From: Jess Minton (pd.minton@worldnet.att.net)
Date: Tue Jun 10 2003 - 17:57:53 PDT
Tom and Ike
I think you are talking about Marsten Mats..
I have a friend that has some for sale..
they make great extra plates on the
front of a sherman or side of a duece,
the mats are 10 feet long and about 2
foot wide.. you could just about cut one
in half to make a cool place to park your
jeep. kinda look like this:
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Gary Haas of Arrowhead Chapter MVPA
near Fort Worth Texas has them for
sale $50 for one, or $40 ea. for 2
or more....shipping is extra.
Photo available upon request..
Contact Gary at gary.f.haas@lmco.com
or johaas@swbell.net if interested.
Jess Minton
42 GPW
Arlington, TX
At 05:48 PM 6/9/2003 -0400, you wrote:
>Jim,
>
>The landing mats are called "PSP". Pierced Steel Planks. They are put
>together with a common Peevee, normally used with rolling logs. We used
>them in the Engineer Aviation Bn,s. Haven't seen PSP for a long while.
>What price range are they now ???
>
>During my 43 years in the military, I was assigned often in early 1951 -
>1953, to put down 1000 + ft or more & remove after them after supply planes
>landed on them. After being bent, they are terrible to get apart. During
>1959 to 1967 we used them on areas that had no roads yet. That caused them
>to become so bent up, they were scrapped.
>
>Be aware, that they become quite slippery when wet & mud can also cause
>slippage. It is possible to install it upside down & use the sharper
>edging to give traction. Upside down will be a major event to get them
>apart.
>
>Tom McHugh, NJ
>1952 M38A1
>M-416 Trailer
>MVPA, MTA
>
>
>
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Jim Newton" <jnewton@laurel.com>
>To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
>Sent: Monday, June 09, 2003 4:40 PM
>Subject: [MV] Landing Mats on a Dirt Slope For Deuce Parking...
>
>
>
>Hi List...
>
>OK, here's a weird question, or actually a request for comments.
>Thousands of MVC brains is better than one!
>
>My family may be moving into a new larger house in the same town (the
>kids are growing too fast). The house has a great view of the SF bay
>area and a huge shop.
>
>It has a lot more parking space than our current house, so the deuce
>could get its own permanent space in the driveway. Yay! No more
>pissed neighbors because of the deuce that roams the neighborhood
>every 72 hours in search of a new parking space! ;)
>
>But, it could get even better. This new house has a hill that goes
>from the front driveway down next to the house into the back yard.
>The area is about 20' wide and is about a 20-degree slope. This area
>isn't suitable for a normal vehicle parking space, and is not used for
>anything...is is bare dirt and too steep for any other use. So I was
>thinking about parking the deuce there, on the slope, out of the way,
>making use of otherwise wasted land. Otherwise I would have to park
>the deuce up on the driveway and it would be in plain sight.
>
>I'm not concerned about the slope as far as the deuce rolling out of
>control because I will put large railroad tie stops at the bottom of
>the space, pinned in place with steel rods driven deep into the dirt,
>and back the deuce down right to the stops. That will make it easier
>to drive it back up onto the driveway. Even without the parking
>brakes, the deuce would be held from any possibility of rolling. The
>slope is about a 35.5% grade, and the deuce is rated for a maximum 60%
>grade, so it can definitely handle the climb in and out of the spot.
>
>I have local access to a huge pile of very rusty steel military
>landing mats (similar to these:
>www.i10surplus.com/graphics/product11_fullsize.jpg) for just the scrap
>steel price. I was thinking about laying about 30 of these landing
>mats on the hill and interlocking them into a strip down the whole
>hill and wide enough for the deuce, then pinning them into place with
>steel rebar to keep them from sliding or shifting. I could then park
>the deuce on them and even if the dirt got muddy I could still drive
>the deuce up and out without ripping up the dirt hill. I could even
>erect a canopy over this area to protect and obscure the deuce.
>
>Has anyone every done something like this with landing mats, or have
>any suggestions or comments?
>
>Parking the deuce on this slope would put the deuce low and behind the
>fence and out of sight from the street and the house. This means
>happy neighbors and happy wife! ;)
>
>Thanks!
>
>--
>
>Jim "Ike" Newton
>
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