a deuce rollback conversion?

[mf5129]

has anybody else thought of putting a rollback or a ramp type wedge car hauler on a m35.ive heard there was a m36a2 available.it has a longer wheelbase.i havent found out anything about them.i have never bought a m35 yet.it would make a great salvage hauler.any opinions on this?

 

[gimpyrobb]

Been talked about alot. This is the only thread I could find:
http://www.steelsoldiers.com/deuce/11105-roll-back-conversion.html

General consensus is the 5ton would be better from what I remember.

 

[hndrsonj]

M36 bed is 17'. You need to drive one before you commit to building that. Very low power when towing/hauling alot.

 

[digitaldust]

I looked into doing that . too slow ,too high, too much. get a truck made for it .
my wrecker bed is much longer then my deuce frame the mods would be crazy expensive
and I think a conversion van would be a " soft top " after the first low bridge.

 

[clinto]

Please move the discussion over the pre-existing thread-no need for 2 threads about an identical topic.

 

[Westech]

Yeah right clinto... how many post about turning up fuel do we have? Search is a function that no one is able to use due to some sort of gverment ploy to drive us NUTS.

 

[Kohburn]

don't know how things are moderated here, but on forums that I mod the redundant threads are either merged or a link to the main thread is pasted into the redundant one then the redundant one is locked to force discussiont othe primary.

 

[Towman2277]

Either way, it is not practical at ALL to make a deuce a rollback. I own and manage a Towing and Recovery Business, and it's just not feasible.

 

[clinto]

don't know how things are moderated here, but on forums that I mod the redundant threads are either merged or a link to the main thread is pasted into the redundant one then the redundant one is locked to force discussiont othe primary.

We are strongly considering it............ but there are a few issues holding us back.

http://www.steelsoldiers.com/692834-post5.html <--more in depth description

The biggest sticking point (in my opinion):

2. I personally fear this policy would train the membership to NOT search-why bother searching if a mod will do it for you? Just post a thread and wait for it to be merged and let someone else do the work.