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ISBN 978-1-78214-192-1. TM 9-795 Heavy Wrecking Truck M1 (Series 1 and 2). US War Dept. 1942. TM 9-796 Heavy Wrecking Truck M1A1 (Kenworth Model 573, Ward LaFrance Series 5). US War Dept. 1944. TM 9-2800 Standard Military Motor Vehicles. US Deptartment of the Army. 1 September 1943. pp. 312– 313; TM 9-2800 Military Vehicles
When light-duty trucks were first produced in the United States, they were rated by their payload capacity in tons: 1 ⁄ 2 (1000 pounds), 3 ⁄ 4 (1500 pounds) and 1-ton (2000 pounds). Ford had introduced the "One-Tonner" in 1938 to their line of trucks. [23] The "Three-quarter-tonner" appeared in the Ford truck lineup in 1939. [23]
A long ton, also called the weight ton (W/T), [1] imperial ton, or displacement ton, is equal to: 2,240 pounds (1,016.0 kilograms; 1.0160 metric tons) exactly 12% more than the 2,000 pounds of the North American short ton, being 20 long hundredweight (112 lb) rather than 20 short hundredweight (100 lb) the weight of 35 cubic feet (0.991 m 3) [2 ...
10-ton truck 8x8: 1982 Produced by Oshkosh it is the US Army's standard heavy truck; as of September 2020 an estimated 35,800 had been built. [62] Oshkosh LVS: 10–12½-ton truck 8x8: 1985 Produced by Oshkosh, it is a heavy, articulating truck operated by the USMC; 3,754 were built in several variants. [63] Oshkosh LVSR: 16½-ton truck 10x10: 2009
6-ton 6x6 [10] 1941–1945: 219,882: Bridge, crane, cargo fire, van and others by 5 manufacturers Mack NM 6-ton 6x6: 1940–1944: 8,400+ Prime mover cargo truck Mack NO 7 + 1 ⁄ 2-ton 6x6: 1943–1945: 2,050: Prime mover cargo truck M1 Wrecker 10-ton 6x6 [11] 1941–1945: 5,765: Standard heavy wrecker during WWII Built by Ward LaFrance and ...
Mack's design, influenced by their WWII era NO (7 + 1 ⁄ 2-ton, 6x6 truck), was chosen. Designed as an entire family of trucks, only the semi-tractor and cargo/prime mover were built. 392 M123 were built between 1955 and 1957 and 552 M125 were built between 1957 and 1958.
A conventional ladder frame has a front steering axle with a 12,000 lb (5,400 kg) weight rating and tandem rear axles with a 40,000 lb (18,000 kg) weight rating. The truck can have a maximum weight of 52,000 lb (24,000 kg), including a 30,000 lb (14,000 kg) load. The total weight rating of the truck and trailer is 105,000 lb (48,000 kg).
The G-506 trucks, 1 + 1 ⁄ 2-ton, 4x4, produced as the Chevrolet G7100 (and originally G4100) models, were a series of (light) medium four wheel drive trucks used by the United States Army and its allies during and after World War II. This series came in standard cargo, as well as many specialist type bodies.