e. Axles. The axle of reel units RL-31, RL-31-B, RL-31-C, and RL-31-D is a single
piece of steel. (See Figure 18.) The axle of reel unit RL-31-E is divided to permit independent
handling of two reels. (See Figure 19.)
Figure 19
Figure 18
f. Cranks. The RL-31-E, divided axle model, has two cranks. (See Figure 20.)
Figure 20
g. Installation kit. An installation kit for mounting the reel unit in a 1/4-ton 4x4 truck is
furnished with reel unit RL-31-C and RL-31-E order numbers 27533-Phil-53 and 27534-Phil-53
only. (See Figure 21.)
Figure 21
NOTE: The most common installation of the reel unit is in
flatbed vehicles which would not require this installation kit.
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