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I was thinking of four tubes or two back tubes and cable for top link, no swivel. It's a straight line thing but does what I need most, lift things vertical and carries them. It might be cool to have a hydraulic boom top link for boom raising and lowering or some other means. Or keep it all...
I would use a jib a lot more than a front or rear. The pockets for the corner crane through the bed could be mounts. There would be no twisting that I can imagine.
Winch people I have a question about the mounting of the standard winch on the 1078. Can it be routed up through the bed and used for a jib crane? Just curious and don't own a FMTV.
Why not find the specs and see if the components are available to make it happen. I see the PTO is a bevel gear and much wider, so could transmit more PTO power than the 939 series spur gear. Allison tends to standardize, so it may be used on a lot of trucks, like refuse collector packers and...
I'm not familiar with the FMTV PTO. Is that the same 6 bolt as the 939 series Allison PTO and is there room for a direct mount pump? I know the same PTO works on the M35A3 with Allison.
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