Helped Jakelc15 recover his M818 and trailer from FT Meade on wed. Forklift gremlin strikes again. Bent driveshaft comes apart 1/2 mile from base. Made large hole in oil pan . Only had to go 2 miles to Jake's house. Thanks DavidJBlythe for stopping and offering your help.
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ouch that sucks. Looks like a nice setup though, hate to hear about the break down. I would have been like " fbiudgfgeirfdberfgdbebsfiugiuvpuafhiuhridbiebrsifd bivrfsdbb" yeah and then some. Not to mention the look on my wife's face then I got home.
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1962 M-61A2 - Had an LDS. Working on getting a DT466 installed with Allison MD3560P and lockers
If it was noticed that the front shaft was bent, why not remove it? Even had a M1031 Contact Truck that likely had quite a few tools in it somewhere. I hate to see when a plan does not come together.
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Where did the other fork lift? I agree, even for that short distance, removing the D/S would have been my plan. Those oil pans are not cheap or easy to change.
We had intentions of pulling the drive shaft but I got side tracked and forgot. It was 20° and everything was frozen.
They beat the crap out of that truck with the fork lift between the time the pictures were taken and when I picked it up. They bent the ladder storage brackets on the bottom of the trailer too.
5 Ton Recover---gone bad
