Tank sighting @ 465S & Washington St

[DeadeyeChrista'sdad]

Still can't believe no one wrote him up for being overweight.

 

[wolfman]

I think your calculations are slightly off. If I recall correctly, the M1 has a weight rating right at 72 tons when combat ready. When it isn't loaded for war, it should come in right around 67 tons. Granted, it has been a few years but I don't think they have changed too much....

Sorry to not be exact in my weights , I was just using round numbers to show that the 5 axle rig in the op was not legal if the tank weighed anything near what it normally should.

BTW: Depending on your source, the gross weight of an abrams is all over the place, depending on which model you are looking at. Here is the first link I clicked on, and it uses 57.16 tons as a gross wt.

M1A1 Abrams Main Battle Tank | Military-Today.com

 

[Caleb]

maybe it was stripped out and being shipped for museum viewing or fighter jet target practice

 

[Tactical Dave]

I bet it is made bout I plywood.

 

[CBR1000rr]

Sorry to not be exact in my weights , I was just using round numbers to show that the 5 axle rig in the op was not legal if the tank weighed anything near what it normally should.

BTW: Depending on your source, the gross weight of an abrams is all over the place, depending on which model you are looking at. Here is the first link I clicked on, and it uses 57.16 tons as a gross wt.

M1A1 Abrams Main Battle Tank | Military-Today.com

I apologize if you thought I was being a jerk. I wasn't.

I am getting my info from the United States military Advanced Individual Training instructors. I graduated as a distinguished Honor Graduate from Ft. Knox Ky.. Granted, that was back in 1997 but I did graduate none the less.

As for the weight, I do see that it is missing it's side skirts and I am bettering the engine and transmission are missing as well as the hydraulic systems. If this is the case, I bet pennies to dollars that your calculations might be closer than most.

 

[bobbittle]

I bet it is made bout I plywood.

Definitely was not made out of plywood.

 

[indyjohn]

I am getting my info from the United States military Advanced Individual Training instructors. I graduated as a distinguished Honor Graduate from Ft. Knox Ky.. Granted, that was back in 1997 but I did graduate none the less.

Isn't Ft. Knox the Army's center for tank training? I would qualify that as "Subject Matter Expert" on this thread at least.

 

[Armed Citizen]

I added the "ultimate" crowd / zombie control weapon to my existing preps. I was told my HiPoint carbine was not a zombie defense weapon of choice. So I got something with a little more stopping power.

 

[CBR1000rr]

Isn't Ft. Know the Army's center for tank training? I would qualify that as "Subject Matter Expert" on this thread at least.

I guess if one were to pronounce it with a french sissy accent, you could call it Ft. Know. However, yes, Ft. Knox is where (at least in 97) the Army and Marines both held their tank training. I was an M1A1 Tank Systems mechanic and worked as part of the crew on an M88 recovery vehicle (also known as the Hercules). While I don't consider myself an SME on the M1A1, I am quite versed in it's operation.

 

[indyjohn]

I guess if one were to pronounce it with a french sissy accent, you could call it Ft. Know.

Well.... The w is close to the x... Sorta... Ok, not really.

 

[lrahm]

Approx 145pm

That's my tank I've been promised.

 

[Stang51d]

A D-11R will weigh around 230,000lbs when operating. Tore down to move, the hulk comes in around 160,000lbs, 80 tons. That takes 13 axles. The truck in the pic, with a 35 ton detach like in the pic will come in about 40,000lbs empty. He can gross 80,000lbs legally but with a permit, he can go as high as 100,000lbs Still nowhere close to what he needs. And judging from the tires, he was not over weight. A 100,000lb excavator on a 7 axle truck is about all it wants, and the tires look low.

 

[Stang51d]

What I'm saying is, it's not real.

 

[Stang51d]

This is a real one.