Several Bridge Truck Questions - Page 2 - Steel Soldiers::Military Vehicles Supersite

derby · 05-30-2007, 07:54

Here is the data plate from my truck.

M1075 · 05-30-2007, 09:41

Thanks a lot for the data plate. Here is another.

m139h2otruck · 05-30-2007, 18:28

Here is a couple of pictures of our M812A1's data plate. Note that it says chassis and manufacturer is ConDec! No where on truck does is say AMG.

M1075 · 05-30-2007, 20:32

Thanks M139! I'm surprised the approach and departure angles aren't any better. They are only about 3 degrees more than a standard 5 ton. I would have thought the 1400s would have yielded more. What about using 16.00s? Who is smart enough to figure new approach/departure angles with 16.00s vs. the stock 14.00s? 1 or 2 more degrees?

Also, does anyone have a good pic of a M821 data plate? This one is hard to read.

M1075 · 05-30-2007, 21:50

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Originally Posted by m139h2otruck

Here is a couple of pictures of our M812A1's data plate. Note that it says chassis and manufacturer is ConDec! No where on truck does is say AMG.

Well, I have found the right set of manuals for the bridge trucks. I think researching these trucks is half of the fun and it just takes me a while to understand. The bridge truck you have is shown in TM 5-5420-209-12 (and others in the series). On the cover of the manual, 4 different NSNs are given for the transporters. The first one says "MODEL CONDEC 2208 NSN 5420-00-071-5321". That matches your data plate. Now if I can only figure out what those other three models are!

m139h2otruck · 05-31-2007, 11:22

With the "77" in the contract number, do you guys think that this truck is at least a 1977 or newer? Any real way to tell the age on 5 tons?