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Great info on this thread. If you could ask your friend if he remembers the flatbed truck company that took part in the Fort Hood test and thank him for the manual they gave me that I was able to give to M1075. I think he may have the only one that will ever show up on this site.

Wellesy Thanks for posting the pictures sorry I could not be of any further help but when I come up to New England next year I sure would like to visit. That truck looks awesome and having been stationed at Fort Devens for almost four years I know the kind of snow you all have to deal with both...

RE: Re: RE: Kenworth 8x8 XM1074 PLS A big difference is the tires on the PLS are like the HEMTT. These trucks are souped up KW's that use tires that are closer to OTR tires. Also the PLS by Oshgosh was built as a PLS not a KW mated to a British lift system. All in all these are very heady...

The initial test trucks did use UK components on the hook loaders this was back when hook loading was in it's infancy or at least in it's youth you did not see slide on slide off dumpsters all over the place back then and they were just becoming the rage when the Army saw that Great Britan has...

RE: other bodies besides flat In that test the Ammo was returned to the CSA at North Fort Hood after driving the perimeter road the truck or flat rack was unloaded the truck serviced a quick 626 inspection and back to be reloaded with a new load or pick up a new flat rack. There were quite a...

James: Thanks for posting the thread that is an awesome truck. It was back in 1985 when we ran the test at Fort Hood Texas. I took our Medium Truck Company down from Fort Devens Mass to run them side by side with these test PLS systems. The test was centered out of North Fort Hood and used...