wreckers?

[res0wc18]

hey guys what are all of the designations for the wreckers? do they all have front winches?

Anyways a friend of mine and i are trying to put together all of the wreckers designations.

 

[maddawg308]

I believe all wreckers have front winches. I may be wrong, but I can't remember seeing one without a winch.


In order of size:

XM711, Truck, wrecker, light, 3/4-ton, 4x4 (M37 chassis), very rare

M60 Truck, wrecker, light, 2 1/2-ton, 6X6, (M35 chassis), very rare
M108 Truck, wrecker-crane, light, 2 1/2-ton, 6X6 (M35 chassis), very rare

M62 Truck, wrecker, medium, 5-ton, 6X6 (M39 chassis), common
M246 Truck, tractor-wrecker, medium, 5-ton, 6x6 (M39 chassis), uncommon
M543 Truck, wrecker, medium, 5-ton, 6X6 (M39 chassis), common
M816 Truck, wrecker, medium, 5-ton, 6x6 (M809 chassis), common
M819 Truck, tractor-wrecker, 5-ton, 6x6 (M809 chassis), uncommon
M933 Truck, tractor-wrecker, 5-ton, 6x6 (M939 chassis), never built/concept
M936 Truck, wrecker, medium, 5-ton, 6x6 (M939 chassis), common

M533 Truck, wrecker, 8-ton, 4x4 (M520 GOER chassis), rare

M553E1 Truck, wrecker, 10-ton, 6X6
M984 Truck, wrecker, heavy, 10-ton, 8x8 (HEMTT chassis), common

 

[CUCVFAN]

Even though you'll find it in some older TM's, the 900 series tractor wrecker (M933) is a mythical beast that wasn't actually produced.

 

[gimpyrobb]

Mike, technically the M108 is just a crane, not a wrecker. Kenny and Stretch are not THAT cool. hehehe

 

[maddawg308]

I updated the list with commonality of the vehicles, related to how often they are seen. The last one I'm not sure, I pulled the designation off the "M" list, but I have no idea what it is. I also am missing the designation for the HEMTT wrecker.

gimpy - I know, some call them wrecker-cranes, but once again, I pulled the above info from the "M" list, and I used keyword search to find anything with "wrecker" in it.

 

[BKubu]

The HEMMT wrecker is the M984. There might be an M984A1 and M984A2 or something...but the M984 is the base wrecker.

 

[Recovry4x4]

And there's the M246 tractor wrecker. The M108, that Gimpy says isn't really a wrecker, was available wo/w (or at least has an NSN for that). Now as far as the cool factor Gimp was referring to, that has yet to be determined. He's a commoner and Stretch and I are rare, and we shouldn't forget members M108 and Rizzo who are owners of this little prize.

 

[maddawg308]

I updated the list as much as I could to make the info easy for res0wc18. Hope it helps....

 

[joec]

Mine is for sale in classifieds!

 

[res0wc18]

wow great list. So do the wreckers have detroit lockers in them?

How can you tell?

 

[Stretch44875]

I was already a cool guy, M108 just makes me a really cool guy!

And the data plate says crane on the M108, but I'm sure it will get some wrecker duties at some point.

Dennis

 

[jimbo*]

Don't forget the M1002 wrecker ( M.A.N. tractor), and the
the MK15, recovery version of the Marine LVS, MK48

 

[res0wc18]

hey those mk17 trailers are super cool. They are for sale on GL all over. how much do they go for?


Are there lockers on the trailers?

 

[underdog]

Wonder where one of these is hiding?
M8A1
http://wzus.ask.com/r?t=p&d=us&s=a&...-mike/mike-number-us/m8_series/m8-series.html

 

[res0wc18]

thats a find. i saw a few years ago in maine a huge tractor of some sort.

 

[73m819]

as a side note, the 108 was built as a bomb handling truck, but found use as a light wrecker, so a military mind with a higher pay grade then myself came up with the m60 with the thought that it would make a GREAT light to medium wrecker, only after production which was a gasser did the great mind realize that the 2 1/2t m60 was to light to do recovery work except very light vehicles, it had a VERY HARD time even with other deuces, so the end of the m60

 

[jim-m35a2]

What years were the M60 manufactured and what is the difference between the M108 and M60?

Jim
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