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or: never thought my M51 was a small truck until.....
Finally managed to get my M51A2 to the Czech Republic. Thought I would share this with you.
First thing I did was trying to repair the engine kill cable by replacing it with a lawn-mower cable. Could not find the bold back to connect the cable holder to the engine
. Off course it is non-metric and I could not get a good replacement that fitted. ![Banging Head aua aua](https://www.steelsoldiers.com/images/smilies/icon_smile_banghead_125.gif)
![Banging Head aua aua](https://www.steelsoldiers.com/images/smilies/icon_smile_banghead_125.gif)
. So I ended up with just pulling the entire cable when I want to stop the engine. Then I tried to maneuver a bit with the truck moving it 10 feet to the side (pics 2 and 3). That took soo much problems with steering that I decided then and there that NO, no way I would be driving this thing 20 miles through small villages and one big town to the place of loading. Right turn goes like a feather, right turn you need two persons to get the wheel around. Too risky.
![local-load-04.jpg local-load-04.jpg](https://www.steelsoldiers.com/data/attachments/251/251646-62756b34c6dfc828af2a00dc8b7c5509.jpg)
We asked a local transport company to haul the truck to the loading place. They came with a container truck with a flatbed container plate (or however you call that). I loaded the fifth wheel and old tires in the dump bed and than drove the truck onto the container plate. A lot of head scratching how to make sure the truck would not shift. One chain and four belts did the trick. Then came the loading onto the truck. No sweat. Nothing shifted and without any visible effort the truck ended on top of the container truck. The last problem was the height, but we were just 7 inches over the max allowable height of 4 meters (13.12 feet).
![local-load-11.jpg local-load-11.jpg](https://www.steelsoldiers.com/data/attachments/251/251652-ba7a7e9432f18318028c114e56759edd.jpg)
Finally managed to get my M51A2 to the Czech Republic. Thought I would share this with you.
First thing I did was trying to repair the engine kill cable by replacing it with a lawn-mower cable. Could not find the bold back to connect the cable holder to the engine
![Sad :-( :-(](https://www.steelsoldiers.com/images/smilies/icon_sad.gif)
![Banging Head aua aua](https://www.steelsoldiers.com/images/smilies/icon_smile_banghead_125.gif)
![Banging Head aua aua](https://www.steelsoldiers.com/images/smilies/icon_smile_banghead_125.gif)
![Banging Head aua aua](https://www.steelsoldiers.com/images/smilies/icon_smile_banghead_125.gif)
![local-load-01.jpg local-load-01.jpg](https://www.steelsoldiers.com/data/attachments/251/251643-a7dba6b92cf67ca0dcc74300391508f1.jpg)
![local-load-03.jpg local-load-03.jpg](https://www.steelsoldiers.com/data/attachments/251/251644-8947d7be64c880f45e9053c7187b29ab.jpg)
![local-load-02.jpg local-load-02.jpg](https://www.steelsoldiers.com/data/attachments/251/251645-99751294e87e1218d8dd86d496f5343d.jpg)
![local-load-04.jpg local-load-04.jpg](https://www.steelsoldiers.com/data/attachments/251/251646-62756b34c6dfc828af2a00dc8b7c5509.jpg)
We asked a local transport company to haul the truck to the loading place. They came with a container truck with a flatbed container plate (or however you call that). I loaded the fifth wheel and old tires in the dump bed and than drove the truck onto the container plate. A lot of head scratching how to make sure the truck would not shift. One chain and four belts did the trick. Then came the loading onto the truck. No sweat. Nothing shifted and without any visible effort the truck ended on top of the container truck. The last problem was the height, but we were just 7 inches over the max allowable height of 4 meters (13.12 feet).
![local-load-05.jpg local-load-05.jpg](https://www.steelsoldiers.com/data/attachments/251/251647-d54705b38944a375ed5d1a3621919799.jpg)
![local-load-06.jpg local-load-06.jpg](https://www.steelsoldiers.com/data/attachments/251/251648-2a0ba1f511239dda564df3602bbdeb3f.jpg)
![local-load-07.jpg local-load-07.jpg](https://www.steelsoldiers.com/data/attachments/251/251649-50f8b5a482c009c51df2121c888213e5.jpg)
![local-load-11.jpg local-load-11.jpg](https://www.steelsoldiers.com/data/attachments/251/251652-ba7a7e9432f18318028c114e56759edd.jpg)