[MV] 5 ton truck questions

Well, I picked up my new 5 ton today and noticed it doesn't have a Mack
engine like I thought. Which is fine but it raises some questions.

We have one M54A2 and now this M55A2 that the plate on the dash says is made
by Mack. My question is what is the difference between the two trucks.
They appear to be the same. Both have a continental multifuel engine.
Appear to be the same in every way.

The deuce is going for sure. It looks so puny next to the 5 ton :-)

Joe Trapp


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M55A2 is supposed to be a long wheel base truck.........if its the same as your M54 than you have the wrong data plate in your truck, chances are it might have been involved in a cab swap.............seen this before
Jeff Houghton
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---- GotaM35 <gotam35 (AT) joetrapp (DOT) com> wrote: [color=blue]
> Well, I picked up my new 5 ton today and noticed it doesn't have a Mack
> engine like I thought. Which is fine but it raises some questions.
>
> We have one M54A2 and now this M55A2 that the plate on the dash says is made
> by Mack. My question is what is the difference between the two trucks.
> They appear to be the same. Both have a continental multifuel engine.
> Appear to be the same in every way.
>
> The deuce is going for sure. It looks so puny next to the 5 ton :-)
>
> Joe Trapp
>
>
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Well here's the kicker. I have noticed on a lot of the trucks that have
come from GSA that parts of the data plates have been inscribed instead of
stamped. I mean inscribed with a little tool like you mark you tools with.
Very poor hand writing too. Is this what the military did or is this
something other government agencies did after they picked the stuff up from
the feds. On some of these tags even the capacities are hand written.
"Serial" numbers are hand written. Is this normal?

Joe Trapp

PS. My truck is definitely a regular wheel base truck. They sold a long
wheel base one a few years ago and it was very long.

----- Original Message -----
From: <flyn3nvt (AT) adelphia (DOT) net>
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> M55A2 is supposed to be a long wheel base truck.........if its the same as
> your M54 than you have the wrong data plate in your truck, chances are it
> might have been involved in a cab swap.............seen this before
> Jeff Houghton[/color]


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Yep, 5 tons are cool.

Just wait till you have to change the tires :)

I'll stick with the puny duece!

Greg
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Sent: Friday, February 24, 2006 6:02 PM
Subject: [MV] 5 ton truck questions

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> Well, I picked up my new 5 ton today and noticed it doesn't have a Mack
> engine like I thought. Which is fine but it raises some questions.
>
> We have one M54A2 and now this M55A2 that the plate on the dash says is[/color]
made[color=blue]
> by Mack. My question is what is the difference between the two trucks.
> They appear to be the same. Both have a continental multifuel engine.
> Appear to be the same in every way.
>
> The deuce is going for sure. It looks so puny next to the 5 ton :-)
>
> Joe Trapp
>
>
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What's the big deal with the tires - just bring a shovel, a decent sized
jack and your one inch air wrench! Actually they are not so bad after
you have done a few. Just don't try and dead lift them.

Dave

Greg wrote:[color=blue]
> Yep, 5 tons are cool.
>
> Just wait till you have to change the tires :)
>
> I'll stick with the puny duece!
>
> Greg
> ----- Original Message -----
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> To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh (AT) mil-veh (DOT) org>
> Sent: Friday, February 24, 2006 6:02 PM
> Subject: [MV] 5 ton truck questions
>
>
> [color=green]
>>Well, I picked up my new 5 ton today and noticed it doesn't have a Mack
>>engine like I thought. Which is fine but it raises some questions.
>>
>>We have one M54A2 and now this M55A2 that the plate on the dash says is[/color]
>
> made
> [color=green]
>>by Mack. My question is what is the difference between the two trucks.
>>They appear to be the same. Both have a continental multifuel engine.
>>Appear to be the same in every way.
>>
>>The deuce is going for sure. It looks so puny next to the 5 ton :-)
>>
>>Joe Trapp
>>
>>
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