M135cdn

[M38CDNBill]

Hello All,

I need to have some informations about M135CDN.

1: Years of production?
2: How many M135CDN were produced by GM Canada?
3: Last disbanded?
4: Approximatly how many Canadian collectors owned this model of truck?

Cheers

[rob love]

I believe they were produced from 52 until 56. I have attached a message re the final disposition of the old deuce. The pre-positioned trucks in Norway should have been the last of them, however I did the PCC inspection on one that was still in service in 87. It was a hold out from the comm sqn who did not get a replacement truck so were trying to keep their old one, until the rear main started to leak. A request from base maintenance for the REL on the truck got me the attached message.

Some trucks remained as training aids well into the 90s. They were usually as non runners, used for NBCW decam or for recovery casualties. Many of them also served on as targets, with apparently hundreds going to Cold Lake. There are still the odd ones on the ranges here in Shilo.

Hard to say how many collectors have them. They are a very thirsty truck, and as well require a higher class of drivers license than a normal pickup would require. As well, if you hook up the matching M104 trailers, you technically require an air brake endorsement.

[Grant Bowker]

Originally Posted by rob love

Hard to say how many collectors have them. They are a very thirsty truck, and as well require a higher class of drivers license than a normal pickup would require. As well, if you hook up the matching M104 trailers, you technically require an air brake endorsement.

Actually, in Ontario you can drive an M135 with the same class of licence that would be required for a Smart car ("G", good to drive "any car, van or small truck or combination of vehicle and towed vehicle up to 11,000 kg provided the towed vehicle is not over 4,600 kg"). The only added requirement is an airbrake endorsement. And if anyone is wondering, the class G with Z endorsement is an acceptable combination. When I had my M135 (sold when I had an attack of "pay the mortgage, not toys") no one ever asked if I had the Z endorsement, maybe it wasn't required 20 years ago for the air boosted hydraulic brakes. I never asked and never got in trouble, now have much more licence than that. My experience was that BC demanded a higher class for 3 axles. I'm pretty sure Manitoba was similar to BC and wasn't posted to Quebec long enough to figure their system out. A web search should figure out if Ontario's licencing is the only one that doesn't count axles.