recovering a deuce with a wrecker?

[croftonaviation]

Question. It's looking like I might break down and hire a wrecker to go get my deuce at FT. Campbell is there a specific way to hook to it without screwing any thing up? Thanks

 

[papercu]

Use a Landoll, price should be about the same. No fuss, no trouble. Wayne

 

[greenjeepster]

Lowboy will be a little cheaper actually because they don't have to disconnect the drive shafts so less labor is involved.

 

[mckeeranger]

Trailers make it easy,

Our XM817 has been moved by a landoll (clutch went out) but we had to remove the exhaust stack because it was a few inches above the "overheight load" limit. Landolls are tall trailers, and the XM817 is a fairly tall truck.

Both our M35A2s were brought in on a lowboy, even though we could have driven one of them. No height problems there.

If you go with a tow truck, here is a link to a post in another thread that shows a method of hooking up: http://www.steelsoldiers.com/464379-post28.html.

 

[wreckerman893]

There are several guy on SS that do recoverys...HEAVY is a good guy to work with, met him at Redstone and watched him pick up a vehicle...very professional working with GL folks and tying it down. He has the equipment to do the job.