Hey Ferro, yes, wait til 2012, we'll meet up in Nebraska at 2027deuce's place and he will run with us in his M109A3 with his boys. I have a lead jeep for out front and an M43 Ambulance in the rear just in case. Of course, you have to be over 50 to run with us old dogs. JT out
Oh well, Guess I'll just have to make the 2030 trip then if it's for 50 or older...
Planning a Alaska M109 road trip for August 2010.
1985 M1008 with military applied 'hyrail' gear, used on the Ft Stewart Railroad
1970 M818 'Roberta' (R-ust B-ucket T-ruck)
1967 M109A3 'Bella the Doll'
1968 M101
1968 M105
Whoo Hooo! building the colection up again!
1100 miles, Sacramento to Denver. Took about 3 days, we were not in any hurry. Can't tell you how much fuel I used, just kept filling the tank when it got to about half. Took three weeks to get the feeling back in my butt though.
Jonathan
Club Secretary, M.V.C.C., Denver, Colorado www.mvcconline
1971 A.M. General M35A2
1987 Kasel Mfg. M105A2
"An ignorant people is the blind instrument of its own destruction." -Simon Bolivar
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This Steel Soldier Also Honors the Living Memory of LTC. David F. Frankenhauser, 1954-2009.
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2 900 mile round trips in the M275A2, 1 to Barstow MCLB & 1 to Camp Pendlton. Both trips pulling M128A2C's (15,500 lbs) on return trip. 2 days each. 2400 RPM, 60 MPH bobtail, 2300 RPM with trailers.
800 mile recovery in the M109A3, Hill AFB to Phoenix. 2 days. 2400 RPM
450 Mile recovery in an M35A2, Port Hueneme to Phoenix. 1 day. 2400 RPM
2000 mile recovery in the XM816, Little Falls MN to Phoenix. 4 days. 2200 RPM, 56MPH.
2000 mile recovery in the M1028A1, LDT-465 in the back, Aniwa WI to Phoenix 60 MPH
Upcoming triip next Month, XM818 w/w from Devils Lake, ND to Hill AFB UT, pick up M127A2C and the on to Phoenix. 1900 miles. Truck has been serviced and is ready to go.
Put 17,000 miles on my deuce during a 2-year period, including the 6,000 crossing the US and back.
Ran on veggie oil and biodiesel for about 3,000 miles total during that time.
Hauled the dolly to AR, the laundry trailer to NV (first image) and returned with the xm757 from OK (second image).
Loved the freedom of the open road and slept in the cab of the deuce while parked at truck stops. Enjoyed the help and friendship of many SS members.....
At 65, I guess I now qualify for the AK trip.
Bjorn
Virginia's Blue Ridge Mountains
Avatar: XM757 in OK prepared for 1,000 mile trip home. Part of 6,000 mile journey in 2006.
1968 M49A2C modified with 1960 M756A2 truck bed and 1975 HIAB 765A knuckleboom. Heated dual tank system for biodiesel/veggie oil use.
1969 Ford XM757 8x8 5-ton truck tractor W/W, the "improved" MV.
"Some things can't be made better, just differently......a lot of things actually"
I've done 7-8 hours straight on the interstate at 45-50, sometimes 54, empty and with an M105A2 on the rear. I tend to stop every coupla hours or more often to check bearing temperatures, tire temperatures, p--s break (deuces shake the ---- outta you) and to check oil levels ( I had a leaking main seal that on that trip 500-600 miles threw 2-4 quarts of oil).
Since the main seal's been repaired and she has air steering, likely her next trip will be my move to wherever, as I've lost my job here in loverly Texas. The thing to remember is that the deuce is not a road truck and she will beat the driver to death on the highway, aslo watch the hand throttle settings as on downgrades she can get over red line quicker then sin.
Generally, I've seen fewer deuce broken down on the road then newer civvy trucks and cars, and I think that is just because the truck was designed to be simple and almost indestructible. I calculate a 1200 mile trip ought to take me between 4 and 6 days to go easy on the truck and myself. BUT I'm gonna love that 10,000 lb capacity on the truck and 2000+ on the trailer. And with the plates off, I don't expect to see a scale anywhere on route.
Cheers,
Kyle F. McGrogan
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went over yonder Ta' see my cusin Rita, then up ta' Erma jo's then over ta'the twins, by Rube's an then back hither, mabe a hunerd miles. then my girl came by and we went fishin.
I like to run mine at around 45-50. I use mine as a daily driver and have noticed that after I run it up to 2300-2600 rpm on the freeway the next time I go to start it makes louder noises as it builds oil pressure than it does when I keep it around 45-50mph. I tried it on some of my other M35A2's with similar results. I don't think the trucks were designed to run maxed out. They seem much happier at 45-50.
