From: Captain Thomas N. Fortson III (tfortson@sc.rr.com)
Date: Tue Dec 16 2003 - 17:30:00 PST
Is it Working?
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From: Military Vehicles Mailing List [mailto:mil-veh@mil-veh.org]On
Behalf Of Paul A. Thomas
Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2003 8:13 PM
To: Military Vehicles Mailing List
Subject: Re: [MV] SWB 2.5 Tons
Good point Fred ( well, not the garage one: I can barely get my Santa Fe
into the garage! ) Many of our trucks are historical vehicles. Does anyone
know if historical vehicles are exempt from things like toll charges on a
bridge? Or does it simply mean your registration and probably insurance
payments are lower?
Paul
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At 08:00 AM 12/2/2003, you wrote:
>Also...going thru toll booths...they charge by the number of axles you
>have...maybe it's a daily driver that he drives to work. How would it do
>with a snow plow on it...it would get around parking lots easier. Probably
>still weigh 8-9K...don't look like it would get thru a mud run any better.
>Might fit in the family garage better...(how's that Paul?)
>Fred Martin
>
>Nigel Hay wrote:
>>Its all down to defence cuts i guess.......
>>----- Original Message -----
>>From: "Jim Newton" <jnewton@laurel.com>
>>To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
>>Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2003 9:19 AM
>>Subject: Re: [MV] SWB 2.5 Tons
>>
>>Hi List...
>>There is a guy in Sunnyvale, California who chopped his deuce down to
>>a single rear axle. He keeps it in his side yard behind a fence near
>>the following intersection:
>>
>>http://maps.yahoo.com/maps_result?ed=6MAj3Op_0TrTHDPWrXD0erWTaXShPoN3sfWYw
eR
>>jAPtaNqI-&csz=sunnyvale%2C+ca&country=us
>>Anyone know him?
>>
>>>Well, Dave at Eastern Surplus has gone and done something I thought
>>>would be kinda fun to do. It started with my thoughts on the Chevy
>>>and Ford CMP HUPs. That's Canadian Military Pattern and Heavy Utility
>>>Personel for those that don't speak the Commonwealth MV speak.
>>>
>>>Those look like: http://ipmslondon.tripod.com/museumreviews/id17.html
>>>(scroll down to the Diamond T wrecker)
>>>
>>>Then I got to thinking that a 2.5 tonner modified by dumping a real
>>>axle and shortening the chassis to make a North American Unimog would
>>>be interesting. Mind you, this is just idle thoughts I have as I
>>>drive my Honda Insight around Atlanta and drive past the morons in
>>>their H2^h^hYukons.
>>>
>>>So, I'm looking at trucks today online and Lo, Dave at EAstern
>>>Surplus has gone and made what I've been thinking of.
>>>http://www.easternsurplus.net/180a.jpg
>>>
>>>I can't say I'm happy with the placement of the fuel tank, but its'
>>>still a rather nice looking truck. Perhaps some kind of fuel tank
>>>placement between the frame rails would work better. All it needs is
>>>some kind of rear body over the back chassis (a crew cab setup and
>>>small cargo area?), a tire mount on the end of the chassis and it'd
>>>be set.
>>>--
>>
>>--
>>Jim "Ike" Newton
>> o 1984 M1007 CUCV Military Suburban
>> 6.2 Liter (378 CID) Turbo-Diesel Engine
>> 5/4 Ton Cargo Capacity, 4WD
>> o 1971 M35A2 Military Troop/Cargo Truck "Deuce and a Half"
>> 478 CID Turbo-Diesel Multi-Fuel Engine
>> Air Shift Front Axle
>> 2 1/2 Ton Cargo Capacity, 6WD
>> See These Trucks at www.CUCV.NET
>> Keyword Searching of 22,000 Electronic TMs at www.MILDOCS.com
>>
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