From: Dave Cole (DavidCole@tk7.net)
Date: Thu Jul 18 2002 - 12:25:12 PDT
OK, that apears to be the trucks I have found. I know the military isn't too concerned about being over width, but these trucks appear to be overwidth for
regular road travel (ie > 8'-6".
Other than launching bridge boats, are these trucks useful for anything the way they are? David Doyle description mentions a pallet to transport BEBs?
What are BEBs?
The overwidth seems like a big problem for regular use.
I can almost justify my M51 to my wife, but a bridge truck???? Any ideas? Can these platforms be modified into a roll back for transport use?
Dave
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7/18/2002 7:49:25 AM, "Ron" <rojoha@attbi.com> wrote:
>Allow me to attempt to translate the encrypted doylespeak......
>
>Ronzo
>----- Original Message -----
>From: <ddoyle9570@aol.com>
>To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
>Sent: Wednesday, July 17, 2002 7:05 PM
>Subject: Re: [MV] 5 Ton Bridge trucks?
>
>
>> Hello Dave,
>> From what you have described, you have found RibbonBridge Transporters
>built on a M812 chassis. I don't know the M number of the complete
>transporter. (The 50's era bridge truck commonly called a M139 really
>isn't....M139 is a cab and chassis, M328 is the truck, stake, bridge
>transporter, for example...the 800 series equivelent of the M328 is M821.)
>Fairly interesting truck, especially with the big unfolding bridge bay
>mounted on it. Here is more info from a DOD paper:
>
>> Bridge Transporter
>> The standard bridge transporter is a modified
>> US Army M812 5-ton truck chassis which
>> provides a self-contained unit for transporting,
>> launching, and retrieving the bridge bays.
>
>>An 11,000-pound capacity
>> winch works in conjunction with the boom to
>> provide loading and unloading capabilities. Be-
>> cause of the weight of the bridge bays, extreme
>> caution should be exercised by vehicle
>> operators during overland transportation to
>> prevent damage to the truck's suspension sys-
>> tem.
>
>>Modifications of the truck chassis include the
>> addition of three bay supports with associated
>> rollers, restraint locks, vertical tie-down locks,
>> bay support stops, two steel grating walkways,
>> and a hydraulically operated boom.
> > The operator's control stand is located to the left
>> rear of the truck cab.
>
>> The modified M812 bridge transporter is a
>> Military Load Class (MLC) 17 vehicle when
>> transporting a bridge bay. A ten ton cargo
>>pallet may be allocated to each transporter for hauling
>> materiel. The M812 can also transport all US
>> Army BEBs when fitted with a special cradle.
>
>
>
>>
>>
>> Hope this helps,
>> David Doyle
>>
>>
>>
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