Re: [MV] M1009 tires + M211 and trailers

From: Sonny Heath (sonny@defuniak.com)
Date: Tue Apr 27 2004 - 17:43:30 PDT


Now let me get this straight, when I stop for fuel at a truckstop and then
park to go inside to pay and relieve, I must go through an hours work
unhooking, rigging and rehooking? Unconventional is to put it lightly. How
about using hundred mile an hour tape to tape a marker on the trailer so I
can just back my buffalo like I do any other trailer?

Sonny

----- Original Message -----
From: Ryan Gill <rmgill@mindspring.com>
To: Military Vehicles Mailing List <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Tuesday, April 27, 2004 1:10 PM
Subject: Re: [MV] M1009 tires + M211 and trailers

> At 12:00 PM -0500 4/27/04, everette wrote:
> >this solution to backing two wheel military trailers works, is a bit
> >unconventional
> >
> >drive truck with trailer behind it a get lined up as best you can with
where
> >you want it, unhook, turn truck around, very short piece of chain through
> >eye in trailer and through lifting shackle on front of truck, fold up
> >landing leg, sacrifices a bit of paint off bumper but you can push
trailer
> >where you want it.
>
> This is why you see Bedfords with a towing pintle on the front of the
> bumper. I'm actually thinking this'd be a nice thing to do with my
> truck.
>
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