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  1. cranetruck

    M756A2 Recovery! NY-DE (pics)

    The winch is rated 20,000 lb (1st layer), so you have a little to play with. Are your "stiff legs" present? They are needed for side lifts. About the decking, mine were cut with a big saw and the saw marks are perfect for a non-skid finish on top. The bottom only was planed to the 1-1/2 inch...
  2. cranetruck

    M756A2 Recovery! NY-DE (pics)

    Lance, I used locust for all three beds. Images attached show the work for Joel's truck. Whit oak has a tendency to warp and if you want oak, use red oak, which is what the original decking was made of as far as I could tell from grain size etc of the left-overs from my bed.
  3. cranetruck

    M756A2 Recovery! NY-DE (pics)

    Appreciate the images. Yes, the number of "block anchors" was apparently reduced by one when the truck got its own model number (M756A2). I have prepared decks for 3 different trucks and they all had 13 boards, but never the same widths, each truck had the boards distributed differently across...
  4. cranetruck

    M756A2 Recovery! NY-DE (pics)

    Here is Kenny's pipeline data plate. My bed was made as an individual unit with its own data plates and the truck may have had any dash mounted tags depending on which truck was converted. That was the original idea, according to David Doyle's research, the complete m756 model came later in the...
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