MIL-T-62735 Trucks And Truck Tractors: Modified Commercial, General Specification ForThis specification covers general requirements for the classes, models and types of modified commercial trucks indicated in the specification title above and in 1.2 below. This specification is intended only as a document to be referenced in detail specification sheets that must, as a minimum, cover detailed truck body requirements and specify the model and class required from table I.

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(102 inches), the provisions of 3.1.10 not withstanding. When specified (see 6.2) vehicles larger than class 46 shall be air transportable in C-5A aircraft.

3.9.7.1 Air transportability requirements. Air transportability shall be in accordance with the requirements of MIL-STD-1791 and AFSC Design Handbook DH-1-11. The vehicle shall be air transportable without any special restrictions and without approach shoring or any other shoring. The provisions of 3.5.1 shall not be violated in accommodating any of air transportability provision.

3.9.7.2 Reduced configuration. Removal or relocation of mechanically attached

(nonwelded, nonriveted, etc.) components with common hand tools, requiring not more than

1 manhour total to remove, relocate and tiedown; and not more than 1 manhour total to return the vehicle to its original, as opposed to reduced, configuration; shall be acceptable. The

self-mobility of the vehicle shall not be affected by reducing its configuration. The vehicle shall have tiedowns for removed or relocated equipment. The vehicle shall not be delivered to the

Government in its reduced configuration.

3.9.7.3 Weight restrictions. The curb weight of the vehicle shall not exceed 4540 kg (10,000 pounds) on the front axle and 4540 kg (10,000 pounds) on single and pusher rear axles and 9070 kg (20,000 pounds) on tandem rear axles. In addition to the requirements of 3.1.7 thru

3.1.7.3, as applicable, the rated capacity of the axles and suspension system shall be not less than

1-1/4 times the load imposed on each by the curb weight of the vehicle.

3.9.7.4 Government approval. Drawings and data to verify air transportability will be required to be submitted by the contractor. Government approval of the data (120 days) and then comparison of the vehicle to the approved data will be required before acceptance of the vehicle. See 4.4.3.

3.9.8 Rail transportability. When specified (see 6.2), the vehicle, when loaded on a

1270 mm (50-inch) high railcar, shall meet the dimensional requirements of the Association of American Railroads (AAR) Outline Diagram for Single Loads, Without End Overhang, on Open-Top Cars (see the figure by that title in MIL-STD-1366) and the Gabarit International de Chargement (GIC) gauge shown in STANAG 2832, which apply to standard-gauge rail lines in

the Continental United States (CONUS) and European countries. The vehicle shall withstand the rail impact test specified in MIL-STD-810 without degradation or damage.

3.9.9 Water transportability. When specified (see 6.2), the vehicle shall be transportable on breakbulk (general cargo), roll-on/roll-off (RORO), and barge-carrying (LASH) and (SEABEE) ships. Some disassembly may be required for the larger vehicles.