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large hinges on bed side
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Hmm, good question. I've never seen anything like that before. I noticed they're only on the starboard side. Now I'm really curious. Beautiful truck BTW.
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could they be for cargo straps? If the Ebay seller knew...you should ask him the question through Ebay. Maybe it's a recovery expeditor rig, for those who like to turn trucks onto their side. 
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My guess is some sort of load tie down system. Good question. Hope we find the answer.opcorn:
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What is on the other side of the bed? Nothing?
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The other side is bare, not even the tie points inside the bed.
I have never ran across these before.
I have never ran across these before.
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Bivuac or similar
quickfarms
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They are for propping up one side of the canvas cover to make an awning
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Why would you need an awning in a truck that was not designed to carry troops? There are no troop seats in a XLwheelbase 5 ton.
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for the crew
quickfarms
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They look like troop seats.
The top two horizontal pieces face inside and the rest face outside just like troop seats
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From the picture, that particular truck has troop seats on it. You can see that the top two rails are turned around like quickfarms said, and you can see that they are attached to the stave, but the rest are not, indicating troop seats that need to ba able to fold down.
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what ever the parts on the side of the are, think that is just the storage spot, blow the pic up, looks like a 1/2" retaining pin, at least what it looks to me. COULD they be part of the troop seat setup
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Yes and the holes in the bottom are for the pins on the bottom of the tent poles
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I beg to differ with you Sir.......my M927 has troop seats but not the aforementioned tie down system.
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Just cause the truck does not carry troops, does not mean you could not use a cover for when it is stationary. As in a maintenance truck.
Wonder if there is not another truck somewhere that has these on the opposite side?
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That is a fixed bed not a drop side or an iso. The TM's on the m939 does show that some had fixed beds and as we know, the vast majority are drop side with much smaller numbers of USMC/Navy using iso beds.
Interesting attachments for hold down though.
Interesting attachments for hold down though.
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Okay I have seen these before on a 814 at a yard at Shelby they are super heavy duty and they pin down and up but never did figure out what they are for and yes they were on the passenger side only, don't believe they are to hold tent poles. Maybe some sort of loading poles, just my guess.