owners MLVW

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I see by the flag you are or have been a EME, in 27 years in the service in the EME branch I have never seen a catatrophic brake failure on the MLVW. The brake system on the MLVW is exactly the same as the old 2 1/2 ton M135 and the US M35. I have both M135s and M35s registered for the road. The trucks pass a detailed yearly provincial safety inspection. If the brakes are so bad why is DND still driving the MLVW on a daily basis and in a lot of cases by people who have very little experience with big trucks.
I have talked to a lot of people in DND and everone passes the buck. I have letters that state I can register the truck after passing a provincial safety, I have letters that say nothing and no one can tell me who made the policy.
If I sound a little bitter believe me I am , I'm sorry if I offend anyone. the way DND is going we are not going to have any Cdn vehicles to preserve. Can you imagine where we would be if 50 years ago they would have banned all ex-military vehicles from the road. No CMPs, no jeeps,etc.....
This is why I am fighting this ruling, in 20-25 years there will be no Canadian military vehicles on the road. Gilles