Handle looking things on frame??

[SoundGuy]

Since when does the government need a reason for something?

 

[USAFSS-ColdWarrior]

The SS THINK TANK

ATTENTION MEMBERS OF THE SS THINK TANK:

The BRAIN BANK called...

Your
DONATION
has been
REJECTED
!!!​

It seems that everyone is focused upon the STRUCTURAL or MECHANICAL possibilities.

Consequently, you've all MISSED the CORRECT ANSWER.

IN FACT, these METAL "LOOPS" are NOT Handles nor Tie-Downs, but....

ANTENNAE
for the
SUPER SECRET
ALIEN UFO
ELECTRONIC COUNTERMEASURES
STANDARD EQUIPMENT
manadated during the developement of the
ORIGINAL REO EAGER BEAVER 2-1/2 Ton Trucks
During the mid 1940's...​

In July of 1947, the infamous UFO CRASH at ROSWELL, NEW MEXICO
validated the need and requirement for this feature to be incorporated into these trucks.

It's as simple as that.

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​

 

[sigo]

Same "handholds" are on M809 5tons as well. I say they're lift handles like the rear corner handles on MB's and GPW's. You mean you guys don't manhandle your deuce or 5 tons out of mud holes when youre stuck?

 

[lacoda56]

Coldwarrior,

That's top secret info you just posted. Now you'll have to kill everyone that reads it. Glad I can't read!

 

[doghead]

5306-00-401-9561 7373215 Braket-Tie Down

 

[USAFSS-ColdWarrior]

Coldwarrior,

That's top secret info you just posted. Now you'll have to kill everyone that reads it. Glad I can't read!

"THE VOICES" had already added that assignment to my "TO-DO-LIST".

Hehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehe !

 

[mcmullag]

love handles

If these were for mechanics to pull themselves around under the truck, how much do those mechanics weigh? These 'handles' look rather sturdy.

 

[USAFSS-ColdWarrior]

Palls for the Pallbears to carry the DEAD ones.

As a Deathcare Professional, here's another alternate thought....

They are the Palls (handles) like on the sides of a Coffin/Casket by which the Pallbearers carry the DEAD-DEUCES (& 5-Tons).

 

[KsM715]

4 pages and you still do not have an answer. QUOTE]

As was said a few times in earlier pages, They are used to lash "stuff" to the truck both while in the field and while the truck is being transported, Not for tying the truck down for transport. FM 10-526 Rigging 5ton trucks for air drop. (Sorry I could not find the FM for the 2.5 tons but they both have the same tie down points along the frame) When you rig a vehicle for air drop you have to secure everything to the truck, such as folding the windshield (you dont just fold it and hold it down with the latches on the hood for an airdrop) or removing the hard top and stowing it in the bed. That stuff has to be secured.

 

[wreckerman893]

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[Robnotbob]

Look online for 2 hours and cant tell you anything.

 

[APM215]

It fits in with: “why do they put a cup holder on the dashboard of my uncle’s plane?” these are things I will never know!

 

[raeme]

I used them for clipping my wheel chocks on to so you won't drive off and forget them, particularley if they are on the inside of the bogie.
raeme.

 

[wreckerman893]

“why do they put a cup holder on the dashboard of my uncle’s plane?”

For the same reason they put Braile keys on drive through bank ATM's.

 

[FASTNOVA]

All this time I thought they were for hanging the curtains.

 

[Robnotbob]

For the same reason they put Braile keys on drive through bank ATM's.

I never thought about that but that's funny

 

[135gmc]

These were installed on the truck side frames so they could be tied down on railroad flat cars for shipment. The old procedures for rail shipping said to use multiple wraps of heavy wire to tie the trucks down (multiple strands with a twisting bar: A Spanish Windlass). Steel banding could also be used, but not every post that might have to ship a truck had access to heavy steel bands, the tightener, and the crimper - which is why wire was spec'd out. It was cheap and easy to furnish a post with a few hundred feet of heavy wire.

In addition to the tie wire, the tires were also blocked solidly in place with nailed down timber.

Back when these became standard on trucks, air transport didn't exist for anything much larger than a Jeep - rail was the only way to move equipment.

 

[unaffiliated]

For the same reason they put Braile keys on drive through bank ATM's.

I was renewing my drivers license a few years back and noticed the signs that told what each room was were also in braille but they were located about 7 foot high. What the crap?

 

[caliber1]

They are in perfect locations to hang your work light on when changing wheel cylinders.

 

[mdmorgan]

If you pull one off it makes a really good hood handle.