In a message dated 11/3/01 8:53:39 AM Central Daylight Time,
rojoha@mediaone.net writes:
<< Interestingly, my M35A2 with winch had both the door and bridge plate
numbers as "8" when I got it out of DRMO.
They don't even get it right, Eh? >>
Ron,
I feel confident that you believe the information I gave is correct, and it
is. The omitted article photos I can email you will back this up. Like
wise, I have no doubt that your truck has a bridge class of 8 painted on the
door.
It is possible someone made a mistake when marking your truck. Or the door
was replaced with a door from another truck in a can yard, (a five ton or
certain van trucks would have an 8 on the door). However, I suspect that in
military service your truck did not have an unladen weight. Do you have any
history on your vehicle?
For example if it had a shelter or other equipment permanently or
semi-permanently mounted in it, its bridge classification would change.
I have a M36A2 that obviously once had a large shelter mounted in it as an
example.
Looking in FM 5-36, March 1985, I don't immediately see such a case for a
M35A2 (but there are PAGES of this info), but a similar example I find is:
M925 cargo truck with winch unladen class is 10, and a cross country class of
16.
But, a few lines above is:
Truck, cargo, dropside, 5T, 6x6, M925 w/shelter, S-658()/G, hardened.
This item shows no unladen weight. The only weight class shown is 14, and
that would be applied to the door.
Quiet likely an earlier edition of FM5-36 would show some similar cases
involving M35A2.
Hope this helps,
David
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