gunchief113

My students have renovated 7 military and 4 civvie HMMWVs. As I begin my second year teaching this program, they get a chance to do a ground-up rebuild. Should keep them busy. I will update my build on this page, since my students will play a large role in the work.

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54reo

Tell them to keep up the good work!

I can tell you are proud of them.

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nf6x

Very cool!

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doghead

It's good to see them getting hands on education! Books are great to read and necessary but getting real hands on experience really amplifies your understanding! Nice work. You and your students have a lot to be proud of! Let them know that this type of hands on education is being dropped out of a lot of schools nowadays, they will be ahead of many. They are Lucky!

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bugei

that is great, wish you were closer, have some m35a2 and 816 work that could use doin

CARNAC

I think I need to become a student of yours also. I personally attended the school of the mechanically declined so it hasn't helped me too much. LOL

Good to see the kids are learning something of value. Better keep it on the QT or the military will start having all the schools around the country start doing the overhauls on all the vehicles returning from the desert. (just kidding of course).

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saddamsnightmare

August 2nd, 2008.


So what happens to the animal when your class is done with it??? I'm not as fond of the HMMWV as the deuce, but I have found that the type of work you and your students are doing, does tend to broaden out the thinking process while getting a little dirt under the fingernails..... When you're trying to repair or reassemble a large piece of machinery..... it's kinda like a chess game with the designer, the engineers, the auto plant workers, and in this case.... the G.I.'s who worked on it and ran it on one side... and your students on the other. You sorta get the mind set, ok, why'd they do it this way instead of that way.... much better then computer games for building inductive thought.... Thumbs UP for taking the time to teach the next generation HOW to actually do something useful....

Put the next one up for raffle or auction.... I'll take a piece of the action to encourage such young people to do more and better work.....


Sincerely,

Kyle F. McGrogan


1971 Kaiser Jeep M35A2 Wo/W "Saddam's Nightmare" Desert Storm and Vietnam Veteran Deuce
1968 Johnson Corp M105A2 Cargo Trailer 1-1/2 Ton
1967 Hercules MEP023A Gas Gen-Set APU
1963 Swiss Army Cargo Unimog, S.404.114 MB

gunchief113

The trucks my students work on dont belong to me or Uncle Sugar. They belong to a guy who sells them, both mil and civvie. He gets by-the-book repairs, writes a check to the class account(at a substantially better rate than dealer charges), and the proceeds go to buying tools for the kids at the end of each semester. I go out and get tools that apply to the class they just took, and it builds into a starter tool set. The boys did steering and suspension class during spring, so they got balljoint separators, hammers, leather gloves, tape measures(toe-in), wire brushes, pitmarn arm pullers, etc. The top two scorers, the brake and geared-hub guys, got punch/chisel sets and brass punches for doing bearing races on top of the other tools. They put more work in than the rest, so it paid better. They earned the money, they might as well enjoy the rewards. Besides, anything that will help motivate them...

I wish I could get sponsorship from Ft. Jackson. That is where the Army makes wheel mechanics. I am trying to get about 10 sets of -20 manuals for the class. The electronic version wont work because of the lack of spare computers AND the fact that it would get trashed in the shop. Besides, I need to be able to test them on finding operations in the manual. Part of the class is knowing where to find stuff in the repair books. I am Guard, and push recruitment all the time. Between that and my program, the Army will likely wind up with more mechanics if things work out

emmado22

If your in the Guard, find your units pubs clerk (might be at BN level) and just order them all... (or just get the pubs code, and order them up yourself. Just make sure you knwo where they get shipped to and check often.....

TM's are free and dont cost the unit anything..

http://www.apd.army.mil/

Uglyranger

Money is a great motivator. So are great teachers molding young minds.

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