From: R. A. Moir aka RAM (cyclopsram@starband.net)
Date: Sun Mar 02 2003 - 13:56:56 PST
Next time you come to Vermont I will give free lessons on removing and
storing all MV canvas for the snow months....I even have an open cab on my
M543A2 for the winter...Very seldom do the floors of the cabs or the bodies
buckle from the direct snow load.... If you have material in the trailers
and trucks to be winter protected.... just put the canvas directly over the
stuff and not over the bows cuz...as you know...oops... they break.....RAM
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ronzo" <rojoha@attbi.com>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Sunday, March 02, 2003 10:37
Subject: [MV] The power of snow on stored equipment
>
> Wandered up to Hankies to play MV yesterday. In the fall we put on the
> cargo covers on his M105 and my M105 and M101CDN trailers, doing what we
> thought were good moves. NOT!!!
> The snow of the past couple of weeks were fatal to my M105s bows. One
> snapped under the load and when the top sank into the trailer, it took ALL
> the other bow corners and supports with it. All were bent over, with some
> actually torn from the side racks, along with rivets and welds.
> We dropped the covers on both trailers into the trailers...the M101's
> bows and corners appear intact, but won't know until the snow melts if the
> covers are intact.
> So, if you have anything bowed and covered and there is snow on it, go
> get the snow off NOW, or at least go out and verify the bows have some
> additional support, before it's too late.
>
> Ronzo :-(
>
>
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