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  1. quarkz

    So what is more fun, recovering a 5 ton or two 2.5 tons?

    Steve and Jeff glad you made it back safe. Also looks like that Karma was looking out for you too! Lugnuts and dollars. To all the other posters, thanx for the well wishes and support. To ArmyMan30 luckily for me it was a flat tow with no rear driver. So I never ended up on my side in the lead...
  2. quarkz

    So what is more fun, recovering a 5 ton or two 2.5 tons?

    So as long as they are on a winning streak Steve and Jeff suggest that we try and flip the 2nd deuce. After all Steve and Jeff do this all the time when they are 4 wheelin’, just not as much snow and the rigs are a bit smaller. 1st attempt was a drag with the deuce using a tow strap and tow...
  3. quarkz

    So what is more fun, recovering a 5 ton or two 2.5 tons?

    So since it is going to be a while, we drop Steve’s trailer and go looking for road flares or safety triangle so that we can warn others. (Neither of us had any, I would suggest everyone get a dozen, seal them in a Ziploc with duct tape, Just in Case)...
  4. quarkz

    So what is more fun, recovering a 5 ton or two 2.5 tons?

    Well roads were still slick and the route I chose (highway 17) was hilly but less traveled. So we met many icy patches and freezing fog. Oh, it was also all 1 lane each direction. Well we were 2 hours into the trip, nearing Coulee City, with me in the lead, when I hit a patch of ice. I tried to...
  5. quarkz

    So what is more fun, recovering a 5 ton or two 2.5 tons?

    Well I has a couple inner tires on my tow deuce low on air, so they were topped off by Jeff with the glad-hand are chuck. But the drivers rear inner would not hold air. (It is always the inners) so we swapped it with the spare I had on the tow deuce and we were finally on the way. By the time...
  6. quarkz

    So what is more fun, recovering a 5 ton or two 2.5 tons?

    Well it looks like the GSA folks are as good at taking used car pictures as GL is. Steve’s rolling chassis was not well attached. The plate that holds the rear suspension components together had the rivets torched out on one side and the majority of the u-bolts had been disassembled. Later...
  7. quarkz

    So what is more fun, recovering a 5 ton or two 2.5 tons?

    So myself and ChevyCrew (Steve as I know him now) both won (??) GSA auctions for Rural Fire Dept. equipment in Northern Central Washington State. I got a mostly there M325A2 used as a fire tanker and Steve picked up what was supposed to be a M35A2 Rolling chassis. This happened in mid-December...
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