How many M945A2 Bridge trucks are out there? Did they ever make one?

[Wildchild467]

I have seen the M945A1 bridge truck in some pictures online, but did they ever make any M945A2 bridge trucks with CTIS and the 8.3 Cummins? It sounds like that truck would be a beast with the bigger dual tires, rear drag winch, CTIS and other goodies. Username 74M35A2 and I were talking about it the other day and they must have had something screw on the valve stems for the CTIS to make that work correctly. Are the Bridge Trucks over the legal width limit for the road (like the M123 Macks are)?

 

[juanprado]

Would anyone have the bridge truck specific m945 tm's ?

 

[MWMULES]

I think only the 945 as the Army changed the bridges to HEMTT's and Marines to Mk48 with the LHS.

 

[country]

We have several of these monsters in stock

with the body installed, approx. 112" wide


Dave Newman
Eastern Surplus and Equipment Co.
Toll free- 855-332-0500
Email- dave@easternsurplus.net
www.easternsurplus.net

 

[R Racing]

Wow Dave !!! You ought to do a post on some of the odd 1s you have and have seen. It would be nice to see some of them for sure !!

 

[Wildchild467]

Dave, how do the rear drag winches work on these? Do they have level wind in the rear or no? Do you have any pictures of the rear winch? Does the rear winch get its power from the same hydraulic system as the front winch? Thanks for your time.

 

[juanprado]

Hi Tom,

The attached TM5-5420-209-12 covers the ribbon bridges but specifically covers the bridge transporter truck operation for the M812 & M945 models. There is a section on the rear winch hydraulic set up which is separate and looks unique to these trucks.

The Parts are listed in the Tm 5-5420-209-24P

 

[74M35A2]

I like the 10 wheeler setup, but don't want to lose my working CTIS. I just purchased a second Garwood 20k hydraulic winch for the rear of my M925A2. It will drop right between the frame rails just behind the rear axle under the bed. Use 24V solenoid valve block to actuate. Want to change front winch to solenoid and air engaged PTO also, and ditch the winch lever control tower completely.

Thanks for your homework Wild****

 

[srodocker]

Thats nuts cna you take some more pictures of that thing country.