Well with the high price of scrap and the inability to use them for their intended purpose the decision was made to remove and scrap these large fuel tanks.
The first one was a single compartment 12 foot diameter 20 foot long tank only a single line was required to get her out of the ground..... The tanks were put in after the 70's oil embargo and have been filled with water for the last 20 years or so... Notice the paint on the tank.... been in the ground for 30+ years and it is still tight.....
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M816 Wrecker
M1031 Contact Truck
M818 Tractor Wo/w
M35a2 Non Wo/w
M35a2 Whistler wo/w
MTK-90 MK1 Upgrade
M105a1 Trailer (x3)
M101a1 Trailer
M720 Mobilizer (x3)
S530 Shelter (x2)
S280 Commo Shelter
M832 Mobilizer
S.P.A.M Shelter
PU-797 (MEP-002a)
PU-753/M (MEP-003a)
PU-650B/G (MEP-006a)
Welding Shop Trailer Mounted (300 Amp Hobart)
Complete P.D.I.S.E System 200 Amp- point of use
Too Much Mis Equipment to list.
MIARNG 91-99
1072 Maint Co / Co B 146 FSB
The second tank was a bit more of a PITA..... same diameter but 2 compartment and 40 foot long..... Had to chain the truck to a tree, ran a 2 part line.... she came out .... cables were twanging pretty good.... kinda added to the pucker factor it the fact I had left the winch in gear last time I used it and I pulled the end off. a trip to the local rigging supply $35 later I am back in business..... The tape on the cable was to measure how much the cable moved in the wedges after reattaching it.... (It moved less than a 1/4 inch)
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M816 Wrecker
M1031 Contact Truck
M818 Tractor Wo/w
M35a2 Non Wo/w
M35a2 Whistler wo/w
MTK-90 MK1 Upgrade
M105a1 Trailer (x3)
M101a1 Trailer
M720 Mobilizer (x3)
S530 Shelter (x2)
S280 Commo Shelter
M832 Mobilizer
S.P.A.M Shelter
PU-797 (MEP-002a)
PU-753/M (MEP-003a)
PU-650B/G (MEP-006a)
Welding Shop Trailer Mounted (300 Amp Hobart)
Complete P.D.I.S.E System 200 Amp- point of use
Too Much Mis Equipment to list.
MIARNG 91-99
1072 Maint Co / Co B 146 FSB
There's a few of those tanks about 5 or 6 miles from my house. They were pulled up from a former gas station. I have the opposite idea. I'd like to pick them up with my wrecker and bury one of the in my back yard for a tornado/bomb shelter...
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1969 M35A2 wo/w, hoist in bed, heater, Ooga horn, Recentered HEMTTs and 395's, "Candy Smasher"
1984 M35A2 wo/w, bobber the "Black Pearl"
1968 M543A2 Wrecker
1985 M1008 - SMOKEY 8" lift, 36" humvee wheels/tires, turbocharged.
And a few M105 and M101 trailers
M792 Gama Goat Ambulance - Transported from the CAMO compound.
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1968 Kaiser/Jeep M35A2 W/W
1968 Johnson Furnace M105A2
Tents, Camo netting, Lotsa other junk.
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There's a few of those tanks about 5 or 6 miles from my house. They were pulled up from a former gas station. I have the opposite idea. I'd like to pick them up with my wrecker and bury one of the in my back yard for a tornado/bomb shelter...
Duck pit
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While a 9 mm or .40 caliber bullet may or may not expand, it is an undeniable fact that a .45 caliber bullet will never shrink.
wow, lucky you pulled the end off the cable, I know a guy that about destroyed his rear winch when the end fixture was tried to be pulled through the tensioner/level wind
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Gainesville, Ga. vietnam-1/66-8/68
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42 5t? autocar tractor, gone
43m20, 12t, converted to tractor, gone
52m52, tractor, gone
73m819, tractor/wrecker AKA Wrecked Wrecker
77xm977 10t 8x8, to be a xm 983 sold
What ever else that can be drug home Use CUCVs, a small step below BOBBERS as wheel chocks
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Pulling Tanks with The M816
