TM 9-2320-211-10-1
OPERATION OF DUMP TRUCKS.
a. General. The M51A2 dump truck may be used as a regular cargo carrier, or
as a regular, rocker type or spreader type dump truck. Payload capacity for cross-
country operations is 10,000 pounds. Payload capacity for prepared roads is 20,000
pounds. Payload volume capacity is 5 cubic yards.
WARNING
Dump body control lever must always be locked
in NEUTRAL position when not in use or when
truck is used as a troop transport.
CAUTION
The truck must be stopped and the clutch pedal
pressed all the way down to shift the dump body
control lever out of NEUTRAL. Once the dump
body control lever is in POWER UP, HOLD, or
POWER DOWN position, it can be shifted while
the truck is moving and without pressing
the clutch pedal until it is shifted into NEUTRAL
again.
