How can S&S explain the vibration problems that have apparently became
commonplace in a vehicle that was so highly tested?
Also, in a combat situation, would you be satisfied with not exceeding
the 30 mph speed limit just because of some design problems in a truck?
(Soldiers choice? come on) Remember that we have tanks that can run
more than twice that speed. These vibration problems should of been
caught through testing. Not by components failing in the field. I'm
sure that no one created this problem intentionally, but it should of
been caught before thousands of vehicles were put into service.
BTW, was the $5.00/mile saving calculated based upon all vehicles
traveling at 30 mph or less? And how much does it cost to retrofit a
truck to get rid of this problem? Was that factored into the $5.00/mile
savings? Come on, S&S screwed up. This should of never happened.
Dave Cole
On Wed, 07 Apr 1999 22:01:52 -0500 Shane G Deemer
<1sgd6508@unixstew.tstc.edu> writes:
>Sir, I am not sure where you get your information from; I noticed some
>errors in it.
>
>>I was just in Texas doing business and saw truck loads of thease
>being
>>hauled down there.
>
>----------------------
>Who exactly did you ask about this?
>
>I ask about it and was told by someone who said he
>>knew what seems to be happening.The first ones are just plain bad
>news
>>and there is more problems then being reported
>
>---------------------------
>A stolen contract? I doubt that. Stewart & Stevenson has built a much
>better vehicle than AM General. "FMTV costs nearly $5.00 per miles
>less to
>operate than the existing antiquated fleet of M35 and M939 trucks.
>Overall,
> FMTV is the most cost-effective tactical truck ever procured by the
>U.S.
>military. "
>
>its kind of a major
>>secert as this contact was like stolen from AM General and others and
>
>"Newsday questioned the company's experience assembling wheeled
>vehicles.
>Stewart &
> Stevenson has been assembling and manufacturing vehicles since
>World
>War II, when the
> company built and rebuilt trucks for the U.S. Army. In recent
>years,
>the company has built or
> assembled thousands of trucks, buses, airline ground support
>vehicles,
>and tactical trailers for
> U.S. and foreign customers. On the FMTV program, Stewart &
>Stevenson
>assembles trucks
> incorporating components manufactured by U.S. Army approved
>vendors
>throughout the
> United States. These components which represent about 80 percent
>of
>the cost of a FMTV
> are purchased from union and non-union suppliers. "
>
>>given to a company who had no experance in building this type of
>>thing.
>
>-------------------------
>
>Who exactly is this we?
>
>"Most importantly, FMTVs currently being delivered to the Army far
>exceed
>contractual
> requirements in safety, reliability and performance. This fact is
>supported by Army records
> obtained in more than one million miles of testing conducted on
>FMTV
>since program
> inception in 1991. The consistent 98 percent availability rating
>achieved in the field and the
> 8,000 miles between failures (against a requirement of 3,000)
>verify
>this trucks superiority.
> FMTV already has surpassed the capabilities of all previous Army
>medium tactical truck
> programs.
>
> Strict quality safeguards are in place to prevent truck defects.
>The
>FMTV facility in Sealy
> assembles trucks at a quality rate of 99.96%, virtually error
>free on
>the moving production
> line. A recent independent ISO 9001 audit of Stewart &
>Stevenson's
>system and processes
> reconfirmed the quality certification. "
>
>----------------------
>Stewart & Stevenson has a lot of experience in building these type of
>vehicles, and they have been proven to be very reliable. What do you
>not
>agree with?
>
>Who know what is going on but we are getting screwed again like
>>importing and demiling.
>>Carl
>
>Date: Wed, 07 Apr 1999 20:41:55 -0500
>From: Carl Konefsky <cameraman@niia.net>
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>To: mil-veh@skylee.com
>Subject: [MV] S&S FMTV
>Sender: owner-Mil-Veh@skylee.com
>Reply-To: Carl Konefsky <cameraman@niia.net>
>
>--
>-Shane
>
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