From: m35products (m35prod@optonline.net)
Date: Fri Dec 05 2003 - 19:17:50 PST
That's the best idea I've heard so far in this whole discussion. I wonder
why there isn't a military variation of either the 2.5 or the 5-ton?
Hmmm, maybe there's a product waiting to be marketed. Roll-back conversion
kit for the M35, brought to you by those wonderful folks at M35products.com.
apb
----- Original Message -----
From: "David Cole" <DavidCole@tk7.net>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Friday, December 05, 2003 10:06 PM
Subject: Re: [MV] 5 Ton Vehicle Transporter
> How about making the bed a roll back? More work, but probably worth the
> effort.
>
> Dave
>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>
> On Thu, 4 Dec 2003 22:43:46 -0500, Ryan Gill <rmgill@mindspring.com>
wrote:
>
> > At 7:16 PM -0800 12/4/03, Richard wrote:
> >> man, all I can tell ya is that 10' long ramps
> >> capable of safely supporting that thing, including
> >> the shock-loading when it backs off the bed, tilts
> >> through the air, and LANDS on the ramps...will
> >> be REALLY heavy. <g>
> >
> > We'll you can drive them really slow. They've got a 5mph low gear so
they
> > do track slowly.
> >
> >
> > One of the local MV guys has some 12' ramps. We'll try his ferret on his
> > 2.5 ton's bed and see if they work.
> >
> >>
> >> I drove a 7-ton Michigan wheel-loader up onto a
> >> tilt-bed truck this fall, cuz the winch didn't have
> >> enough oomph, and I'll tell ya, I did not enjoy it! <g>
> >>
> >> Had to have been 30 degrees....tires hanging over
> >> the deck-sides....yuck.
> >
> >
> > Try Driving a Bren carrier up on a low-boy trailer over the wheels so
> > that its 1st road wheel is on the last platform of the trailer. You're
> > edging forwards relying on the spotter with the road wheel 3' up in the
> > air while you're looking out forwards
> >
> >
> >> If it was me, I'd make those ramps the full length
> >> of your bed...i.e. as long as practical. I would also
> >> design them with a center support to the ground;
> >> and with VERY stout attachments where they hook
> >> to the bed-end. Good luck with it. What an impressive
> >> monster that'll be pulling into the fairgrounds <g>.
> >
> > The two piece ones I'm looking at have a center support at the
attachment
> > point. Think fo a ramp that hinges one direction (upwards) and has a
> > longer than needed pin that fits into a leg or two that is adjustable
for
> > ground height. Either a screwjack of some sort or sleeved box section
> > legs with cotter pins for the height adjustments.
> >
> > Thanks.
> > --
> > --
> > Ryan Gill rmgill@SPAMmindspring.com
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