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July 11th, 2008.
Gentlemen:
The M151 MUTT, was designed like all Army tactical vehicles, for slow speed off road work. They had a deserved reputation for rolling over under the right conditions... IF Ford had used the quarter leaf spring suspension that the USMC M422A-1's had, there would have been very few roll overs.... The fault was in the suspension (and, of course young Turks behind the wheel)....
IF, IF, you are very careful, the M151 MUTT is no worse the the unmodified CJ-s of the period, but one has to know how to drive a FWD with those characteristics, and plan accordingly. There is a small element of chance that a situation IS going to arise that will fulfill the rollover parameters and be beyond your control.... IF SO, nice knowing you... This is the element we face every day with both new and used vehicles, the problem with our MV's is that they were designed for a specific task, they are generally in the high 30's (age), and sometimes their maintenance was rather indifferent..... leading us to consider careful maintenance, operation, and in some cases, safety modifications to permit them to continue to operate with a modicum of safety.
I would observe, that while the M35's have certain tendencies in handling and braking, due to the number of these trucks getting out in the civillian market to people who have never driven a medium or heavy off road truck, I would expect to see a rise shortly in accidents caused both by operator error and vehicular failures..... Witness the rise in civillian SUV/FWD accidents in the 1970's,1980's,1990's until today when hotshot civillians try to drive their SUV's with the same technicues they used on their Accords or Lexus's...... What happened.... the safe SUV drivers got to pay for the morons who bent the sheet metal......
Just my worth, but if you are needing an operable M151 safety hazard taken off your hands, I'm willing to take on North Eastern and Eastern Texas cases for a small handling fee.........
Sincerely,
Kyle F. McGrogan
1971 Kaiser Jeep M35A2 Wo/W "Saddam's Nightmare" Desert Storm and Vietnam Veteran Deuce
1968 Johnson Corp M105A2 cargo trailer
1967 Hercules MEP023A gas Gen-Set APU
1963 Swiss Army Cargo Unimog, S.404.114 MB
Gentlemen:
The M151 MUTT, was designed like all Army tactical vehicles, for slow speed off road work. They had a deserved reputation for rolling over under the right conditions... IF Ford had used the quarter leaf spring suspension that the USMC M422A-1's had, there would have been very few roll overs.... The fault was in the suspension (and, of course young Turks behind the wheel)....
IF, IF, you are very careful, the M151 MUTT is no worse the the unmodified CJ-s of the period, but one has to know how to drive a FWD with those characteristics, and plan accordingly. There is a small element of chance that a situation IS going to arise that will fulfill the rollover parameters and be beyond your control.... IF SO, nice knowing you... This is the element we face every day with both new and used vehicles, the problem with our MV's is that they were designed for a specific task, they are generally in the high 30's (age), and sometimes their maintenance was rather indifferent..... leading us to consider careful maintenance, operation, and in some cases, safety modifications to permit them to continue to operate with a modicum of safety.
I would observe, that while the M35's have certain tendencies in handling and braking, due to the number of these trucks getting out in the civillian market to people who have never driven a medium or heavy off road truck, I would expect to see a rise shortly in accidents caused both by operator error and vehicular failures..... Witness the rise in civillian SUV/FWD accidents in the 1970's,1980's,1990's until today when hotshot civillians try to drive their SUV's with the same technicues they used on their Accords or Lexus's...... What happened.... the safe SUV drivers got to pay for the morons who bent the sheet metal......
Just my worth, but if you are needing an operable M151 safety hazard taken off your hands, I'm willing to take on North Eastern and Eastern Texas cases for a small handling fee.........
Sincerely,
Kyle F. McGrogan
1971 Kaiser Jeep M35A2 Wo/W "Saddam's Nightmare" Desert Storm and Vietnam Veteran Deuce
1968 Johnson Corp M105A2 cargo trailer
1967 Hercules MEP023A gas Gen-Set APU
1963 Swiss Army Cargo Unimog, S.404.114 MB