Need help: M151a2 CAF Europe 74-22375

[Jon Skagfeld]

Originally Posted by Scott Bentley

Yup, those are the "unstuckers". I wouldn't mind at least the flanges if anyone is sitting on a pair.

Unstucker...when we got our 5/4T c.1976, there was an Unstucker listed on the Check List but there was also a Deviation Record attached which listed the Unstucker kit as not issued.

We got the hub plates, but nothing else and the DR remained until the veh was disposed.

[rob love]

Originally Posted by Jon Skagfeld

Unstucker...when we got our 5/4T c.1976, there was an Unstucker listed on the Check List but there was also a Deviation Record attached which listed the Unstucker kit as not issued.

We got the hub plates, but nothing else and the DR remained until the veh was disposed.

The unstucker kits were just another bag full of useless crap floating around the back of the truck. Even the plates eventually got tossed, as the mechanics were tired of having to get out 2 or 3 sockets instead of just one to remove a tire.

Add to that, the poor drivers (said with a slight grin) thinking that little T wrench that came with the unstucker was for changing the tire. It did not have the leverage required to remove the actual wheel, but often the operators would lose the full size wrench and only have the tiny one.

[Scott Bentley]

Originally Posted by rob love

Add to that, the poor drivers (said with a slight grin) thinking that little T wrench that came with the unstucker was for changing the tire. It did not have the leverage required to remove the actual wheel, but often the operators would lose the full size wrench and only have the tiny one.

Ah ha, that's what that thing was for! I still come across those from time to time wondering why the hell someone would buy a lug wrench so small.

[rob love]

Originally Posted by Scott Bentley

Ah ha, that's what that thing was for! I still come across those from time to time wondering why the hell someone would buy a lug wrench so small.

Add to that if you did manage to get near the appropriate leverage onto the little T wrench, it would break in half.

As long as you got stuck with a tree somewhere within a 20° angle to the back of you, and within a reasonable distance, you were good to go with an unstucker.

Of course, the operators wouldn't know about this, and for good reason. The instructions for the unstucker use on the M151A2 was published as an addition to the operators manual, but on 8-1/2 X 11 paper format. So the instructions never really made it out past the CFTO library, especially considering the M151A2 operators manuals were little tiny pocket size manuals.

Below is a page from the unstucker supplement.

[Scott Bentley]

Originally Posted by rob love

Add to that if you did manage to get near the appropriate leverage onto the little T wrench, it would break in half.

As long as you got stuck with a tree somewhere within a 20° angle to the back of you, and within a reasonable distance, you were good to go with an unstucker.

Of course, the operators wouldn't know about this, and for good reason. The instructions for the unstucker use on the M151A2 was published as an addition to the operators manual, but on 8-1/2 X 11 paper format. So the instructions never really made it out past the CFTO library, especially considering the M151A2 operators manuals were little tiny pocket size manuals.

Below is a page from the unstucker supplement.

Rob Love, you are the king of Army Sarcasm. A true master my friend

[rob love]

Originally Posted by Scott Bentley

Rob Love, you are the king of Army Sarcasm. A true master my friend

Is it sarcasm when it's true?

I do have a bit of a biting sense of humour that some can take the wrong way.