RE: [MV] Dolly Towing

From: HOWARD WRIGHT (dvsww2@mindspring.com)
Date: Fri Sep 12 2003 - 13:12:00 PDT


Gary, one of guys in my reenactment unit uses a dolly and removes the rear
axles on his MB and it tows really nice behind his pickup.

> [Original Message]
> From: Gary Pavone <gpavone@charter.net>
> To: Military Vehicles Mailing List <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
> Date: 9/12/03 11:03:31 AM
> Subject: [MV] Dolly Towing
>
> I was just given one of those tow dollies by a neighbor. It's the kind
that
> you can tow a front wheel drive car with the front tires off the ground.
My
> question is can I tow my M38 with the rear wheels on the dolly and the
front
> tires on the ground? My M38 has locking hubs on the front axle. The dolly
> has steerable wheels so would I have to immobilize the jeep steering
somehow
> so the whole thing wouldn't swing wildly down the road? Or would it just
> track along nicely on corners?
>
> Thanks for the help.
>
> Gary Pavone
> gpavone@charter.net
>
>
>
>
>
> ===Mil-Veh is a member-supported mailing list===
> To unsubscribe, send e-mail to: <mil-veh-off@mil-veh.org>
> To switch to the DIGEST mode, send e-mail to <mil-veh-digest@mil-veh.org>
> To reach a human, contact <ack@mil-veh.org>

--- HOWARD WRIGHT
--- dvsww2@mindspring.com
--- EarthLink: The #1 provider of the Real Internet.



This archive was generated by hypermail 2.1.4 : Sat May 07 2005 - 20:24:25 PDT