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WOW!!! I think that's alot newer than 1947 though.:beer:

Oh snap!! I saw the rear tires on that and thought it was some kind of small hoist maybe used to move stuff around with!! I guess my "super powers" as a Recondo Scout have faded away over the years.:papabear:

I don't see a trencher besides the Cleveland?? Maybe I'm missing something??

You know it's funny....I'm 98% sure that rascal would run and all the stuff would work if I could have found a magneto for it. (Didn't really try).

Got an email today with a pic of the "trencher" in her new display area:

Gosh...the fellers musta flown thru a rust storm!:sad::sad: That rascal had a fresh paint job when she left here!!:roll: I'm so happy to see the trencher inside and waiting for some much needed/deserved attention.:grd:

I gotta tell ya...this was a class exercise in joint service cooperation. Army, Airforce and Marines. (We ask the Navy to assist, but evidently there is no waterway between Georgia and California they can navigate.) The Army folks got a workout on coordination, the Airforce got some good...

The Eagle has landed again. The bird experience 130 MPH headwinds coming West and didn’t land until 1700 Local. The K-Loader snatched it and brought it right to a concrete ramp that the beaver tail matched right up against. It was loaded quickly and headed to CamPen. Jim King dropped me off...

It's a done deal. Part of the CAMO Crew reported to LAAF to see the Trencher loaded...13:45hrs as directed. The AF loadmaster did his inspection and signed off on the load...then they did the deed!:-D We shook the hands of the pilots and the crew and thanked them for serving our country and...

Roger that!!! Pics tomorrow night:beer:

The Eagle has landed!!!! C17 on the ground and awaiting it's cargo. Tomorrow the CAMO Crew will go out to the airfield after steaks at the VFW and watch/assist loading of the USMC Trencher for it's ride to it's new home. It's simply amazing how many folks put their heads together to make this...

They say God watches out for kids and fools and I'm not a kid anymore:cry::cry: BUT!!!! At appx 13:30hrs 27 Apr, a C17 will depart our AO with the USMC Cleveland Trencher heading out to Camp Pendelton!!!:-D Mission #s and all info has been received...even got the pilot's name and cell...

[/COLOR] Ron I think you described this trencher perfectly...trans, clutches etc...all there. And yes...it shows your age...but that's just experience...and we all need/ appreciate it:beer:

Looks like a window has opened...26 Apr, 17:00hrs. We REALLY wanna get this done so I ask the SS Community to pray for a favorable nod from the Big Feller above:beer:

If anyone is still interested the "powers that be" have issued two possible flight windows again, so we are still on the mission list.:-D 1st window is 15-18 April, 2nd window is the 2nd weekend in may. Our mission certification expires on 30 May and we will have to start the process all...

Well...here's the bad news::(:(:( Due to real world missions (bet ya can guess what), it looks like our airlift has been temporarily put on hold. Normally a mission like this is a "fly or die" situation and the whole process starts again. The folks that are in control are trying to extend...

The folks out west are supposed to do some research once it is there. I know it has spent the last 20yrs in SW GA on a peanut farm and was used for irrigation etc. The story I got was they got some updated equipment and the farmer "drove" the trencher out to a wood line, took the battery out...

Here's a post from the Guntruck site: Larry, CAMO Crew, donated a 1945 USMC Trench Machine to the Marines. Mark, Troy and Tony started prepping the trencher for it's C17 flight to Camp Pendleton, California from Lawson Army Airfield at Fort Benning, Georgia. It will be moved out to the airfield...

Today was a day of mixed emotions. Loaded up the trencher after some more steam cleaning and transported her to LAAF Ft. Benning, GA. for transport. The fellers at the LAAF were just super, they provided all the shoring/dunage as well as the tie-down equipment on the word of a retired Marine...