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Surely it it call haul more than this ??
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Why is a Deuce and 1/2 called this ?
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Has to carry 2 and a half tons and do this without breaking anything. Now do you understand?
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Yes,
Now do you understand...Sorry but that was very rude of you to call me out like that., Now do you understand ? ?????
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Cross posting frowned upon here : https://www.steelsoldiers.com/threads/okay-i-am-dumb.209004/#post-2439312
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No rudeness intended, sorry
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We do our best to have fun here. Hopefully you didn't take @NDT 's really funny picture as a personal insult. It wasn't his intent for sure... That really is why a Deuce and a Half is called what it is. That's the "guaranteed by the manufacturer" weight carrying capacity of the truck in the field. Like the picture, flying over a hill...
Around this place we like to have fun and mess with any and everybody on a daily basis so we dont get to serious and become a bunch of old sourpuses ! So walk it off and lighten up or you will never enjoy yourself here !
I mean you did title your other posting as "I am dumb" so there is that.
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Officially, the deuce-and-a-half must be able to carry 5,000 pounds cross country and up a slope of a specified angle and height, and twice that weight on paved roads. 5,000 pounds is 2.5 short tons. WWII trucks got the name first and it's stuck around through the M35 series.
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I don't think there was any real intent to be rude on NDT's part. As asserted above several times, lots of people here in the forum like to poke a little fun. And I think that's all it was. Had I posted the same question, and got the same answer from NDT, (who I don't know, and have not passed more then two words with) I would not have been offended. I would have found it a bit funny. Life is too short to take everything serious.
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I get it. It just just did not sit well at the time. Bad day for me. Cheers
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I think tone was perceived where none was intended... jmho
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I want one......
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That weight rating also included a loaded trailer in tow, on a grade around some 30%.
Of course in combat service that was usually doubled or tripled, especially for cargo trucks. Whatever fit, went.
DG
Of course in combat service that was usually doubled or tripled, especially for cargo trucks. Whatever fit, went.
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I'm in! And totally creepy!!!
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Not in this life time! You gotta shave first!
Shave what ?