From: micdunn (micdunn@ev1.net)
Date: Wed Jun 25 2003 - 08:50:52 PDT
Chalk marking are convoy numbers. Required by the federal government when
travelling in convoy. The markings show the approved movement number, which
convoy and which vehicle.
-Sarge
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From: "Horrocks, Aaron" <ACHb@pge.com>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2003 1:16 PM
Subject: [MV] Chalk Markings?
On Friday I was driving out to go to a combat sim for the weekend, and on
the way there I saw about a dozen 10 Tons going the other way on I-5 in
California. I'm pretty sure they were 10 tons, I know 2.5 Tons fairly well,
and 5 Tons look pretty beefy in comparison, but these things were HUGE! The
bumper on these trucks sat above most traffic, and the things dwarfed
semi-trucks! Each one was a 5th wheel towing a flat bed trailer, with
another trailer on the trailer. I guess they were moving trailers!
Anyway my question is this: Each Truck had white chalk markings on the
driver's door. The Numbers were some thing like this: 03-12345. So, why
would they mark up these trucks like that? Could they have been going to
auction? Some sort of ID number for swapping bases? I've been pondering this
one for a while and thought some of you guys might know.
Aaron Horrocks
1952 M38A1
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