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70deuce, I love that M971!
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I am not sure what a pintle actuator is. I removed the original pintle and replaced it with a fish mouth coupling, which are standard and obligatory in the Eu; military pintles are not allowed as coupling devices on civil trucks here.
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The dump assembly and 5th wheel assembly are interchangeable now, takes about 1 hour and a 2-ton crane to take of the dump bed including subframe and hydraulics and put the 5th wheel on or vice versa. All lights, license plate, and in the future also the mud flaps are on a new bar at the rear of the truck connected to the main frame. The change is street legal and mentioned on the registration certificate.
The fish mouth coupling works a bit like a 5th wheel coupling. When empty, it is always closed. When you want to lock up a trailer, you put the coupling open and on sharp. Then you just drive the truck backwards to the trailer and once the trailer ring is completely in the fish mouth and hits the back of the coupling (which is toward the front of the truck), the slightly conical pin snaps down and locks the trailer. When opening, you back into the trailer a bit and brake, put the coupling on open again and drive forward.By actuator I mean a remote locking device where you can lock or unlock from the cab to help with hooking up.
What mpg's do you normally get with your a2?Mine is happy at 55 mph seems to get the best mpg's there. It will do over 65 mph if you wanted it to.
Does this count she is still called a M920.
ke5eua What was the pull weight and did you slip any getting traction?[/QUOTE said:Believe 78,000 for just the tank. No they had weight in the back.
Believe 78,000 for just the tank. No they had weight in the back.
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Tow a USMC M50A1 Ontos. Shot right after we arrived at Tower Park, Apr 2014.
With no trailer, around 11mpg (M931A2). With a trailer (up to around 25000 #), 9-10mpg. But I am never in a hurry driving these, easy on the acceleration, and my self-imposed cruising speed is 55 mph. A lot depends on headwind or tailwind, since a couple of my trailers have the aerodynamics of the broad side of a barn.What mpg's do you normally get with your a2?
I know the book says it will get 500 miles with 116 gallons bobtail only which puts it around 4 mpg.
Realistically what do you see?
Which one bud they all have ramps the one green trailer just has a set of loose ramps.I REALLY like that low bed trailer with the ramps!