From: Fred Martin (mung@in-touch.net)
Date: Sun Oct 26 2003 - 16:07:47 PST
Arthur,
Are you telling us that if your vehicle is 8'6" wide and has a mirror
sticking out a foot on each side...you could run down the road 10'6"
total width and be legal? Fred Martin
m35products wrote:
> The new width standard for the US (in order to match the Canadian law) is
> now 102 inches. (8.5 feet) exclusive of safety devices. (mirrors, etc). The
> new tour buses are now 102 instead of 96, giving each passenger a huge
> increase in seating width of 1.5 inches.
>
> A piece of fire apparatus is not considered a motor vehicle in NY State.
> Therefore, no inspection and no driver's license requirement, although- any
> prudent Board of Fire Commissioners would certainly require that its drivers
> be licensed.
>
> A P "Jailhouse Lawyer" Bloom
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Paul A. Thomas" <bluewhale@jaxkneppers.com>
> To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
> Sent: Sunday, October 26, 2003 11:20 AM
> Subject: Re: [MV] Ebay
>
>
>
>>So was a ' bridge ' truck a 5 ton? I just tried a google search using
>>'bridge truck US Army' then added 'photo' to it... TONS of stuff about
>>Korean war and some about Vietnam, but no photos of anything like the unit
>>in this thread. Is the front end of this truck a M81x series?
>>
>>And if it was a bridge truck and much wider than usual, how could a local
>>FD use it on the roads? Even the largest rigs I've seen still adhere to
>>the 8' wide rule ( I think. They fire water canons at those who try to
>>sneak up with a tape measure at stop lights )
>>
>>
>> Paul
>>
>>*************************************************************
>>
>>
>>At 10:56 AM 10/26/2003 -0500, you wrote:
>>
>>>Definitely not a 10 ton. Wrong engine and other things about it also.
>>>5 ton.
>>>
>>>Glenn
>>>
>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>From: Military Vehicles Mailing List [mailto:mil-veh@mil-veh.org] On
>>>Behalf Of Paul A. Thomas
>>>Sent: Saturday, October 25, 2003 11:35 PM
>>>To: Military Vehicles Mailing List
>>>Subject: Re: [MV] Ebay
>>>
>>>The front tires don't look a great deal larger than the rear duallies?
>>>
>>> Paul
>>>
>>>*************************
>>>
>>>
>>>At 07:58 PM 10/25/2003 -0700, you wrote:
>>>
>>>>It just a plain ole 5 ton with 14:00 x 20's on it. Makes it about 3"
>>>>taller.
>>>>
>>>>John Souza
>>>>MVPA #2697
>>>>Fresno, CA
>>>>
>>>>John P. Souza
>>>>Senior Water System Telemetry & Distributed Control Specialist
>>>>John.Souza@ci.fresno.ca.us
>>>>(559) 621-5240 Voice
>>>>(559) 498-1784 FAX
>>>>
>>>>>>>m35products <m35prod@optonline.net> 10/25/03 6:19 PM >>>
>>>>>>
>>>>http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=243896879
>>>
>>>7
>>>
>>>>Is this a 5-ton? Looks bigger. The front wheels look like a 10-ton, and
>>>>there's no air cleaner on the front left fender. They say 20-inch
>>>>tires.
>>>>Does a 10-ton have 20 or 24? Inquiring minds need to know.
>>>>
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