quad 50 weight

[hughscpa]

I am going to pick up the quad 50's in a couple of days. What does something like that weigh?

 

[Uglyranger]

Did you weigh the quad after you got it?

 

[Blood_of_Tyrants]

One M2 weighs about 85 lbs. Four would weigh 340 labs. Add the quad mount and trailer and you are talking 1000 lbs or so.

 

[Uglyranger]

Thanks for the info. I want to put a quad on a trailer and tow it behind an M151 (Jeep)

 

[captain-crank]

An M55 Multiple Gun Carriage weighs about 3750 pounds

The M20 trailer is 800 lbs and the Quad mount is 2950 lbs.

 

[Stalwart]

I was thinking the mount was a LOT heavier than 600 lb., I was thinking at least a ton but I see I was low by 50%.

 

[Mike_Pop]

I hauled a quad 50 trailer and it was much heavier than it looked, close to 3,000 lbs. However, it was very easy to roll around on the trailer.

 

[Uglyranger]

I trained at a British quad 50 school at Langham Camp, England (UK) in 1956 (yep, I'm an old fart). The U.S. Air Force used them for Air Base Defense. We got to shoot at ARCATs over the North Sea. I say "shoot at", because our British instructors would hit us on our helmets with a small club if we looked up from the sights. There was so much smoke coming off of the guns I couldn't see anything through the sights.
We found out later that they were running out of targets, and didn't want us to hit any more. They were a small aircraft out over the water, and when hit would parachute down and be recovered by boat.
There was a quad on a trailer in the Atlanta area a couple of years ago, that I think ended up being purchased by someone in the Chicago area.