Mechanical Mule - M274

[charlie fitton]

I've been guving these wee beasties a dis-proportional amount of thought lately (".. pound for pound, the most expensive mil veh you can buy...")

Are there any in Onatrio ( besides Btian A ) that I can get a peek at?

thanks,

f

[Robin Craig]

Gilles and Carol(e) have one just across the border in Cantley PQ.

Think there are pics on his site www.militarytrucks.ca

He has posted here about it.

He is a grand chap and dare I say it, that I also harbour feelings for such a piece of kit.

R

[charlie fitton]

Thanks Robin- No photos on their site, And a search here turned up nothing. Hopefully they will get in touch.

f





Gilles and Carol(e) have one just across the border in Cantley PQ.

[Alex Blair (RIP)]

Charlie..
here is a good mule web site..About 1/2 way down the page it shows two guys with a mule and a 106MM Recoiless rifle on it and the guy that is posing with the RC rifle would only take one shot like that...shit come out both ends of those baby's and the trigger man would be fried by the back blast..but it is a good site..
neat Little machine..

http://www.m274armymules.com/mule_history.htm

[Wpns 421]

Hi Guys Sorry I have been out of the link and thanks to my son Alain I am Back. here are some pictures of our Mule. It is a M274A5 with quad steering. This is a great little vehicle, we use it for all kinds of things such as hauling parts, towing Carolle's M38A2 or just playing in the snow. As someone said these are expensive vehicles, the one we have cost us $6500 USD, we bought it from David Kelone in the US. He has all the parts and when he sold it he gave us extra parts such as plugs, points etc.
This vehicle will be going to all the shows this summer. We have modified a 3/4 ton trailer to haul it behind our CUCVs or it will fit in the back of a pickup with a 6ft box.

[The_Stainless_Steel_Rat]

Originally Posted by Wpns 421

Hi Guys Sorry I have been out of the link and thanks to my son Alain I am Back. the one we have cost us $6500 USD, we bought it from David Kelone in the US. He has all the parts and when he sold it he gave us extra parts such as plugs, points etc.
We have modified a 3/4 ton trailer to haul it behind our CUCVs or it will fit in the back of a pickup with a 6ft box.

is that a 6' or 8' bed needed on the pick up? Do you back it on with
foot basket facing toward the rear and overhanging the tailgate?
(Is the tailgate up or down with this hauling method?)

a photo would be nice!

(really hope its a 6')

Bryan

[Local Chap]

Originally Posted by Alex Blair

..About 1/2 way down the page it shows two guys with a mule and a 106MM Recoiless rifle on it and the guy that is posing with the RC rifle would only take one shot like that...shit come out both ends of those baby's and the trigger man would be fried by the back blast..

I think it's the angle of the pic, but if you look at where his feet are, he is actually standing next to the firing position adjacent to the mount, not behind the breech.

[Col Tigwell]

Now I recall the Australian army having some of these, at least we got to the stage of doing trial loadings in a Boo and C130.

I wonder if it was a one off evaluation machine or did we actually use them.

Regards

Col