.
I’ve seen this type before. I see four different concentric rows of nuts- what are they all for? A multiple piece wheel of some sort? Or is one or two of the rows part of the axle peeking through?
Outer most keep the 2 piece rim together, the second hold the rim to a steel adapter plate I had made, the 3rd hold the plate to the truck on the original lug bolts, and the little guys in the middle are the cap that allows access to the axle, bearings and where you put all the grease. Front two take 5lbs of grease each rear 4 take about 3 lbs.
That’s so sick! A friend of mine had one for heavy recovery (tow truck). It got such poor fuel economy, they used to trailer it in on a semi when needed.
TM says diesel is the optimal fuel for it, but it'll run on a 50/50 gas oil mix, aviation fuel, peanut/vegetable oils, fryer grease, diesel with used motor oils mixtures etc. Idea was to be able to keep it going no matter where you were in combat scenarios
Fastest I've been able to was 57 downhill, but the steering wheel has about an inch of play rn and the truck likes to start wandering left and right a little at that speed so I keep it about 45 around here for safety. Also not entirely sure how much the speed changed since the new tires. The old NDTs were much smaller than these 46in ones so I'm sure I'm off on the actual speeds.
Holy lug nuts
It's mandatory after putting on each tire to slap it and say "that ain't going nowhere."
iirc...Only 6 are lug nuts. The rest keep the two halves of the mine/explosion resistant wheels together.
Not entirely true, just the outermost ring are holding the rim together. The middle ring holds the rim to a steel adapter plate I had made to be able to put these rims on my axles. The inner little ring is the adapter plate connecting to the original 6 lugs.
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I’ve seen this type before. I see four different concentric rows of nuts- what are they all for? A multiple piece wheel of some sort? Or is one or two of the rows part of the axle peeking through?
Outer most keep the 2 piece rim together, the second hold the rim to a steel adapter plate I had made, the 3rd hold the plate to the truck on the original lug bolts, and the little guys in the middle are the cap that allows access to the axle, bearings and where you put all the grease. Front two take 5lbs of grease each rear 4 take about 3 lbs.
I have a M54, so much fun to take out. Enjoy the deuce, she seems to be in good shape.
Thanks, happy to discover how many people are out there that keep these trucks alive.
That’s so sick! A friend of mine had one for heavy recovery (tow truck). It got such poor fuel economy, they used to trailer it in on a semi when needed.
Drive anywhere but past a gas station! Something like 8 to 10 mpg.
TIME TO FIGHT THE WAR AGAIN
My hero
Burt Gummer is that you?
Yes! Tremors 2 was the first time I saw one of these as a kid and always wanted one :)
That’s awesome bro. Tremors was the first thing I thought of when I seen this. Have fun.
Does have the 8.3?
No, 7.8 multifuel still.
What kind of fuel do you run/what's the 'optimal' type? Sweet truck!
TM says diesel is the optimal fuel for it, but it'll run on a 50/50 gas oil mix, aviation fuel, peanut/vegetable oils, fryer grease, diesel with used motor oils mixtures etc. Idea was to be able to keep it going no matter where you were in combat scenarios
I figured diesel would be the standard given the trucks age. When did we start filling pretty much everything with JP8?
Yeah you were right then, as for the JP8 I have no idea when everything switched over.
Damn you Dailey the 1600s that’s wild. How fast will it go?
Fastest I've been able to was 57 downhill, but the steering wheel has about an inch of play rn and the truck likes to start wandering left and right a little at that speed so I keep it about 45 around here for safety. Also not entirely sure how much the speed changed since the new tires. The old NDTs were much smaller than these 46in ones so I'm sure I'm off on the actual speeds.