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Reference post 128: With the stock 22.5 tires can you get the skids off the ground ?

Reference post 123 and pulling a M 870 with either a M915 or a commercial tractor: These tractors have 48" or so high fifth wheel. The fifth wheel on a 916 or 123 is at least 12" higher and the porportions of the gooseneck reflect this. So with a M915 the front of the deck will be perilously...

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M123 with M870 and D7 at Teaneck, NJ, about 1994. Note tractor is wider than trailer.

Post 118: Don't forget the M747 to haul your tanks. Going down the road with 170,000 pounds and a 300hp engine is a character building exercise . Eventually the Army applied a MWO to the M123 in the form of a exhaust brake and then you could upshift them and get them (the M123 to go.

Originally the trailer was used with the M123 10 ton tractor as a replacement for the 25 ton M 172 trailers used up to that time. If a tractor with a winch was not available then either a forklift or wrecker would have to be used to operate the trailer. The military now has a RGN or removable...

In an earlier life I used to deploy the m870 trailer with a M123 ten ton alone all the time. My tractor's winch would run without your hand on the air valve that controlled the movement of the captstan so you used the transfer lever to start and stop tohe truck while the winch ran. Pay out 3-4...

I recall the BII for a 870 consisted of six 3/8" chains and snap binders, a spare tire which was mounted at the rear of the trailer, the support brackets that went into the slots at the rear of the trailer sides, and 4 shackles that were fitted 2 on anchor points on the floor and two on the...