My ambo...

[Baloo]

So three and half hours later...

Ok I love to drive, more so than most people. While on my way home from national guard, there was a road closed which forced me to take a 35 mile detour. Let's just say it was worth it. Beautiful day for some country roads I have never been on before.

It was a great trip, now back to normal life and more Ambo projects.


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[Ballenxj]

So three and half hours later...

Ok I love to drive, more so than most people. While on my way home from national guard, there was a road closed which forced me to take a 35 mile detour. Let's just say it was worth it. Beautiful day for some country roads I have never been on before.

NICE! Please tell us where your travels lead you geographically speaking?

 

[Baloo]

NICE! Please tell us where your travels lead you geographically speaking?

Mostly around Kentucky, Tennessee and Indiana from time to time.


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[LeeRevell]

Ever get to Crawfordville, Indiana? I was born there, and had many family members there til recent years. Been a Floridian since I was two, but we visited every several years.

 

[Baloo]

Ever get to Crawfordville, Indiana? I was born there, and had many family members there til recent years. Been a Floridian since I was two, but we visited every several years.

Can't say that I have been there, I will be heading up towards Greenville for turkey day.


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[gargoyle]

Dam!!

 

[LowTech]

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[LowTech]

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Wrong thread. Tapatalk 's update was acting screwy. :-/

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[Baloo]

No worries, nice tires!


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[LowTech]

Really just the one on the far right, it's a Goodyear G-177, so far my favorite tire for these trucks. The other two are crap and all sidewall cracked.

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[Baloo]

I would really like to go to military tires, the six lug buds wheel adapters for the M35A2 wheels would fit my truck, then I could run MRAP rims which are surprisingly inexpensive. How much weight can one tire support? I would love to go to a single tire in the rear.


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[LowTech]

The MRAP rims are usually pretty wide. They would be good if you were wanting to put on some of the surplus 395's (46×14). The G-177 's that I have fit better on the stock rims, 7". Unfortunately there is not a good/cheap/narrow tubeless rim in the surpluses, so I'm still running tubes. :-/
The 177's are rated for 7390 single and are about 43"×7".

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[Baloo]

The MRAP rims are usually pretty wide. They would be good if you were wanting to put on some of the surplus 395's (46×14). The G-177 's that I have fit better on the stock rims, 7". Unfortunately there is not a good/cheap/narrow tubeless rim in the surpluses, so I'm still running tubes. :-/
The 177's are rated for 7390 single and are about 43"×7".

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Thanks for the info. I still keep looking at pics of those huge cool looking tires. I would love to have a set, but they are pricey. If I had to do it all over again, I would have went with a deuce or a five ton instead of the International chassis. Mostly for the all wheel drive and it would already be green!


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[Goshawk]

Thanks for the info. I still keep looking at pics of those huge cool looking tires. I would love to have a set, but they are pricey. If I had to do it all over again, I would have went with a deuce or a five ton instead of the International chassis. Mostly for the all wheel drive and it would already be green!


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Say it's not so!!! Your ambo is so custom and practical. All wheel drive is only as practical as the parts you can get.


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[Baloo]

Say it's not so!!! Your ambo is so custom and practical. All wheel drive is only as practical as the parts you can get.


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Thanks, I love the way the Ambo has turned out and it continues to get better. I have always had plans to make it a 4X4. The day will come, not that it is needed, just wanted...


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[Ballenxj]

Thanks, I love the way the Ambo has turned out and it continues to get better. I have always had plans to make it a 4X4. The day will come, not that it is needed, just wanted...

This ambulance being a 4x4 would have a definite COOL factor. It would start to rival those Earth Rovers that cost mega bucks.

 

[Baloo]

I know, to think I start the ambo build over ten years ago! The plans has changed many times during that time. I am very happy that I have been able to use it for what I intended it to be. There are always future plans and 4x4 is one of em.


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[Baloo]

Wonder what this could be for?

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[speedhighway46]

Oh my gawd! A flux capacitor!

 

[Baloo]

Happy Thanksgiving!


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