From: m35products (m35prod@optonline.net)
Date: Sat Dec 13 2003 - 19:17:03 PST
I only saw this scheme performed once, as some trucks were being unloaded at
Port Elizabeth, NJ. There was some cribbing or some kind of wooden stuff
supporting the weight of the trucks (I guess), but the trucks were
definitely stacked. Maybe I was misinformed that this was a mil-spec method.
apb
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bjorn Brandstedt" <super_deuce@hotmail.com>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Saturday, December 13, 2003 9:51 PM
Subject: Re: [MV] M35 Height
> Greetings Arthur,
> I just checked a TM 55-601 (1971) "Railcar loading procedures" and the
only
> vehicle stacked as you suggest with wheels apparently resting on the
fenders
> on the vehicle below, is the M38 or M151 1/4 tonners. And they are not
> actually supported by the fenders, but by a frame made from 4x4 and 2x4
> lumber plus blocks and 3/4" dia rods.
> The 2-1/2 ton trucks are shown double stacked only in the sense that they
> are driven onto a second deck and may look like they are stacked from a
> distance.
>
> Do you have any other reference that shows the deuces stacked like the 1/4
> ton vehicles?
>
> Bjorn
> Meadows of Dan, Virginia, where we currently have freezing rain and
> sleet.....
>
>
> >From: m35products <m35prod@optonline.net>
> >To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
> >Subject: Re: [MV] M35 Height
> >Date: Sat, 13 Dec 2003 14:01:25 -0500
> >
> >What cab sheet metal? With the windshield down, the door glass rolled
down,
> >and the exhaust removed, the front wheels will land right on the fenders
of
> >the next one down, and the rear wheels will sit on the bed. Or are you
> >asking if this will work when the trucks have hard-tops? (It won't). apb
> >
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Jim Newton" <jnewton@laurel.com>
> >To: "m35products" <m35prod@optonline.net>
> >Cc: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
> >Sent: Saturday, December 13, 2003 1:50 PM
> >Subject: Re: [MV] M35 Height
> >
> >
> > >
> > > Hi APB...
> > >
> > > I've never heard that M35A2s can be stacked. How do they do that
> > > without crushing the cab sheet metal?
> > >
> > > >It's stamped on the data plate on the dashboard. The top and exhaust
> >are
> > > >removable, to lower its overall height for transport. The trucks can
be
> > > >stacked, to allow many to be carried on board a ship.
> > > >
> > > >apbloom
> > > >
> > > >----- Original Message -----
> > > >From: "Michael Maynard" <mike@byebyeblazer.com>
> > > >To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
> > > >Sent: Saturday, December 13, 2003 11:41 AM
> > > >Subject: [MV] M35 Height
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >> Does anyone know the total height of an M35 to the top of the cab
> > > >> canvas? I am trying to decide if I can put one on a normal tractor
> > > >> trailer flatbed, and leave the cab canvas on. I know I can fold
the
> > > >> windshield down if I have to, but I am trying to avoid that.
> > > >>
> > > >> Thanks,
> > > >> Mike
> > > >>
> > > >>
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