Hi David:
I wasn't trying to be a smart ass....I was serious in that even the
army can't figure the system out and get it right. I believe anything you
say because of the amount of work you've done in research over the years.
(Well, almost anything. Vehicle extraction and terrain scouting seem to be
some skill levels on which you need to do a refresher. ;-) But then again,
your vehicles haven't spent the last 2 months on jack stands, so I better be
quiet. )
Ronzo
----- Original Message -----
From: <DDoyle9570@aol.com>
To: <rojoha@mediaone.net>; <mil-veh@uller.skylee.com>
Sent: Saturday, November 03, 2001 10:06 AM
Subject: Re: [MV] The Bridge Plate Question
> 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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