Recent content by Ram1911

Sounds like the guys down in MCAS Beaufort, SC when I got the trailer (A/M32K-4A). That was Jan 2017, FWIW. The biggest plus to that trip was getting to watch an F-35B do a VTOL landing while I changed light bulbs to 12V. :cool: Only regret was that this trip didn't happen a year or two sooner...

Interesting, you mention riveting vs welding. I was perusing aluminum dump trailers, since Dad was talking about how his late-70s 28' Ravens semi-trailer dump is breaking up underneath, and it having another farmer who is also a machinist/welder rebuild it over the summer. New "East" brand dumps...

Yes, the apparently earlier -K4, not the -K4A. Just looking at the pics, I realized this thing was shorter than the 2 I own. Then I looked at the pic of the data plate. Sure enough, a -K4. Either an earlier design, or the -K4A is a lengthened version that may be of similar vintage. Could...

From what I read the Marsh font was correct in WW2. Here's one that is a German DIN stencil called Schablonierschrift (literally "stencil/template script"), but looks pretty close. http://stencilfont.org/military-stencil-font.html as well as...

So far, what I have gathered, is it's close to something called MARSH font, 1 1/2 inches for bumper markings, 1 inch for other markings (Tire Pressure, etc.) unless perhaps NOT A STEP may be 1 1/2 inch. I'm deriving this from MIL-STD-129R "MILITARY MARKING FOR SHIPMENT AND STORAGE." That said...

CO G (FSC, FA) , 113 Support Bn, ISO my old Bn, 1-163 FA, which was a 105mm ARNG Bn at the time. They're composite now, since "Modularity 2.0" came and brought back Btry C as a 155mm T unit in the Infantry BCTs. It's in Evansville, IN. My unit now is in Wackernheim, Germany, USAR. COVID killed...

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IDK, but I just watched a good video on the 3116, and it sounds like a potential pain.

It would depend on how heavy the trailer is, but if it was not too big, you could tow it with caged brakes behind a large enough truck, where the truck becomes a ballast tractor.

Nice! Are those BMGs dummies, or is this "Knob Creek Ready?"

If you dig, you can still find Tabular Firing Tables (TFT) for 50 BMG for indirect fire, similar to mortars and howitzers, which is how they determined aiming. I can't imagine they'd be super effective on small groups of soldiers, but if you're a young Vietnamese insurgent with no experience...

Could be German military or diplomatic. Given that it's a van, probably official, or a bigwig's personal RV. Do you recall what was on the plate? Was the plate a typical civilian German plate with city codes (B, D, H, F, K, M, S, HH, KL, WI, NM, AM, AN, GAP, NEW, etc.) or did it start off (#)0...

Point of order...wouldn't that be a deuce and TEN halves? :p

One thing's for sure. If I owned one, I'd probably have bought more surplus stuff since I would then be able to move the other stuff, like gensets, ISO boxes, etc. Not to mention farm use. I've "owned" 2 MTV wreckers and a HEMTT wrecker. Unfortunately, my boss doesn't believe in "possession is...