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Discussion in 'Early Jeep Restoration and Research' started by lhyatt, Jan 11, 2011.

  1. Jan 11, 2011
    lhyatt

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    I guess this is research? None the less..on the "Roy Rodgers" show,Pat Bradey's Jeep "nelle belle",sometimes has these big ol' extension things on the wheels.Were these used with rope as a winch type deal?
     
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    rocnroll

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    Howard Eisenhauer

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    We had those back in my military days.

    Just the thing when you're up to the door handles in mud :D

    H.
     
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    mdmeltdown

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    My dad has an old post WW2 military TM manual that is all about vehicle recovery in the field. One of the sections shows how to make a winch with a tire iron and a rope when a CCKW is stuck. You put a loop in the end of the rope, sting it through the tire iron and put it in the center of the dually wheels on one side of the rear end. It made a winch "drum" kind of deal. Very interesting
     
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  5. Jan 12, 2011
    Chris Insull

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    Is there a link to that TM that you've been able to find? TM number?
     
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    x2, I'd be really interested to see that manual :)
     
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    Steamer

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    The one I have that shows the rope trick is Army TM 21-305 / USAF 77-2. November 1965 edition. Motor Vehicles manual for the Wheeled Vehicle Driver.

    Another cool one is the Priciples of Automotive Vehicles TM 9-8000 / USAF 36A-1-76. January 1956 edition.

    Then there's the one on explosives and demolition...........
     
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    CJ5aTim

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    Improvised explosives manual. Great little read.....
     
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    I think it might also be in FM5-34, Engineer Handbook. I have seen it before but was not a truck driver.
     
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    DREDnot

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  11. Jan 13, 2011
    lhyatt

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    on the CJ3B page ,the original nellybelle,they call them dual wheel adapters.but they're on all four wheels
     
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