how to lift an M1A1 tank

[ian]

Hi everyone
today we changed a tortion bar on an M1A1 tank
but we had to pick it up first ,, we used one M88A2
the M1A1 wieghs 68 tons , the M88A2 can lift 40 tons max
if we used two M88A2 s we could lift the whole tank
we put some old road wheels under the tank for safety
ive done this many times but this is the first time ive been alowed to take pics
and its nice to do some real work instead of just seviceing

oh and my moustach is growing experdentialy-- it must be the sun ,,it cant be lack of booz coz ive got loads of that

happy new year and regards from Bagdad cheers ian

[DioMac]

A pair of powerful motherf*ckers you have there. Is this stateside or somewhere in the middle-east?

--* Edit sorry I see you said Baghdad, so definetly in the Mid-East

[ian]

hi Diomac if you read what i said in my post you will see

cheers from Bagdad

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ok sorry i didnt read your post ????????? wat a t£$t i am

[DioMac]

I'm a total noob ian, what are chassis are the ARV's based on?

[ian]

basicly they are M48-M60 runing gear BUT not realy
i dont know how better to describe it

[ian]

personaly i cant think of a better job
LOADS of money for doing a job that I LOVE
what more could a man ask for

[Gunny Hartmann]

Do you have to loosen the track tension to do that job Ian?..

[ian]

HY Gunny
no ,, the rear 3 suspention units are pushed near to there stops ,so that gives inof slack in the tracks to be able to do the job
however ,, you do have to remove 4-6 track guides to be able to remove the road wheels

its very much the same as doing a tortion bar on a CVRT ,,or WORRIOR,,except for the track guides that is

[Gunny Hartmann]

Fairly straight foreward job then. Cheers Ian...

[ian]

yes Gunny very ,,, but i hope of interest to those who never get to see or work on tanks
ill put more on as time goes ,,thies tanks are still new so nothing nice has gone wrong YET
im looking foward to engine and trancmition re builds
final drives,, that sort of loverly job that makes the grey matter work
a gas turbine engine is a piece of we we to re build