sideburnie
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I know people joke about towing a parts car, but I'm actually kind of seriously considering towing a second FMTV on a regular basis.
Background: I'm designing an FMTV RV / overlanding vehicle. My girlfriend wants to join. I'd like more space (given we will be doing this full time and trying to do contract design work remotely), and I am now considering using one vehicle as a living space, and one as a work space + tools storage. We would be fine both driving a second FMTV, but there may be times when I'm solo, and it would be nice to be able to ride together when it's not necessary to drive the secondary FMTV. And... I've also thought it'd be nice to have a capable recovery vehicle when I'm a few hundred miles out of cell coverage down a dirt road (or in kazakhstan or whatever).
I know some folks prefer to pull axle shafts, while others prefer to disconnect a CV joint. I've thought both of these options are relatively labor intensive for the frequency that we might want to switch from towing the second FMTV to driving the second FMTV.
I wanted to ask the experts: Have any folks who tow frequently (and don't use a flatbed for the towed vehicle) considered installing an aftermarket transmission oil cooling pump that could run on the towed vehicle when towed? I imagine there are many reasons this wouldn't work, but I don't yet have an FMTV to tinker with and I wanted to open it up for discussion.
In the case that adding a secondary transmission oil cooling pump is completely impractical or would not save some parts from destruction while towed: have any folks looked at any sort of remote axle disconnect options (presumably at the interface between the CV joints and the diffs or CV joints and the transfer case axles)?
Many thanks!
Background: I'm designing an FMTV RV / overlanding vehicle. My girlfriend wants to join. I'd like more space (given we will be doing this full time and trying to do contract design work remotely), and I am now considering using one vehicle as a living space, and one as a work space + tools storage. We would be fine both driving a second FMTV, but there may be times when I'm solo, and it would be nice to be able to ride together when it's not necessary to drive the secondary FMTV. And... I've also thought it'd be nice to have a capable recovery vehicle when I'm a few hundred miles out of cell coverage down a dirt road (or in kazakhstan or whatever).
I know some folks prefer to pull axle shafts, while others prefer to disconnect a CV joint. I've thought both of these options are relatively labor intensive for the frequency that we might want to switch from towing the second FMTV to driving the second FMTV.
I wanted to ask the experts: Have any folks who tow frequently (and don't use a flatbed for the towed vehicle) considered installing an aftermarket transmission oil cooling pump that could run on the towed vehicle when towed? I imagine there are many reasons this wouldn't work, but I don't yet have an FMTV to tinker with and I wanted to open it up for discussion.
In the case that adding a secondary transmission oil cooling pump is completely impractical or would not save some parts from destruction while towed: have any folks looked at any sort of remote axle disconnect options (presumably at the interface between the CV joints and the diffs or CV joints and the transfer case axles)?
Many thanks!