From: Ron (rojoha@attbi.com)
Date: Thu Jul 18 2002 - 05:49:25 PDT
Allow me to attempt to translate the encrypted doylespeak......
Ronzo
----- Original Message -----
From: <ddoyle9570@aol.com>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Wednesday, July 17, 2002 7:05 PM
Subject: Re: [MV] 5 Ton Bridge trucks?
> Hello Dave,
> From what you have described, you have found RibbonBridge Transporters
built on a M812 chassis. I don't know the M number of the complete
transporter. (The 50's era bridge truck commonly called a M139 really
isn't....M139 is a cab and chassis, M328 is the truck, stake, bridge
transporter, for example...the 800 series equivelent of the M328 is M821.)
Fairly interesting truck, especially with the big unfolding bridge bay
mounted on it. Here is more info from a DOD paper:
> Bridge Transporter
> The standard bridge transporter is a modified
> US Army M812 5-ton truck chassis which
> provides a self-contained unit for transporting,
> launching, and retrieving the bridge bays.
>An 11,000-pound capacity
> winch works in conjunction with the boom to
> provide loading and unloading capabilities. Be-
> cause of the weight of the bridge bays, extreme
> caution should be exercised by vehicle
> operators during overland transportation to
> prevent damage to the truck's suspension sys-
> tem.
>Modifications of the truck chassis include the
> addition of three bay supports with associated
> rollers, restraint locks, vertical tie-down locks,
> bay support stops, two steel grating walkways,
> and a hydraulically operated boom.
> The operator's control stand is located to the left
> rear of the truck cab.
> The modified M812 bridge transporter is a
> Military Load Class (MLC) 17 vehicle when
> transporting a bridge bay. A ten ton cargo
>pallet may be allocated to each transporter for hauling
> materiel. The M812 can also transport all US
> Army BEBs when fitted with a special cradle.
>
>
> Hope this helps,
> David Doyle
>
>
>
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