Comparo, M108 and M62

[Recovry4x4]

While sitting idle in a small one seat room this morning, I was looking over the Austin Western produced manual for the M108 and M62. It has load charts for both trucks. I found that the 20,000# that the 5 ton was rated at lifting was only if the boom jacks were supported to the back of the truck or to the ground, which means you can't rotate with that much weight. The maximum recommended rotatable weight for the 5 ton is 10,000#. The maximum rotating weight of the "Puny" M108 is 8000#. Perhaps in comparison, the little M108 has more bang per pound than its bigger brother. Oh yeah, the M108 only weights 20,000#. I still love my M108.

 

[DDoyle]

Just wait for the issue after next of MVM - when you'll see its REAL big brother.

 

[mangus580]

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[rizzo]

do you have a digital copy of those manuals?

 

[BFR]

Re: RE: Comparo, M108 and M62

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you are not right

 

[cranetruck]

RE: Re: RE: Comparo, M108 and M62

Big is often impressive, but small adds flexibility.
(As "cranetruck", I guess I had to say something. )

 

[Recovry4x4]

RE: Re: RE: Comparo, M108 and M62

There are a hundred pics of the truck on here. You want me to repost one or set up the camera to get a shot of me in my one seat room looking at the book? David, praytell, what are we in store for in the next MVM? Rizzo, I don't have a copy of it. I'd send it to the guy requesting pics but he's backlogged a little over a year on making PDF copies from hard manuals. He's at almost a year on videos too!

 

[mangus580]

RE: Re: RE: Comparo, M108 and M62

Kenny, I was more refering to Davids post...

 

[BFR]

Re: RE: Re: RE: Comparo, M108 and M62

You want me to repost one or set up the camera to get a shot of me in my one seat room looking at the book?

that is what I thought he was talking about.

 

[DDoyle]

RE: Re: RE: Re: RE: Comparo, M108 and M62

Ahhh....but for the pix you have to wait for the mag

 

[mangus580]

RE: Re: RE: Re: RE: Comparo, M108 and M62

Now thats just mean....

 

[vtdeucedriver]

Kenny, which manual were you refering to in this thread???

 

[Recovry4x4]

It's the Austin Western Manual OP-CR53. Since this thread Gimpyrobb converted it into a PDF file and its on the site. Here's the link.
http://old.steelsoldiers.com/index.php?module=pagesetter&type=file&func=get&tid=1&fid=file&pid=258

 

[gimpyrobb]

VT, I understand you have a book that will peak our interest! If you would send it to me, I could scan it and post it(if it isn't 700 pages). If you ever decide to sell it, I would like to be first in line sir.

 

[vtdeucedriver]

Its the same book that Kenny posted above that you have scanned already. I dont know how the **** I had missed that before on SS but I have my own copy now and went nuts that it had a part Numbers via the Austin-Western numbers that are still current!!

Back to the search for dataplates.

 

[73m819]

i now have it saved also, tha 246 and the 819 also use the same AW as the 62, except longer boom