What are these for exactly?

[jdmcgowen]

Ok, I've had these stakes for a long time. They are some sort of bed stakes I bought several years ago to fix my troop seats in my old M35. They were not an exact fit, however, they did the job. These are wood stakes with two holes drilled in one end diagonally apart and one hole near the center. I would like to know the exact application. I have two, new condition sealed still.

 

[gimpyrobb]

Seems to me they would be the up-rights that slide into the troop seats that the bows mount to, to support the cargo cover.

 

[jdmcgowen]

I think you're right. thats what i used them for, but they were a different length than the ones on my seats.

 

[jdmcgowen]

i just found the same item on one of the auction sites, They are 21 inches long, but I'm not sure if i can post a link of it or not for reference. Don't want to break the rules.

 

[gimpyrobb]

Nope, auction links are frowned on.

 

[Al Harvey]

It's for the M47 or M59 Dump Bed.

 

[Al Harvey]

TM9-2320-209-20P OCT 1976 (should be the one in the TM section)
Page 595 (PDF page 616) Figure 319 Item #6
Page 593 (PDF page 614) is the description.

 

[jdmcgowen]

Thanks alot, Al. I know they will work to fix the troop seats on the M35's but not the correct part. Anyone on here have one of these trucks?