that is because if the front drive shaft is still connected the front wheels
will spin,and that causes undesirable affects when being towed.
Bobby Joe Pendleton II
MVPA#17657
----- Original Message -----
From: <mblair1@home.net>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Tuesday, 27 February, 2001 11:05 AM
Subject: Re: [MV] Tow bar source?
>
> By the way: My M44-series (i.e., M35A2) TM says "don't tow the truck
> with the front axle off the ground; call organizational maintenance."
>
> Is that because:
>
> a) The truck should not ever be towed with the front axle off the
> ground.
>
> or
>
> b) They just didn't want the low-echelon guys messing with that, and
> wanted a higher repair echelon to get involved if the truck was dead
> enough to need a wrecker.
>
> In other words, should I heed that warning for my own personal use?
>
> My M109A3 shop van came home from DRMO with its front axle off the
> ground, and the shaft from the transfer case to the middle axle
> removed. It was a trip of about 150 miles or so.
>
> --
> Mark J. Blair, KE6MYK <mblair1@home.net>
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