From: J. Wiehe (j.wiehe@sympatico.ca)
Date: Fri Jan 28 2005 - 09:10:56 PST
Ron,
If you were a Canuck ( Like me ) you would go and check your
local Crappy Tire ( Canadian Tire ) store in the trailer section.
This section gets seasonally larger in spring & summer.
Another Canadian choice might be Princess Auto.
www.princessauto.com
My '53 M101CDN came with the hand crank on a pivot painted
white. Why it wasn't green go figure.
IMHO, the reason for the 2 M101CDN designations is some government
pion probably thought that since we were replacing our old ¼ M100CDN's
with new ones, " Let's call them M101CDN ". Never a thought given to
the fact that we still had the 3/4 ton M101& A1 CDN's still in the system.
Remember the old saying, " Do you want to speak to someone in charge, or
someone that knows what's going on ? "
Cheers,
Jim Wiehe
j.wiehe@sympatico.ca
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ron" <rojoha@adelphia.net>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Friday, January 28, 2005 11:05 AM
Subject: Re: [MV] M-101 trailer crank jack
> But seriously, I have two 3/4 ton M101CDN trailers that have crank up feet
> mounted on the side of the frame on a pivot. I haven't had any luck finding
> similar crank jacks of the same length at auto part or RV stores to convert
> my two US M116A1/A2 trailers yet, but it hasn't exactly been a nation wide
> search either.
> I can take some photos of the setup and post them if you'd like. It's
> really a KISS system, better than the US types. The Canadians have a smaller
> force structure and work smarter, not harder. Seems the US uses four
> soldiers (one drives, one directs which way to move truck, two to lift
> trailer up and horse trailer onto pintle) to do the same task the Canadians
> do with two (one cranks up trailer, steps aside to direct driver to back
> vehicle up under raised lunette)....
>
> BTW....anyone know the reasoning behind why the Canadian M101
> designation trailer is a 1/4 ton jeep trailer (think US M416) while the
> M101CDN is a 3/4 ton?
>
> Ronzo
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