CCKW Wheelies and a CCKW that has an ass end and an ass at the front end too... - Steel Soldiers::Military Vehicles Supersite

smoke1 · 11-28-2009, 19:42

The lawyers said we should always say the following:
1) KIDS. don't try this at home.
2) The following was performed by professional stuntmen on a closed course.
3) NO CCKWs were injured during the filming of these encounters.

A friend who has waaaay too many CCKWs bought some more off an old farmer in NH. They were off in various parts of the woods on the farm and required extraction. The easy ones came out last year, but the more difficult items dragged on until a couple of weeks ago. He called in most of his markers to yank the stuff out during the passage of the remains of TS Ida over New England . We moved 'Annie', his crane equipped CCKW over the day before and hauled his back hoe over that morning.
I quickly realized that the safest (and driest) place to be during this fiasco was as far away as posibble, preferably out of range of the booms capability of driving me into the ground like a stake if things went terribly wrong. By offering to record this operation for posterity 's sake (and possible proof of my non involvement in case of litigation) I was able to keep mostly in a safe location.
Anyways, I shot a bunch of videos for the CO as he yanked, drug and generally flaunted every OSHA reg involving crane and/or back hoe operation and rigging. I missed the biggest wheelie in part 2-5, but caught smaller ones in 2-5 and 2-6. He posted a lot of the stuff I shot on You Tube, including his less than careful handling of a faithful old M37 carcass. Is he living proof that not all turkeys were eaten Thursday??
So, here for your viewing pleasure, or horror are the videos I shot and that are posted to You Tube undr the account name of drdeucecckw and one shot by another groupie under the account name of MrCCKW .
MrCCKWs video is here