3-ton GS body mounted flush with rear of chassis frame?

[Alex van de Wetering]

Originally Posted by Hanno Spoelstra

Does anyone have more info or photos of wartime examples that had the body mounted in the forward position i.e. flush with rear of chassis frame?

Bending the rules a little bit here, Hanno........not really wartime, but attached pictures also show up in the NIMH archive. Is it just the angle of the pictures, or do these show 3 Ton trucks with the body mounted in the foward position?

F60L Commando.JPG not wartime.JPG

source: https://nimh-beeldbank.defensie.nl/f...2&filterAction

source:https://nimh-beeldbank.defensie.nl/f...2&filterAction

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally Posted by Alex van de Wetering

Bending the rules a little bit here, Hanno........not really wartime, but attached pictures also show up in the NIMH archive. Is it just the angle of the pictures, or do these show 3 Ton trucks with the body mounted in the foward position?

Great find, as far as I can tell these have the bodies mounted forward indeed. Although these are wartime trucks, they are not in civilian use where they could be modified beyond recognition. So these ones fall within the "rules" as far as I am concerned.

[Harry Moon]

I read somewhere at some time that the spare tire and carrier was shipped in the back of the truck to make them shorter for transportation and often the winch equipped trucks were more likely to store the spare in the back and have the winch equipment more readily accessible. which is what I have done with my winch truck. My winch truck did in fact have the tire carrier mounted when i got it.

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally Posted by Harry Moon

I read somewhere at some time that the spare tire and carrier was shipped in the back of the truck to make them shorter for transportation and often the winch equipped trucks were more likely to store the spare in the back and have the winch equipment more readily accessible. which is what I have done with my winch truck. My winch truck did in fact have the tire carrier mounted when i got it.

Thanks Harry, would be great if you could find back the source of that.

Would you say the load in the truck with the body moved forward would be better distributed?