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ah - that be tyre chains for one of the tractors that hasn't gotten put away since the last big snow a few weeks ago!

Actually, since they are hexagonal in section, you put a spare pin through the eye or a crow bar etc., turn it around a couple of times and they should pull right out (they turn a bigger hole in the ground than the across flats dimension) - but yes, if you have to, lift them all straight up with...

Fresh in off the boat from Australia via CA. Cast ground anchors, pins and shackles. Need to locate 6 more shackles to complete these 5 sets, then get the remaining 3 sets that I have located in the UK shipped over. Not exactly a "5 Ton Mod" as all RAEME M816's carried 8 sets of ground...

That was me playing with the original image, as I did for the 4x4, the 10x10 etc. Just a computer concept developing my 'Photoshop' skills.

What adapters are now carried? - inventory of vehicles keeps changing, last manual change I saw was still for the M984E1 included deleting lifting operation for the M911.

"No longer camo" ... is not on my wish list of mods! But that's a tidy paint job though and it does work for you! :-P

Red - have you ever seen roof trusses mounted up the other way at an angle for a single pitch lean-too roof, using the normal base chord as the roof? Just flip the setup and make up a couple of sets of cable tethers as necessary, of suitable cable size. [Theory; cables for tension, tubes for...

... and by removing the bumperettes to utiliseing the tie down shackles and the 90 deg 'Y' to 'Y' couplers - you can loose the spade sockets and the need for 'end 4'. Bracing for side pull would be lost - but how likely is that? The 984 doesn't have that capability...

CSM's Weight Loss Program OK Jeff - using the large boom support legs - with their ends removed (Tab for stay bar left on), fab sets of 'feet' to switch for each of the functions. Saving weight from:- Spade Legs. Towbar. Add holes to boom support tubes for ground anchor pins.

You should already be able to do this with the drag winch to roll and the boom to lower when over center... About 5 - 9 postings below these was the second discussion in this thread re changing or adding an additional boom winch and way back it's been discussed about one man operation re an aux...

Unfortunately you'll need both of these for a suspended tow if you do it the TM way - not so if you have an alternative Holmes lift bar... Now, a permanent 'goal post' to support the boom for travel - like a regular truck crane would reduce that set - assuming you didn't need it variable...

I think I understand your question... As the lunette eye is pulled, the flukes of the anchor - the two base plates, would go down as they move towards the stuck wrecker. There may have to be a little trench dug to 'introduce' the flukes into the ground, but when at the correct angle - they'd...

Further to earlier post re ground anchor. Assembled from wrecker Bii with added "combining bracket" - this is the concept sketch.

Red - I was in a tow truck shop in PA some time ago (truck died picking up stuff from Mechanicsburg) and read an article in a tow mag about a tow company that invented a monster ground spade with winches that they had on a skid steer for recovering stuck stuff way out in the boonies, away from a...

Er... I think an "Up side down W"..... is an 'M'. : ) Jeff - that sounds like a reeeeeal load of extra work! I thought banging in 64 ground anchor pins was a chore but digging that much .. Wowza. Have you seen the US style ground anchors that were Bii back in the M1A1/M62 days? Enough of...

I didn't think there was any room between the top of the fluted layer and the under side of the boom for a second layer......

Let me guess - a track skid steer that mounts to the back of the wrecker like a Moffett fork lift on a sheet rock truck, that has a monster ground spade instead of the bucket??????? I should be ok ... I have friends currently collecting the 8 ground anchor plates and 64 hex pins (not to mention...

This would be a useful addition - assuming you are intending on competing in the local wrecker market, though the rear lift is only suited to military bumpers as opposed to an underlift. There is, but do you want to add that much weight forward of the pivot point? We have previously discussed...

No service here - besides, I'm a Limey not an Ozzy!! For years, whilst still in the UK, my mil veh collector/enthusiast affinity tended towards the British Army's recovery vehicles and displays by their museum connected servicemen. The Aussies are very closely mirrored in many aspects to the...