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I would have to agree with Bruce. The reason I would like an A3 is so my wife could drive it. She would probably kill people with the stick version.
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I believe the M35A3 is going to be around for a while longer in the form of M109A4 shop van. This is from a FY2008 reserve equipment report I pilled off the net.
"iii. Sustainment Initiatives
The following initiatives are examples of how the Army Reserve has partnered with
industry to design and implement total rebuild and refurbishment programs.
The M109A4 Shop Van Truck (LIN X62340/X62477) is
designed to function as a mobile repair shop van that can also be
used to transport special equipment requiring protection from
dirt, dust, and moisture. In February 2000, the Army Reserve
successfully completed two M109A4 Shop Van Proof of
Principle upgrades at their Installation Materiel Maintenance
Activity facility at Fort McCoy, WI. The Army Reserve utilizes
the Maintenance Training Program to modify these shop vans.
The original M109A3 bodies were removed from their M35A2 truck chassis. The chassis
underwent an extended service program, while the van body was disassembled, modified, and upgraded, before reinstalling it onto the 2½-ton extended service program M35A3 chassis, thus creating the new M109A4 configuration. The program is about 88 percent completed. "
I will post the whole report. Its actually kind of interesting.
Cuz they are ugly and noone likes them.Why Rural Vol FD are not snapping these up???
Or not. 9ea M109A4 shop vans now listed DRMO Fr McCoy. And 6ea Letterkenny, 4ea Ogden, UT
McCoy say have some 100 35A3 series they are disposing of. Hopefully all these don't go to the Phillipines. Why Rural Vol FD are not snapping these up???
Well, There are quite a few VFD's in Texas running M35A3's now. They are available from the DRMO and the Texas Forest Service is giving away only A3's now.You would need to ask the VFD's why for sure but I would think ease of maintenance and carrying capacity would be reasons. The M35A2 is a whole lot easier to maintain (and also the 800 series 5 ton). Water is a lot of weight and if your going more modern, why not go up to a higher capacity.
Just my opinion.
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