From: Arthur Bloom (m35prod@optonline.net)
Date: Mon Jan 30 2006 - 19:55:17 PST
You don't have to look too far to find me:
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Sonny Heath" <sonny@defuniak.com>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Sunday, January 29, 2006 10:21 PM
Subject: Re: [MV] New to list
|I would buy a deuce and a half and hang a gooseneck trailer on it with air
| brakes on the trailer, then I would see if I could find someone named
Auther
| Bloom and buy a power steering kit from him and put it on for those tight
| places when delivering those work centers.
|
| Don't forget, you'll probably be commercial then so thats a whole new ball
| of wax.
|
| Sonny
|
|
| ----- Original Message -----
| From: "Dan Maguire" <dmaguire@mchsi.com>
| To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
| Sent: Sunday, January 29, 2006 5:21 PM
| Subject: Re: [MV] New to list
|
|
| > Hi Marty,
| >
| > I think that you are in the right place. There are a bunch of
| > knowledgeable folks here - most much more knowledgeable than me. My
load
| > is a similar weight - an 8 ton military vehicle. I ended up putting it
on
| > a 9-ton tag trailer and pulling it with a 5 ton wrecker. I can barely
feel
| > it back there - starting or stopping. On the road, I can't feel it back
| > there. I have to look back every so often to make sure that it isn't
| > dragging upside down.
| >
| > I considered a military 2 1/2 ton truck. It could pull it fine, but I
was
| > concerned about stopping. I suspect that you would want to give the
| > brakes a once-over or get a later issue that has better brakes. I never
| > looked into it closely.
| >
| > I've seen people pull similar loads with something as small as a 1 ton
| > dually, but it always seems like the load might become the lead at any
| > second.
| >
| > Anyway, I'd be interested in know if the brake concern was reasonable or
| > it I was a complete FOS panty-waist. List, here's your chance - take
your
| > shots. I'm askin' for it.
| >
| > But to answer your question in summary, Marty... either a diesel burning
| > deuce or 5 ton (mine's gas) with braking being a main point.
| >
| > BR,
| > Dan
| > Auburn, IN
| >
| >
| >
| > Marty Galyean wrote:
| >
| >> Marty Galyean wrote:
| >>
| >>>
| >>> I'm looking at building some portable shops into 20' cargo containers
| >>> and hauling them to various sites monthly or so.
| >>>
| >> Dang it, I should be clear, the containers would be on a trailer, not
on
| >> the truck itself. I imagine the truck would be a simple chassis or
| >> flatbed.
| >>
| >> So towing capacity is what I'm thinking, not carrying.
| >>
| >> Marty
| >>
| >>
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