Handle looking things on frame??

[mcmullag]

tie downs

On my 1987 I have 7 of 'em down each frame rail on the outside, 14 total. These are beefier than the ones on my former 1971 deuce and I think the older truck only had a total of 10. Surely these are for chaining the truck down on; railcars, in ships, in cargo planes. In the pic, one of them shows up behind the front tire, above where the leaf springs mount attaches to the frame.

 

[Tinwoodsman]

 

[zout]

There is no flat ground around my garage - I use these loops to work under the truck on a creeper with a safety harness - working my way from front to back when pm'ing the underbelly - latching myself in with a snap hook.

 

[doghead]

Dell, there is a picture in post#3, in clinto's first link.

hopefully not a dumb question (see post #3)

 

[doghead]

I thought they were places to tie dogs leashes to.

 

[3dAngus]

Zout,


You send your deuce underbelly a PM. I rub my dogs belly and she loves it, but it never occured to me to send a deuce underbelly a PM. You are one HIGH TECH dude!

Now if I can just figure out how to PM a Deuce top. OR, what I would say?? Maybe, "I LOVE YOU, MAN".

 

[zout]

I'll make sure you get that TM on that pm sheet 3D

 

[saddamsnightmare]

January 8th, 2011.

Pretty good places for chaining down on a rail car deck. Remember gent's you also have the rear trailer chain eyes, the rear sling lift eyes and the front sling eyes to chain to, and AAR Freight car loading rules require blocking for the tires front back and side to side. AND if the railcar flips, Uncle collects for a new truck either way.....

 

[3dAngus]

Dell, there is a picture in post#3, in clinto's first link.

hopefully not a dumb question (see post #3)

Yep, unfortnately, I got impatient after the first page with no pics and wrote it up on how to "properly" ask a question, because it was just not detailed enough for me. We don't all have them installed. After I posted, I read the rest of the thread, realized I goofed it up with all the correct answers already posed, and references to pictures too, so I deleted my post. This is not one of my better
"blessed with patience" days, so I tried to destroy the evidence.

Figures you would catch me...

 

[clinto]

And Clinto, You really should see a doctor, about that persistent cough.

Working on it.

I thought they were places to tie dogs leashes to.

Close. See pic.

 

[emmado22]

I have rail, air, slung and truck loaded for Uncle Sam everything from HMMWV's to PLS's to Abrams tanks. (well, never slung a M1, but you get the point) We NEVER used those little "grab handles". You always use the big tie Down Shackles on the bumpers, and some times in the cases of larger vehicles, they have them on the sides.

I topok enough BBPCT classes (Blocking, Bracing, Packing, Crating and Tiedown) that you lean before deployment to know those little handles are useless. Perhaps they are used for airdrop on the pallets to secure honeycomb. Thats one thing I didnt do.

 

[papabear]

Peta

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Clinto I'm pretty sure PETA (People Eating Tasty Animals) would have something to say about you making the poor doggie hold that tire up!!

He looks tired!

 

[Ridgerunner]

I thought they were places to tie dogs leashes to.

Engineers think of everything. Bumpers just don't seem to work as good.

 

[sigo]

I've also been to numerous movement, ship load, rail load and air load schools and the little grab handles were never mentioned as tie down points. All the tie down points and approved tie down methods are listed in various TM's/FM's and I don't recall seeing the little grab handles among them. Those handles are not stout enough to tie down the vehicle itself.

 

[salvorone@aol.com]

i think the guys in the field had to have something to hang onto to drag themselves around , , we didnt have creepers in the field.

 

[STrider3]

4 pages and you still do not have an answer. My military mechanic says that they are there simply so a mechanic can have hand-holds to move around under the truck and also something to grab while turning a wrench. That simple really. So there you go.

 

[emmado22]

We have ruled put what they are NOT, which is what some people thought they were, so thats a starting point.

 

[APM215]

I thought they were for gimpy to hold on to when desending from his truck.

 

[dikwks]

This is not one of my better
"blessed with patience" days, so I tried to destroy the evidence.


Thank you, it good to not be alone.

 

[SoundGuy]

I think that the manufacturer accidentally drilled extra holes in the frame so they put the handles. That way they appear to have a purpose.