From: Thomas M McHugh (tmmchugh@msn.com)
Date: Sun Mar 13 2005 - 19:21:49 PST
WOW, what a great set if instructions. At the time, all I did was very
loudly relate every 4 letter word in my vocabulary & invent several more.
I must have hit the correct set of instructions with them, since they never
allowed the overload or rails again.
Tom McHugh, NJ
US Army 1SG Retired
State Commander, Korean War Veterans Association
1952 M38A1
M-416 Trailer
MVPA, MTA
----- Original Message -----
From: "m35products" <m35prod@optonline.net>
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Sent: Sunday, March 13, 2005 3:36 PM
Subject: Re: [MV] Don't Overload!
> The instructions in the field manual are quite clear on this subject:
>
> "Rails - truck/cargo/M35/loading/weight/(rail) - method of:"
>
> "Load one fewer rail than the total amount necessary to blow out all
> tires."
>
> "In the event that the quantity of rail necessary to blow out all tires is
> not known, a field expedient should be utilized:
>
> 1 Load rails, one by one, until tires blow out.
>
> 2 Remove one rail, and return to quartermaster via established
> inventory
> protocol.
>
> 3 Count remaining rails.
>
> 4 Unload rails and place in pile.
>
> 5 Assign one soldier to guard pile of rails.
>
> 6 Change all tires.
>
> 7 Reload truck with pile of rails.
>
> In the event that tires blow again, repeat steps 2 through 7."
>
>
>> This is no different then loading a 2 1/2 with railroad rails until the
>> tires blow out, because it was not convenient to wait for a bridge truck
> to
>> arrive.
>>
>> Tom McHugh, NJ
>> 1952 M38A1
>> M-416 Trailer
>> MVPA, MTA
>>
>>
>>
>
>
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