From: m35products (m35prod@optonline.net)
Date: Fri May 02 2003 - 10:37:55 PDT
Use a lowboy hydraulic tow fork, mounted beneath the tractor frame, with
attachment point between the rear axles.. Pick up the rear, rather than the
front. Fewer wheels turning. Lockout hubs on front. Now you are only turning
two rims, not two axles. apb
----- Original Message -----
From: <Recovry4x4@aol.com>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Friday, May 02, 2003 10:47 AM
Subject: [MV] Who's Crazy! M35 thought!
> OK gang, heres one you might not have heard of. I recently aquired an
M275A2
> deuce tractor. It runs like a scalded dog compared to most other deuces
> including my own M35A2. Now, heres where I weird out on all y'all. I'm
> considering manufacturing a piggyback device so that I could (If I want
to)
> piggyback the M35 on the fifth wheel plate of the tractor. The device
would
> be relatively simple and could be made to clamp to the front drive axle.
All
> I need to hook up is a hefty tree since I have the winch on the M35. The
> tractors capacity on the rear tandems is 12,000# so weight is a non issue.
I
> know that there is a towing device for fifth wheels but that item plants
the
> weight behind the tandems instead of on the tandems. I do have a towbar
too
> but considering I've already got about 3000 miles towing with it, I want a
> better system. Flames welcome since I'm only in the planning stages.
>
> Kenneth Engle
> Loxahatchee FL
> 1971 AM General M35A2
> 1973 AM General M275A2
> 1953 Fruehauf XM105E3 w/S-318 shelter/camper
>
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