From: Wayne Harris (papercu@hotmail.com)
Date: Thu Sep 04 2003 - 14:48:59 PDT
Well I didn't see the "naysayer" post I guess, what I did see was "Why" as
in why this way and not several other different ways it could be done.
Sometimes the "Why" may just be as important. Of Course when I first saw it
I didn't think "How" or "Why" I just thought how do I get one of the litter.
Wayne
Truck Net Gross Cross- Payload Cross- Towed Load
Towed Load
Type w/wn Highway Country Highway Country Highway
Cross-Country
M275A1 12,534 23,124 19, 124 12,000 7,000 36,000
17,000
M275A2 12,226 24,226 18,790 12,000 7,000 36,000
17,000
Truck Overall Height Reduced Width Pintle Ground
Type w/wn Overall Minimum Overall Height Clearance
M275A1 242 99 81 93 35 12
1/2
M275A2 242 101 1/2 81 93 36 1/8 10 15/16
>From: Marc Strangfeld <curlyjoe98@yahoo.com>
>To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
>Subject: Re: [MV] 2568 Miles in a Deuce!
>Date: Thu, 4 Sep 2003 09:51:31 -0700 (PDT)
>
>
>Congrats on your successful trip. A short answer to
>the naysayers I give is, "because I wanted to...isn't
>that good enough?" The fifth wheel setup looked slick
>and the tractor looked like a clean-well maintained
>truck. After seeing your picture of your truck parked
>on a stump I had do it myself. Pretty impressive
>stuff. I am curious of the specs on a 2.5 ton
>tractor. Rated towing capacity etc. And, would you
>do it again?
>
>Marc
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