K-36 trailer
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The K-36 trailer was a telephone pole hauling trailer used by the U.S. Army during and after World War II.
Specifications[edit]
The K-36 trailer is a 2-ton trailer built by both the American Coach and Body Co. and the Highway trailer Co. Its net weight is 1,815 Lbs with a payload of 4,000Lbs and a gross weight of 5,815 Lbs. Besides carrying poles it could also carry cross arms and Pylon transformers.
It was later upgraded later replaced by the V-13/GT trailer 3.5-ton. The Engineers designated the same trailer the M271.
See also[edit]
- List of U.S. Signal Corps vehicles
- List of U.S. military vehicles by supply catalog designation (G686), and (G782)
- List of U.S. military vehicles by model number
References[edit]
- TM 9-2800 Standard Military Motor Vehicles. dated 1 sept. 1943 (not found in this manual)
- TM 9-2800 Military vehicles dated Oct. 1947 (Page 208)
- TM 11-227 Signal Communication Directory. dated 10 April 1944
- TM 11-487 Electrical Communication systems Equipment. dated 2 Oct. 1944
External links[edit]
- http://members.tripod.com/33rdscb/id35.htm line unit
- http://radionerds.com/images/6/6d/TM_9-2800_1947.pdf PDF of manual TM 9-2800, page 208 (PDF page 211)