Recent content by ErnieL

I'm sure I have one or two of our old deuces. But we didn't go around with cameras snapping random pictures of ourselves or our equipment. Pretty much all the old pics I have were sent by others who ran across them. I do have, somewhere, a few pics of some of our M211 CP units, but I'll have to...

Do you need a CDL to operate large MVs in Texas? Common sense to me says yes, but I've seen people driving 40' diesel pusher motorhomes with absolutely ZERO training whatsoever. I'm actually quite happy about our rules here. From what I can see, things look OK, at least until they don't.

Well, tet's just say that we never once were concerned about weights and never once did we even think to wonder. We'd be loaded up to the rails with ammo, plus a full water buffalo trailer on behind, and it didn't even break a sweat. I'll say it again, they were my favorite vehicle in all my...

It's great to see these being restored and used. Personally, I caught the very first couple of years of these things, and I have VERY bad memories and feelings regarding them. We seemed to spend more time digging them out of stuff that the Jeeps didn't even look twice at, and more time pushing...

Wilco. just waiting for it to arrive and get acquainted with me. It's been a long time coming.

As a newly converted FMV guy, I'm reading this all with interest. I used to have so much fun fighting with local DPS Know-it-Alls regarding the lack of seatbelts and other modern safety features on my 55 Fords, and I was praying that I didn't have to do it all over again with my M37 and...

Well, as soon as get mobile here, we gotta get together. Tell war stories, shoot the breeze, and talk MVs. Maybe some chootin’, burn up some 7.62 NATO ball, and generally create a ruckus. And Vlad over there to the left, well, he agrees wholeheartedly and lifts his fruit jar in agreement.

Yup, saw that. But I’m looking for the hardtop M135 Canadian. Doesn’t the M211 have a different cargo bed? Will an M135 cargo bed fit on the 211 frame? What I CAN attest to was how happy one one hand, yet pissed off when they took our Deuces and gave us the MLVW. Yeah, power steering was ok...

I’m wondering about getting these across the border. Would it be considered an antique truck or a “weapon of war”?

Yeah, I hope to eventually find the SRW version with the wheel wells in the bed. The troop carrier. Dang! 10K! But it is ready to go with a pumper, so I expect it makes sense.

Which base?? Alsask? Dad was a Radar Tech during the heyday of the Pinetree Line. I grew up on those bases. Winter driving. One sticks in my mind. Driver training, actually. A young female Private was my trainee, and while coming north into the city from CFB MooseJaw, back then, the highway...

The Reserve unit I first joined was in Saskatchewan. Then went Regular, and spent plenty of time in Lahr. Most of my early Deauce time was in the Army Reserve. I had a full time spot then, so even though I was a RadOp by trade, I did the supply runs, etc, anything to keep a guy busy. I had...

I caught the last few years of them in the CF, late 70's to early 80s, drove them constantly, never gave me a lick of trouble, never got me stuck or stranded, not once. Being a bigger guy, I was tasked to drive deuces everywhere we went, because they thought I'd have an easier time with the...

Awesome, man! That deuce of yours definitely got my fires stoked.

Hey y’all! I just joined a few days back, I’ve had the itch for years, but raising a family and building my business got in the way. I’ve spent my free time restoring 50s Ford cars, collecting military firearms, building scale models, and singing in my Church choir. I’m a 9 year Vet of the...