From: Sonny Heath (sonny@defuniak.com)
Date: Tue Nov 08 2005 - 18:31:18 PST
How did we get from how much a CUCV will haul to how many seals it will blow
and how fast it will run?
Sonny
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bruce C. Beattie" <bruce@EECS.Berkeley.EDU>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Tuesday, November 08, 2005 9:49 AM
Subject: Re: [MV] CUCV 1008 top speed
> He is absolutely correct, although you can run it a bit over that. I was
> running it at about 70 back from Colorado
> after I bought it from Gene, pulled into a truck stop for a break and when
> I came back out found a large
> puddle of oil under it.
> Bruce MVPA 23824
>
> Stu wrote:
>
>>I have been told that you should keep the top speed for a 1008 at 55mph.
>>The ex Motorpool sgt. said if you don't, you will start getting oil leaks
>>from the engine seals. Was he not correct? I know my engine screams over
>>55mph.
>> "Stu" Southern NH, USA "Live Free Or Die" MVPA #14790
>>1967 M151A1 Jeep 1964 M416 Trailer 1985 M1008 CUCV Pickup
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Military Vehicles Mailing List [mailto:mil-veh@mil-veh.org] On
>>Behalf
>>Of Sonny Heath
>>Sent: Monday, November 07, 2005 10:23 PM
>>To: Military Vehicles Mailing List
>>Subject: [MV] CUCV Load
>>
>>In case any of you boyz are wondering how much weight a M1008 will carry I
>>have some of the answer. I don't know how much it will carry but I do
>>know that it would be above 2.2 ton because I went and got a load of rock
>>today and I thought it was sitting a little lower than normal so I asked
>>the woman
>>
>>how much I was paying for and she said "Its right there on the certified
>>scales ticket 2.2 ton. I drove a little slower than normal and held it
>>below 60 because the steering wasn't in the best of condition.
>>
>>Sonny
>>
>>
>>
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