5 ton Lesson learned

[vtdeucedriver]

5 ton M52A2 with a canvas top+ rain shower= Wet Back!!!

 

[cranetruck]

Soooooo refreshing in the Summer time.

 

[AMGeneral]

Hmmm,the rain usually comes in around the windshield Driving down the road in reverse?

 

[doghead]

During the winter(over a foot of fresh snow on the road) I was called to go do a recovery with my M35A2/soft top w/winch. There was a miniature snowstorm in the cab anytime I drove anymore than about 20 mph! Aren't these trucks fun!(refreshing never came to mind that day)

 

[timntrucks]

its all for fun an i bet you had a blast Tim

 

[OPCOM]

I had a canvas top on a deuce and never had a wet back in the rain, how did the rain get in behind you? the window missing?

 

[acetomatoco]

Tires throw it up under a loose cab top when bobtailing.. You gotta secure the top tighter.... try it sometime in the mud with no cab top on... call me Mr Muddy...

 

[vtdeucedriver]

Ace AKA or known to us all up north as "Ross the rubber chicken inspector" wins the cookie. Dam rear tires rooster tail water big time. I did not have my canvas tight and water was just comming right up my back! Yes it did feel good both physical and mental, knowing that my brake heat would be a bit cooler for a bit!!! But come to find out, she is jim dandy again.

 

[BKubu]

Get a vinyl cab top. They have a flap that (partially) seals the back, top of the cab tub. It partially eliminates that draft that comes up the back of the cab top when driving in cold weather.

 

[vtdeucedriver]

no vinyl tops in Vietnam..............If I was really hung up on it. I would not have sold the hard top that came on it............lol.

 

[BKubu]

Jeff, I must have missed the part about you representing a truck in Vietnam.

 

[vtdeucedriver]

No problem.