Deuce 5th wheel

[military bogger]

Did they ever put a 5th wheel on a deuce?I came across one today sitting in the wood's the 5th wheel looked to be a low profile and the owner said it came like that. It is the first one i have seen in person.

 

[M813rc]

M275? It was a deuce tractor

Cheers

PS - added a couple of photos

 

[hndrsonj]

Or a M48.......

 

[4x4 Forever]

I think that there are a couple on SS that converted them to a Fifth Wheel.

 

[Jeepsinker]

The ones he saw today have been there for a long long time. Definitely not a member conversion.

 

[73m819]

The m275 had a short wheel base with no spare, the m48 had a longer wheel base (think it was the same as a deuce) and a spare.

 

[RAYZER]

The m275's are rare,
the m48's are very rare!
See if you can figure out what you have found!

 

[RAYZER]

M48.

 

[hndrsonj]

a real M48 after receiving a new cab.

 

[RAYZER]

View attachment 545123 a real M48 after receiving a new cab.

Nice! I must have one!

 

[military bogger]

I'm going back in about a week or two so i will see if i can't get a few picture's of it. I will see if the data plates are still in place. the is missing the canvas top an transmission.

 

[OD_Coyote]

I went and looked at a M275 W/W this past week. It has a LDT-465-1D with a sprag transfer case and has not be started in ~2 years.
If my M47 did not need so much work I would have brought it home.

 

[RAYZER]

I do have one and it is looking for a new home in order to help me fund a movie I want to shoot.

PM me an email addy and I can send more pics.

Sorry WM, Was referring to the m48!

 

[Recovry4x4]

All this M275 stuff reminds me of a funny story. Circa 2003 I was taking a little trip from Miami to Cinci OH driving my M275A2. I stopped at a truck stop on the section of highway in Knoxville TN where I-75 and I-40 share the same road. Fellow walks up and says "Nice 5 ton". I thank him then tell him it's a 2 1/2 ton. He says "Nope, it's a 5 ton. Drove them in the Army. They never made a 2 1/2 ton tractor". He also pointed out that they used to piggyback trucks the same way I was doing. I chose not to engage him on the one off piggy back device I was using. I did thank him for his service and showed him the -10 TM. He was polite and a little surprised that the little tractor did exist. All in all it was a positive encounter and he now knows the M275A2.

 

[Dueceandhalfs]

Does the half ton semi have an automatic transmission

 

[73m819]

NO

 

[Wildchild467]

I do have one and it is looking for a new home in order to help me fund a movie I want to shoot.

PM me an email addy and I can send more pics.

That is a Studebaker, isn't it? I would love to have that truck if I was closer. It would be a fantastic truck with a nice small trailer and LDS power. I hope it goes to a good home!

 

[wreckerman893]

It would be a fantastic truck with a nice small trailer and LDS power. I hope it goes to a good home!

The M275's were never line haul trucks. They pulled shop vans, command vans and maybe some sort of missile trailer.

I pulled several van trailers and an expando van back from Redstone with it and it looked pretty happy hooked up to them.

It does seem to have a little more top end than a regular deuce but I'm told it has the same gear ratios.