From: everette (194cbteng@bellsouth.net)
Date: Thu Feb 05 2004 - 18:10:04 PST
I do not see any problem pushing trailers with front - weight and strain
does not compare to putting all the horsepower truck has in center of
bumper - I have seen them bent outward when some unthinking person hooks
chain around middle of bumper to pull truck, and have also seen outer ends
of bumpers bent from striking something. Do you plan on mounting pintle
hook on front to push with???
Everette
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ryan Gill" <rmgill@mindspring.com>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Thursday, February 05, 2004 6:02 PM
Subject: Re: [MV] M35 sprag front axle, Working or Not?
At 5:51 PM -0600 2/5/04, everette wrote:
>I would suggest that you NOT center bumper -- get a frame rail behind the
>part of bumper you put against tree
Is the center of the bumper not that solid? I ask, because if and
when I buy a 5 ton, I'll probably end up getting a trailer or two and
the area I'm looking at putting the trailers isn't large. So, it
would be handy to be able to push the trailers around (up the drive)
with a front mounted pintle, ala the Bedford MJs.
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