From: Dave Ball (vought@msn.com)
Date: Fri Nov 22 2002 - 17:59:19 PST
A 5/4 ton is a ton an a quarter truck such as the 715/725 Kaiser jeep or
Dodge 880 series. It is more or less a GCVW rating and in most cases means
nothing.
For instance a 1948 Dodge Power Wagon is a 1ton rated truck but no different
than a 3/4 ton 1943 WC 52 in suspension construction.Furthermore military
rigs usually have an over the road rating and a cross country rating cross
country being less due to the added stress of rough terrain.
Basically the contract called for 5/4 ton so they wrote it on the build
sheets that way.
Dave
----- Original Message -----
From: "Doug Trader" <thomasdtrader@yahoo.com>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Friday, November 22, 2002 4:35 PM
Subject: [MV] What is a 5/4 ton truck?
> They look just like a 3/4 ton truck?
>
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