From: Glen Closson (glen_closson@earthlink.net)
Date: Tue Apr 11 2006 - 07:40:00 PDT
Peoples,
Looking at my Mutt books, it shows the wheel "lifting eyes" as not for lifting, but for securing the vehicle to a railraod car for transport and the "hooks" at the four corners of the vehcile for lifting.
Granted, the eyes and hooks can be used for different purposes...
Glen
-----Original Message-----
>From: Chance Wolf <bigbadwolf@telus.net>
>Sent: Apr 10, 2006 9:25 PM
>To: Military Vehicles Mailing List <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
>Subject: Re: [MV] M151A2CDN Cage and Radio Setup
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>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Wayne Harris" <papercu@hotmail.com>
>To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
>Sent: Monday, April 10, 2006 8:05 PM
>Subject: Re: [MV] M151A2CDN Cage and Radio Setup
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>> In the U.S. they are called a "Lifting eye" and are used in the air drop
>kit. The ones I've seen have all been on Marine issue jeeps. Wayne
>
>The Army contract ones had the wheel-hub "lifting eyes" stock in the U.S.
>and Canada (and everywhere else to my knowledge) but that picture we're
>talking about doesn't show one of them. The USMC-contract M151s were
>supposed to come with a square-ended plug deal instead of the Army-style
>"lifting eye" for whatever reason, so I'm not sure what you mean when you
>say "all been on Marine issue jeeps." Something special for LAPES skids
>maybe??
>
>(ref. old post http://www.mil-veh.org/archives/99-08/0452.html for add'l)
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>
Regards,
Glen
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