From: Bjorn Brandstedt (super_deuce@hotmail.com)
Date: Fri Sep 05 2003 - 07:20:15 PDT
Why not write an article on your adventure? You have some great pictures and
I'm sure that many of the 20,000 or so, readers of MVM would find it
inspiring. Talk to John Adams Graf at Krause Publications. John is on this
list, I think. /Bjorn
>From: Recovry4x4@aol.com
>To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
>Subject: Re: [MV] 2568 Miles in a Deuce!
>Date: Fri, 5 Sep 2003 09:56:24 EDT
>
>Bjorn, I think a ram system using 4X12 lumber would work for running
>trucks.
>I little old fashioned saw work and such could probably make such an item.
>I
>like the idea of transporting non runners this way too. It will take some
>real
>engineering to come up with a hydraulic lift system that can take the truck
>up some 50 inches, be portable and affordable. The 8 ton rams from an
>engine
>crane come to mind. I'm sure with a little thought and steel I'll dream up
>a
>viable method. To be real honest I never thought the piggyback device would
>be
>used again but I'm now seeing a possible use for it. The more questions I
>get,
>the more interested I get in creating a loading and off loading system.
>Kenny
>In a message dated 9/5/03 9:34:16 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
>super_deuce@hotmail.com writes:
>
> > I'm in awh of your project! Well executed, beautiful trucks and it looks
> > like a good way to transport sick deuces. You just need to solve the
>lifting
> >
> > problem, hydraulic jacks, perhaps.
>
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