From: Greg (czechsix@cox.net)
Date: Fri Sep 26 2003 - 20:09:09 PDT
M356 genset trailer. Nice and low to the ground, plenty of weight capacity,
but it's got air over hydraulic brakes. Plus it's pretty heavy. You could
probably fix up some kind of surge brake setup with it though.
Greg
Vista, CA
Best damned Rhodesian Ridgeback in the world:
(and not just because she bit Mark P. in the leg..)
Mzirand. 2.27.90-4.17.01
RIP
----- Original Message -----
From: "Sean Nichols" <Sean.Nichols@xilinx.com>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Friday, September 26, 2003 9:21 AM
Subject: [MV] S-250 shelters and trailers
> Greetings List,
>
> As things are a bit slow this morning, I was thinking about that article
> in MV magazine about the radio shelters that some folks had converted
> into OD campers. So it should be stated up front that this is just a
> mental fantasy motor pool game I'm playing....
>
> So that brought to mind a question: If I wanted to put an S-250 shelter
> into a trailer, rather than a CUCV or other truck, what trailer would be
> best suited to mount it in? My first thought was M-105, as it's got
> more than enough capacity to haul an S-250, and would be happier behind
> my M35 than anything else, but would an S-250 fit in it? I also
> wouldn't mind being able to pull it behind my 2500HD Dodge Diesel pickup
> too, just for convenience sake. Of course that opens up the whole
> trailer brake compatibility issue too.
>
> Now maybe I should just go back and read that article again, but alas,
> I'm at work and my library is at home. Plus I have no experience with
> either MV trailers or shelters, so I put it to you for your expertise
> and opinions.
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Sean Nichols
>
> '42 IHC FFN-3 Crash Truck
> '71 AM General M35A2
>
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