M215
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Hey SS,
The M221 was brought home this past Saturday, overall the recovery went well. The seller had positioned the truck and removed the drive shafts for me, all we had to do was change out a few tires and hook up the tow bar. Weather was good on the trip over, the M813 made about 55-60, pyro temp stayed around 600-900 degrees. Changing out the three tires, hooking up the tow bar, safety chains and light bar took about 2 hours and we were ready to leave the farm. At this point the skies opened up with a hard rain which was off and on, mostly on for the entire trip home. The route home required crossing the Shenandoah mountain range on Rt 33. The trip up the mountain was slow, 3rd gear the pryo topped 1200 degrees, dropped the transfer into low range and climbed the mountain in 4th gear at 20 mph, pryo stayed under 900 degrees. The trip down was white knuckle, stayed in 4th low range and keep the speed under 25 mph, in heavy rain. The M221 weighs in at 12,000 lbs and you could feel it pushing you down the mountain. The rest of the trip was un-eventful, keep the speed under 45 mph. This was my first flat tow and was happy it went well.
Thanks to my neighbor Tony for the extra hand and to Jason Peacook for the use of his tow bar.
Later this week I'll reinstall the driveshafts and fire up this old dog! The truck was made in 1953, has a three digit serial number and is actually a XM221.
Enjoy the pics, Karl
The M221 was brought home this past Saturday, overall the recovery went well. The seller had positioned the truck and removed the drive shafts for me, all we had to do was change out a few tires and hook up the tow bar. Weather was good on the trip over, the M813 made about 55-60, pyro temp stayed around 600-900 degrees. Changing out the three tires, hooking up the tow bar, safety chains and light bar took about 2 hours and we were ready to leave the farm. At this point the skies opened up with a hard rain which was off and on, mostly on for the entire trip home. The route home required crossing the Shenandoah mountain range on Rt 33. The trip up the mountain was slow, 3rd gear the pryo topped 1200 degrees, dropped the transfer into low range and climbed the mountain in 4th gear at 20 mph, pryo stayed under 900 degrees. The trip down was white knuckle, stayed in 4th low range and keep the speed under 25 mph, in heavy rain. The M221 weighs in at 12,000 lbs and you could feel it pushing you down the mountain. The rest of the trip was un-eventful, keep the speed under 45 mph. This was my first flat tow and was happy it went well.
Thanks to my neighbor Tony for the extra hand and to Jason Peacook for the use of his tow bar.
Later this week I'll reinstall the driveshafts and fire up this old dog! The truck was made in 1953, has a three digit serial number and is actually a XM221.
Enjoy the pics, Karl
Very good find and mostly all there. Hasn't been to mucked up by civilian do gooders. I think with a shop trailer behind it (converted to camper) all done up green with stars would be just to cool. You are going to be the neat kid on the block with that truck! I'm so OD Green with envy...
