60 " Searchlight Transport

[Alex Blair (RIP)]

Originally Posted by David Dunlop

Thanks for the info, Alex.

Does the manual have a photo of the tiltbed trailer used for towing the searchlight unit? It sounds like that is what they are referring to using when towing the searchlight itself. The axles on the searchlight itself are not suspended at all and it would not take much of a bump on the road to shatter the glass reflector, or badly knock the carbon rod feed rate mechanism out of action.

Regards,

David

David.
Go to the link I provided..It is all there ..figure 9,10...
And they also tell you how the it is all packaged and stored so that it is all protected while being transported..
Read the info on the link provided,then come back and ask me some more questions..



a. The searchlight trailer M1 (figs. 9 and 10) is a
four-wheel, pneumatic-tired tilting trailer with a
load capacity of 4,000 pounds. It is equipped with a
hand-operated winch used for loading the searchlight
and with four turnbuckles which engage hold-down
devices on the searchlight chassis to lock it in place
during transportation. Access doors in the front of
the trailer permit reaching the front turnbuckles.
It has hand brakes, used when the trailer is parked,
and four-wheel electric brakes which can be operated
from the cab of the towing truck. A jumper
cable provides power for the brakes and for tail and
stop lights on the trailer. A breakaway chain sets
the brakes in the event that the trailer breaks loose
from the towing truck.