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I just did a 1,200 mile recovery of an M35 and did a 1,100 mile recovery of an M109 last spring. I can tell you that the M35 without the tarp on it runs a lot easier then the flying brick that it an M109. I know that trucks will run a bit different even if both are the same model and stock. I...
I brought my M109 home from Indianapolis to Tampa last year. It had a hard time at speeds over about 50. It can get to 55 but any kind of incline much less hill and down it went. My M35 will hold 55 fine but I try to keep it at 50. If you look at the specs the M109 is about a ton heavier...
I am looking for photos of M35s assigned to the 101st in Viet Nam? My dad was there with A Co. 2/506 from 1969 - 1970 and I want to do my new deuce as a tribute to him and the men who served with him. I have general knowledge of the paint schemes for the time period but want to find out the...
Guys I understand and it must be a Camp Dodge things. A couple of weeks ago my older brother was bidding on an M35 at Dodge and "lost it from my page" and went in to back up mode on a deuce in Arkansas. Long story short is he lives in Western Colorado and won one in Iowa and one in Arkansas...
After my last recovery a couple of rolls of paper towels are now going into the recovery/breakdown box. One person drives while the other wipes down the inside of the window so you can see. This brings up a question, can you shorten up the wiper arms on the deuce so that the portion of the...
I can help out for the Central to North Florida legs of your trip. I am in Tampa and can easily get to the Orlando to Gainesville areas. Will send you a PM with my contact information.
I spoke with Vinny today and will need to meet up with you on the way up and back for some cots and camo nets to go north and some troop seats to come South. I will send you a PM about the trailer parts.
That is a nice looking truck and I see that you had rain in your recovery. I was very wet by the time that we got out of the rain in Texas Thursday night. A wife that enjoys deuces is a serious "keeper".
Two reaons why we use contractors for many things now that used to take a soldier. First it is cheaper to use a civilian if you do the math and make some assumptions. Second all of the services are limited in the number of personel that they can put in uniform. They would rather put shooters...
Well, the recovery is successful and finished. Departed San Antonio at 6:30 CST yesterday after picking up my brother for an assistant driver. Seems that Texas has been in a drought but we had rain clear to the Louisiana border. Some of the streets in Houston were starting to flood from the...
Biggles,
I am headed out on April 16 to recover a truck from there won in the last auction. If yours is still there pending EUC let me know and maybe I can take a look at it for you.
Kansas City, St. Louis then Memphis. Sounds like a BBQ trifecta! :drool::drool::drool: I am planning on packing some out of San Antonio for my trip east.
That is some beautiful country that you drove through. My brother has a deuce in Grand Junction that we recovered from Oklahoma and the scenery was not nearly as nice. Not expecting much on the Iowa recovery next month either. Truck looks nice and now you should know every sound associated...