From: David Cole (DavidCole@tk7.net)
Date: Mon Jun 02 2003 - 04:10:36 PDT
If you get any useful replies to that directly, please pass them on to me.
I have been considering doing that myself also. I have not heard of any
standard Mil kit for that though. I'm not sure why.
Dave
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On Sun, 01 Jun 2003 23:22:05 -0700, JJ&A <W7LS@blarg.net> wrote:
> Anyone out there make a boom to fit the front end of a 5 ton or
> deuce? Probably a zillion of them.... Is there a standard kit or plans
> somewhere? What might one expect to be able to lift before tearing off
> the front bumper in such a contraption?
> I'm sorta figuring on using the shackle points for the base of an
> A-frame and bring a pair of cables back over the cab to a pair of
> supports and then back down over the back of the bed to the hitch
> (flipped upside down) or something like that. Then use the front winch
> to go up through a pully and down to the stuff I need to lift.
> I expect that the military must have this sort of thing, but I've
> never seen one. Maybe they are available somewhere as surplus? Thanks.
> Jim
>
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-- Dave
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