all the deuces around mass area, weather National Guard or Reserve have 8
as the number
And wasn't it peaceful without that Ron guy here for a while :)
At 10:06 AM 11/3/01, you wrote:
>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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