M-1000 HETS Trailer

The US Army Heavy Equipment Transport System (HETS) consists of the Oshkosh Truck M-1070 Truck Tractor and the M-1000 Heavy Equipment Transporter Semi-trailer manufactured by Systems & Electronics, Inc., St Louis, MO. The HETS transports payloads up to 70 tons – primarily M1 Abrams tanks.

HETS operates worldwide on highways, secondary roads, and cross-country. The HETS has a number of features that significantly improve the mobility and overall performance of the system in a tactical environment. The M1070 tractor has front- and rear-axle steering, a central tire-inflation system, and cab space for six personnel to accommodate the two HETS operators and four tank crewmen. The M1000 semi-trailer has automatically steerable axles and a load-leveling hydraulic suspension.

The M-1000 Trailer is 622 inches long (51.8 feet) and 144.8 inches wide at the rear bumper (12.1 feet). The trailer has a curb weight of 50,000 pounds and can carry a payload of 140,000 pounds.

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M1070 truck-tractor can haul up to 70 tons over improved or unimproved roads, usually pulling the M1000 semitrailer, Camp Arifjan, Kuwait, 6 September 2012. The 1462nd TC (MING) trained soldiers from 3rd Infantry Division and Tennessee Army National Guard 230th Engineer Battalion.

Heavy Equipment Transportation System (HETS) trucks of the 96th Transportation Company, 180th Transportation Battalion, 15th Sustainment Brigade, 13th Sustainment Command (Expeditionary), hauled 11 M1A2 Abrams tanks from Fort Hood to Fort Bliss, TX, in a successful mission which ended with a safe return, 15 May 2008. The US Army (HETS) consists of the Oshkosh Truck M-1070 Truck Tractor and the M-1000 Heavy Equipment Transporter Semi-trailer manufactured by Systems & Electronics, Inc., St Louis, MO. The HETS transports payloads up to 70 tons, primarily M1 Abrams tanks.

SPC Kevin Sharp pulls a cable to hook up a tank and pull it onto an M-1000 Trailer towed by an M-1070 Heavy Transporter Truck (HETS), Fort Knox, KY, 11 January 2012. Tanks from the Armor Center and School moved to Fort Benning, GA, as a result of the 2005 Base Realignment and Closure Act.

M1070 truck-tractor with M1000 semitrailer (HETS) carrying M1 Abrams tank, as engineers check bridge capacity.

SPC Alexander Murry, assigned to the 129th Transportation Company out of New Century, KS, changes inner tires on an M1000 Heavy Equipment Transporter trailer, Camp Arifjan, Kuwait, 10 October 2011. There are 40 tires on a HET trailer, 10 sets of four tires. In order to change out the inner tires, mechanics have to crawl underneath the trailer.

M-1000 HET Trailer Photo Gallery

U.S. Army Heavy Equipment Transport System (HETS) M-1000 Semi-trailer and M-1070 Truck Tractor carrying M1 Abrams MBT.

M-1000 Semi-trailer.

U.S. Army Heavy Equipment Transport System (HETS) at 180th Transportation Battalion Motor Pool.

M-1000 Semi-trailer dataplate. Photo: Courtesy Bob Pettit.