Thank you for the vehicle. I have absolutely no use for a vehicle like this but have always wanted since the the age of 10, I'm 55 now. If I ever win the lottery, it will be one of my first purchases. This is the most informative video I have seen to date. The you again, looking forward to watching part 2.
I owned 2 M923a2 cargo trucks. I believe the A2's were built 1989 to 1991 (3 yrs), they have the newer turbo cummins and the tires you can change air pressure on the go from the cab. the earlier 900 series had that older cummins (NHC 250?) and no tire deflate system.
The A2's were built 1987-1994 and from BMY Division of Harsco. The A1's were from AM General and had NHC-250's just like the original M939 series which also had dual tires and not the Super Singles like the A1's & A2's. The easiest way to tell the A1's & A2's apart is that A2's have wheel guards on the front rims for the air valves and actually the tread pattern on the tires is different between the two series.It's only difficult when the A2's have their original rims swapped when some owners disconnect the CTIS.
I think this is a useful tool for you in certain circumstances only thing i thing you can do maybe to make it more mobile in certain terrain is the track over wheels system make this thing a half track .
Mr Mike's towing in New Hampshire, Sir. I think your explaination is very clear, and well done. You mentioned Sir, that your BMY-936A2 wrecker is or was, extensively modified to operate in the civilian field of towing. And perhaps recovery. So, accordingly, I assumed to see, first of all , an Old school tow bar, installed onto the rear of the truck. I was NOT expecting an under lift, due to the fact that the rear of the military truck, is a very jam packed erea for a 6x6 unit like it is, and the frame has very little overhang onto which to install the commercial under lift. So, accordingly, I fail to understand Sir, How exactly Your truck is so , extensively, modified! It seems very stock, as issued to me. So I would be interested to know, just for curiousitie's sake. Also, These Military wreckers are designed for use , in seas, of MUD, on dirt roads, pulling out, and manipulating heavy weapons, bogged down in mud ! they are low speed trucks, they are utilitarian work horses, with no bells and whistles ! They are for rear echelon work, behind the lines! they are very over built, and over strong! they are also heavily abused, by youngsters, who are impatient, and poorly trained. It is not easy for training personnel in the civilian National guard, to turn week end warriors into competant recovery professionals, with outdated equipment , which I personnally respect, very , very enthusiastically, as compared to , modern, Miller Industries, ultra expensive state of the art , fully hydraulic boom equipment installed on ultra expensive modern tow trucks ! I own , personally three tow trucks. One, a simple 50 thousand pound pulling whinch , on a primitive frame; which hangs a simple huge pulley block, down to a primitive, but very functional tow bar. This is a monsterly strong pulling set up. and another truck a 5 ton, with a more modern about a 30 thousand pound pulling whinch, with a more recent booms, and a more modern tow bar assembly, for towing light , and medium trucks, and cars. this wrecker unit and body seems commercial, but has no id plate. And I have a Ford L700, gasoline powered truck, with a Holmes 600 wrecker, equipped with Holmes 750 booms from the plant , to tow school buses. It also has a wonderfull gas powered HD air compressor on board; between the cab and the wrecker body ! A very powerful, old school top of the line at the time wrecker, before the hydraulics, took over ! Very powerful! But I see so many wreckers like you have , put up for sale , because they sit, doing nothing; primarily because the today's sort of drivers, refuse to drive these trucks , because of comfort, and air conditioning, and ease of operation; so owners are forced to sell them, because they sit ! The drivers all demand the latest Miller Industries towing units, but they have no money to pay for them! All of this is true, to my experience in the business. The cost of equipment is crazy, in the business these days ! and a couple of driver/ operator/ owners of old school Holmes units, with tow bars, have no idea, how to hook up the trucks properly today ! Very sad! And they make no efforts to learn how, either! anyway ! A very nice truck, you have there Sir! In my opinion at least! But I am old, and old school. Best regards, kennethzakaib607@gmail.com Montreal . I have a very rare Inter 1600 4x4 1963 Loadstar built for the US air force, that spent most of its life on the Arctic dew line, for sale! Please pass the word! thanks. nov 2020
Agreed, im sure the tires are not original and came off different trucks at different times throughout its life. I bought and sold it with the rubber it has in the video. Thanks for watching
@@mikestowinginnh7866 I'm just poking fun buddy this is a badass setup and I really like what you have done to it this far and will be staying tuned for more if you go on any calls with it I beg you get some footage of it in action please
@@taylorwalling8234 no worries, but your totally right. i remember walking around the truck one day trying to figure how to get them all going the same direction. Unfortunately i sold the truck this past fall. So that's it for videos of this one. Thanks again for watching.
jim thanks for watching its been awhile since i made the video or watched it, but i think i was referring to using it as a civilian wrecker would be used. If it were to be used in the same fashion the boom winch cable would be destroyed when pulling at an angle. this is why a crane boom and a wrecker boom are designed differently. This truck in original form has a crane design. Hence the reason the call it a material handling boom not a wrecker boom, and why there are no recovery procedures out lined in the operators manual that utilize the boom. But yes i agree they were used to tow vehicles, i may have worded that wrong. Thanks again for watching!
