Hello Anith, I made a rigid piece of steel to tow my Mutt, when I need to
move from one site to other. Move two cars with only one driver!.
You can see my tow bar at my web page in one of the pictures of my mutt, for
example:
www.m151a2.com/daniel/daniel10.jpg
When I tow my mutt, not need a driver in the mutt, I donīt disconnect
anything mechanicaly, put transmission in neutral and the transfer for rear
differential only. The steering wheel is free, and in the curves, the front
wheels move along. in straight lines I tow the mutt at 100 Km/h, and
everything is ok. But you need to take care when turn right or left, the
mutt is very light, and can loose the control easy.
The tow bar are attached to the internal part of the front shackle, this way
I donīt make any modifications of the original shackle.
If you or somebody need more detailed photos, I can take it and send it
personally by email.
Best regards to all of you...
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Daniel A. Nadorfy P.
dnadorfy@cantv.net
http://www.m151a2.com
Caracas-Venezuela
----- Original Message -----
From: <Anith@wfp.org>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Saturday, March 03, 2001 12:19 PM
Subject: [MV] Towing MUTT
>
> Thanks to all those who advised to me to be careful. I am humbled! For
> months now, I have been driving around in the area part of which is
> suspected to contain mines-mainly antipersonnel. We use our Toyota
> Landcruisers fitted with protective kit. We have not found how protective
> it is but it gives us a feeling of security(!) when we set out. No, I am
> not taking my MUTT out of the town and in to these areas. It is far
> valuable. (So are my legs!)
>
> Last November during the UN evacuation following a rebel attack, I drove
my
> MUTT in the convoy of over a dozen of faster cars-all Toyota Landcruisers.
> I slowed down four of the cars following me as MUTT was slower than them
> and they could not let me become the tail of the
> convoy
>
> This time, to avoid slowing down an evacuation convoy, I would like to get
> my MUTT towed by one of the cars with a rigid tow shaft and not tow
> ropes/cables. Is it advisable to disconnect the front shaft of the MUTT
> that connects the gearbox to the differentials before getting towed? (I
> only hope I will have enough time to get it disconnected!) Or is it ok to
> go ahead and get towed with the transmission in neutral but with the front
> differential still connected?
>
> Please advise. It is important.
>
> Thanks to all in advance!
>
> Anith
>
> Sudan (NE Africa)
>
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