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Originally Posted by gjamo
What a mungrel that would be to reverse.
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Couple of interesting points about towing trailers behind 3 ton CMPs, First there was no agreement between the US and Commonwealth about which was going to swivel, the lunette or the pintle also as just how large each was to be. I once towed a WWII US water buffalo trailer with a fixed lunette behind my C60S with a fixed pintle, the owner of the trailer was much alarmed at the bending of the frame that took place (non of it permanent) that took place as I pulled the trailer up out of a field and onto the highway.
The second point is that it seems to matter little what you are towing in way of a trailer behind a big CMP you can not see the trailer to back it up. That’s why the military had co-drivers to get out and direct. One last point the CMP style of spring mounted pintle clanks more empty or loaded than the US style. Though I have seen pictures of CMP trucks hanging from their pintles which I don’t think the US style could match.
Cheers Phil