John Hutterer <john.hutterer@deltec.com> wrote:
> Some of the posts on this subject mentioned that the sprag clutch
> will engage the front wheels on the towed vehicle, and cause them to
> turn. I assume that the towed vehicle would have the transmission in
> neutral and the transfer case shifted to neutral.
The TM says that an M44A2-series (air shift) truck can be flat towed
like that, but that an earlier (sprag clutch) truck needs to have
driveshafts removed. It probably wouldn't hurt to pull drive shafts
anyway, especially if a TM isn't available to tell you it's OK to
leave them in. The driver who pulled my deuce home wanted to pull my
rear driveshaft regardless of what the TM said, just to play it safe.
He said that his boss would have a cow if he was caught towing a truck
with the driveshafts in place.
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