We installed some thick rubber floor mats inside our Humvee for the dogs. They can grip this flooring better than the bare metal floor and it gives a little sound deadening.
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This was the first snow at our place in 2026.
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We used our Humvee to pickup the Christmas tree this year.
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The M1097R1 Humvee has dual 12 volt batteries to make the truck 24 volts. Both of our batteries had a low charge state so we removed them and charged each of them overnight on a trickle charger. We were able to revive the batteries, for now at least, and they…
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WIKIPEDIA: The High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV; colloquial: Humvee) is a family of light, four-wheel drive military trucks and utility vehicles produced by AM General. Coming soon.
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The 80 Amp circuit breaker on our MEP-1050 was defective and would not stay in the “On” position so it needed to be replaced.We found the part with a reasonable price at Powerwerx – https://powerwerx.com/ – for $54.99 plus around $10.00 for 2 business day shipping. The Powerwerx SKU number…
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Our MEP-1050 generator came with two Optima red top AGM batteries, one of which was marked bad. The good battery had about 8 volts in it and the bad battery had 3-4 volts. These Optima batteries sell for $300 – $374 each depending on where you look so I searched…
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This is the beginning of our MEP-1050 generator project. We’re going to try and document our troubleshooting any issues we find and the repairs that were needed here in a series of posts. The MEP-1050 is a 15 kW military generator we purchased off a government surplus company. How and…
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