50k for a HEMMT

[PorscheTech911]

Hey I was perusing the iNet for armor and I came across this place LVS that still has a HEMMT for sale. Hope someone here buys it

 

[srodocker]

mmmm

 

[PorscheTech911]

The website says it hasn't been updated since 08` so if your interested you'll have to call.

 

[emmado22]

A LVS is not a HEMTT.. Yes, they look the same, but try telling that to the PM HTV at TACOM.. They will set you straight.

 

[fuzzytoaster]

Whats the underlying difference mind me asking?

 

[Stalwart]

A lot of work to make it pretty, but it looks all there!

 

[Stalwart]

HEMTT is an 8 or 10 wheel drive truck. The LVS is a 4WD tractor with a powered "trailer" of sorts.

 

[emmado22]

HEMTTs are 8 wheels, PLS's (which are NOT part of the HEMTT family) are 10 wheel drive.

LVS are the 4 wheel powered tractors that hook to the various cargo bodies.

 

[VMI_Keydet_2010]

I can't claim to know that much about the HEMMTs but there sure looks like there is a drive shaft running to the rear set of axles. Is it still an LVS or does that make it an HEMMT?

 

[Nonotagain]

I can't claim to know that much about the HEMMTs but there sure looks like there is a drive shaft running to the rear set of axles. Is it still an LVS or does that make it an HEMMT?

All of the LVS and LVSR (newest version) tractors provide power to the rear uints so that they are drive units for traction.

If you do a search for MK17 or MK48 units of which one is listed in the classified section you will see the drive shaft assemblies.

 

[emmado22]

The LVS trailers are powered by a drive shaft.

Here is a an easy one to remember. PLS's and HEMTTs are Army trucks, LVS's (also known as MK-48's) are USMC trucks.

Another little fact. It's HEMTT, not HEMMT... HEavy Mobility Tactical Truck

 

[PorscheTech911]

My apologies everyone.

 

[maddawg308]

Another little fact. It's HEMTT, not HEMMT... HEavy Mobility Tactical Truck

Yeah, I remember when MVM got the acronym wrong on the cover page a while back. I was arguing with my mail at the mailboxes, and some neighbors looked at me funny. I'm picky, I guess. And I argue with the covers of my mail.

 

[halftrack]

Main difference is that a LVS can articulate in the center while an Army HEMTT cannot. The most common variant we use is the tractor version. Marines do not have (as of yet I believe) a HET, instead we use the tractor version of the LVS with the M870 lowboy trailer.

 

[jimbo*]

Main difference is that a LVS can articulate in the center while an Army HEMTT cannot. The most common variant we use is the tractor version. Marines do not have (as of yet I believe) a HET, instead we use the tractor version of the LVS with the M870 lowboy trailer.

Ok, this brings up a question I have wondered about;
Is the articulation optional, or is it a permenant feature of the LVS?
I mean, don't the LVS front axles turn the same amount as a HEMTT, or is the articulation necessary for turning.
Or is the articulation there to make the LVS more manuverable?

 

[Stalwart]

Another little fact. It's HEMTT, not HEMMT... HEavy Mobility Tactical Truck

Close: Heavy Enhanced Mobility Tactical Truck

 

[Nonotagain]

Here are some pictures of the LVS in articuluation, as well as the MK-17 trailer for sale in the classified section.

 

[73m819]

looking at pic #7 , it looks like the LVS steers like a standard truck with the rear following on turns in a new tighter track, if it articulated, the fronts and rears would track in the same track

 

[BKubu]

Close: Heavy Enhanced Mobility Tactical Truck

Even closer: Heavy Expanded Mobility Tactical Truck

 

[emmado22]

Bruce got it right...