justme-

FWIW, the military rates their trucks for off road severe service- war time use in other words. A 5 ton military truck is rated to haul 5 tons cargo in a war zone and have near zero mechanical failure from the load, the same truck is usually rated just over 10 ton on highway. The Military has little concern of drivers license ratings- remember they are exempt from state licensing laws for the troops operating military vehicles while on duty- just like postal service vehicles. IIRC, soldiers need a military drivers license to operate.

If you are worried about the air/hydraulic brakes rebuild the components- almost all are easily available from military surplus supplies or military truck restoration places. Those systems were designed to function in war time in a war zone, with a minimally trained operator and minimally trained mechanic in the field to service them- in half way decent shape they are more than adequate on road. 9 times out of 10, it's not the parts that are hard to get, but the repair info.

Hvytrkmech

Here are a couple I have worked.

http://www.redstowing.net/images/446_100_0742.JPG

http://www.redstowing.net/images/446_100_0705.JPG

http://www.redstowing.net/images/446_100_0707.JPG

http://www.redstowing.net/images/446_100_0775.JPG

http://www.redstowing.net/images/446_100_0795.JPG

http://www.redstowing.net/images/446_100_0690.JPG

http://www.redstowing.net/images/400_100_0561.jpg

http://www.redstowing.net/images/276_100_0215.jpg

http://www.redstowing.net/images/276_100_0286.jpg

012500owner

Dads 92 F350 after a guy blew a stop sign infront of him dad was going bout 35-40 at the time...broke block,bent drivers frame rail within bout 3 inches of ground,bowed floorboard and roof,bed left a 4 inch crease in back of cab...dad walked away with minor cuts and 3 broke ribs other guy was KO'd and was life flighted

Albernikid

Black Bear got hit Hwy 4 near the Hump

Lil Dog

I had one from Ft. Mac mines..

Its a Ford.. I think...

Albernikid

i-yi-yi, this guy parked in the wrong place. Looks like a mechanics service truck.

Hvytrkmech

The driver forgot to pick up his chalk block.

Lil Dog

Ya.. The buggy Whip didn't do much for the driver seeing this guy approach. It came to me in a safety bulletin, not a good result there either. The pickup wasn't errr ahhh empty when it was run over...

Homestead

I have some personal experience with this topic.

A buddy and I were heading for the coast on the Coquihalla highway pulling a 30' goose neck with our race truck on it. We rose up onto a bridge over one of the many creek crossings and hit black ice on the bridge deck. The rear end unloaded as we came up on the bridge and it jack knifed over onto the drivers side. (You can see the crease in the drivers rear pillar from the neck of the trailer.)

The rig went into the center median, where we smacked the concrete traffic divider on the other side. The impact knocked six of these out onto the highway into on coming traffic. Since our momentum was taking us more or less in a straight line, the first of the remaining group of traffic barriers caught the passenger corner of the cab and collapsed it into what you see.

The impact also snapped the transmission off the back of the block, punched the driveshaft through the transfer case, broke the front axle and broke the engine mounts.

Where do I come into play? I was the passenger and crawled out the passenger window after we stopped. Only injury was a small puncture wound in the back from the sheet metal on the back of the cab. For those that don't know me, I'm the size of Scotty (Scotty Air fame) so that gives you an idea about how squished in I was. The driver was unhurt.



Jeff

got_soot

these are some crazy pics.

Lil Dog

Holy crap Jeff that is crazy. Doesn't look very good from either side to walk from that!