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Quick Addendum: 2501.2 miles on trip from Dayton to home 10.305 miles per gallon, average $3.864 per gallon average price interestingly - on TMC'09 convoy, I drove my 1943 Dodge WC56 Command Car and got 10.01 miles per gallon average on 5500 miles. Certainly cant complain...

1st photo: Our new friend in NE, and Mark, changing the fuel filter - genuine Cat parts! 2nd photo: One of the broken lug studs. 3rd photo: Green River WY 4th photo: Alex's shop at Idaho Motor Pool, Friutland, ID

1st photo: Honey Badger with 1960's Allis Chalmers 180 tractor on the family farm in Ohio. 2nd photo: Gunnar with Honey Badger on main floor of MVPA convention in Dayton. 3rd photo: She is not the biggest truck - note WW2 Pacific tractor... 4th photo: Just a food stop next door - NOT getting...

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Trying to add photos: First photo: Honey Badger at Ft McCoy and Catman doing recovery in September of 2010 for me. Second photo: Mid July at Jeff & Wendy's, Honey Badger with their TMC-09 convoy M35a2. Third photo: Jeff in center giving class on procedures to change headlamp to friend Don...

OK - little delay here from last update. Good news is we made it home on Friday evening, 8-12. According to the Odometer on the Honey Badger, we drove 2499.7 miles from Dayton, OH, to home, just east of Portland, OR. We spent Thursday night in Ontario, OR, on the Oregon/Idaho border, just 3...

Greetings! Re; burned truck in WY - I neglicted to say that the rig was upright just off the shoulder, so I have some conficence that the operators were able to get away (better chance than if it was layed over!!). Re; pictures - I somehow neglicted to pack the cord that hooks to the camera and...

Greetings: Addundum to Tuesday - Trucking west of Rawlins, WY, we came upon a sign that said 'wreck ahead'. As we came closer, we smelled smoke from a range fire. Then we saw a half a dozen BLM Type 6 engines (1 ton trucks with slip in tanks and pump) mopping up 4-5 acxres of burnt...

Today's report of an interesting day (now 1530 miles from Dayton, OH in 3 days in the M35a3): After a good nights sleep, and out of the motel at 0610, pulling pre-op motor stables, we pulled out of the parking lot at 0630. Pulling into the traffic lane, the truck lugged down, with no power -...

Day 2 of the trip (could not get internet connection last nite) ColdWarrior: To answer your question - am just reporting what the gages say; the speedometer says 42 at 2400. I checked the odometer against mile markers and it is off about 2%. I did cross several of those "your speed" signs...

Purchased my M35A3 w/w, sight unseen (I know-biggest gamble ever for a non-gambler) from Ft McCoy last summer (2010). Part 1 of the recovery was a frantic phone call to Convoy Friends Wendy & Jeff, pleading for help. Great people, they drove her (already named the Honey Badger by my son...