From: Thomas M McHugh (tmmchugh@juno.com)
Date: Thu Jul 18 2002 - 14:07:06 PDT
Dave,
During my 43 years military service, I drove bridge trucks when we were
short drivers. To my knowledge NJ & other states require you to submit
a travel route, get special permits & have a Wide Load guide vehicle.
It might also now require a heavy truck license.
Tom McHugh, NJ
1952 M38A1
M-416 Trailer
MVPA, MTA
On Thu, 18 Jul 2002 14:25:12 -0500 Dave Cole <DavidCole@tk7.net> writes:
> 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
>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>
> 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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