Vladislav

Currently I can't afford to import a truck from overseas. It seems as a good thing to me either because it gives more chances to finish my resto projects. Those 10x10 vehicles were designed in 70's using ZIL 6x6 (in the movie) and Ural 6x6 trucks. Both had active trailers. There was a difference though. ZIL was biult earlier and had the drive shafts all along the trailer crossing the fifth wheel indeed. Ural utilized more improved concept. It had a pump on the tracktor chassis and hydrilic drive on the trailer axles. Both trucks didn't reach series production as far as I remember. Although there's interesting point since the movie if filmed in Poland and there are Polish registry plates on it.

All that became out of my knowledge field either since I passed by that part of theoretical phisics during my education. But on the other hand when we talk about lasers I may say my dad spent the most part of his carreer working on them. Particually he didn't design emission units but power supply equipment for them. I am sure not himself but what I learned well from his talks is a laser has extremely low efficiency grade from its power supply. Usually about 0.5% So if you want to burn or blast anything you need 200 times more of energy to do it with a laser. The most important property of a laser is concentration of energy in time and space is extremely high. When you focus rays on a microscopic point and radiate a power extremely fast material just evaporates out long before it would be possible to transmitt the heat to the surround and cool off.

I read one some strange post on here about the same while back and figured nothing out there. But it looked to me that our honored Firetruck Great Master from Hellertown PA knows the answer.

Very impressive!

European Renault Magnums had mechanical Mack E9 of 520 hp on earlier series, don't ready to tell up to what year, and than 560 hp E9's with electronicaly operated throttle control to satisfy higher emissions level.

This point seems doubtfull to me unless an athomic bomb is used to power up those lasers

Good luck on the remove. I did it once but took the cab off first. That was prescribed in my truck's manual though. Not a B model.

As far as I realized a series parallel switch has two groups of contacts. Those ones it connects to make 24 volts are heavy ones. The other pair are smaller and designed to hold a battery charge current only. So as I figured out the said above you can use the big set of contacts in relay to switch on your starter. As just a switch, no series function. The other set of contacts shows no need.

Don't worry about that Tom. Some day at some point some dozer sure will be yours. I too wish it will be on your trailer, not elsewhere

Good luck on the project, would be nice to see progress.

I think it makes sence to put a gun in a safe with a lock when you don't have it by your hand. Might needed to make a safe right under a cushion of a bed some ones sleep in

As for BTR-80 I see nothing extraordinal since when you get stuck any vehicle is good enough to help. If it's heavy enough. From watching the movie and seeing the signal guy I think the truck carried some cargo wich destination was the military base BTR and the crue came from. Just too much of action. If you imagine the truck driver just stopped BTR asking a help they (I too suppose) would like to help, maybe for some wadges. But I doubt hard they would have any signal flags on board

Shure they do have them flashing lights. And it seems too strange that the train appeared there that fast. Usually two-three minutes in real. I'd say something is amiss with the movie. Although our life is full of unexpected surprizes so who knows... The driver might not left the cross breaking the boom just being afraid breaking the law. Hope he was Ok being in the cab.

Thanks Jim, this does work fine.

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Wow! Now the deal looks 50% done. I will probably go a hoggish way and order two sets. Surprized seeing so many ebay options. Have spent more than an hour there but haven't seen a half of what you posted. Thanks again.

Thanks a lot. I rifled through ebay but haven't found any blue ones. It looks though like my truck differs a bit from yours. All my 3 knobs seat on 3/8 shafts and at least the red and the blue have the shoulder along the edge like the blue one you found. (The yellow's are gone on the both R's I have). My R-models are of 1988 so it may be related to that. I found a couple of yellow from Midland wich look right but can't count out the shaft size. They're KN20901 http://www.ebay.com/itm/Haldex-Midland-KN20901-Yellow-Diamond-Parking-Brake-Knob-for-Push-Pull-Valves-/171772641070?hash=item27fe727f2e:g:KAkAAOSwPgxVQVFC&vxp=mtr and KN20903 http://www.ebay.com/itm/Midland-Parking-Brake-Pull-Knob-Part-KN20903-/141883504579?hash=item2108ea77c3:g:tjwAAOSwf-VWaI0A&vxp=mtr

If anybody put part ## of all three knobs (and of the both 1/4 and 3/8 styles) on here it would be too appreciated. I'd like to have all 3 knobs new in the cab since some of them are broken and some have the scripts gone.

Those high firs along the snowy road are great. We have something like that overhere but not everywhere. This shot was made about 4 years back when I cruised some local road right after really hard snow storm. Somewhere near Latvia border, 300 km North and 500 km West from Moscow.

You're right, I should post more. But the central part of the country where I live is generally flat and not interesting. And I don't drive much. I love mountains being born and grown on the flat.

Eye catching scenaries!

As said above. I purchased the 36" set and still figure out the length to go with. And the flaps are still on the shelf

Non-smokers keep their health. Keeping a health well worth extra sometimes

Until now I was shure Ed didn't look that way... And excepting Winfall staff I can remember the only our member once pictured that style - Olivetroat. As for the above picture I see nobody wearing a tin hat.

The submarine garage is a cool thing, I'd build exactly the same if I ever start fixing submarines. Nice sunrise shots. Don't know though what did you feel making them since whole the king size sammich was gone in the evening before. The old truck picture is sure worth to be posted on here. The bumpers are outstanding