Opie notool and his wonder cart

[citizensoldier]

Put this on the 5 ton section so Dave P will see it and this rig will be for holding a 5 ton wrecker cab for a resto among other up an coming M37, M51, and M38 projects.
Makes a good frame holder, cab holder, soon to be rotisary for frames too. Just wanted to share it.. Good ol Opie hard at it.

 

[citizensoldier]

Getting closer

Getting closer. Stage one complete they say

 

[cranetruck]

RE: Getting closer

Looks like a nice shelter dolly, should come in handy.
How do you heat your shelter, must be getting cold up there?

Man, some of these pictures make me feel like an old fart....guess I am one.

 

[Boatcarpenter]

RE: Getting closer

Don't feel like the Lone Ranger Bjorn; turned the big 60 in October and my oldest son and his wife had my first grandchild in Nov. Yikes!! Big year!!
I'll have to start looking for Mil. Issue OD car seats so I can get him into the Deuce and give him OD fever at a young age!

 

[timntrucks]

RE: Getting closer

nice cart would be very handy

 

[citizensoldier]

More on the adventures of Opie notool and CS the sucker..

Well we set the cab on today with the old wrecker. Opie and I changed the fluid on the hydrolics and man! 45 gallons later it was full. It ran very smooth after that.

 

[citizensoldier]

another

another

 

[citizensoldier]

1 more

1 more shot for fun

 

[Recovry4x4]

RE: 1 more

Wreckers are so much fun. Adds a new dimension to the MV hobby. Wished I had my puny wrecker 10 years ago. If I ever get around to it, I'll be swapping cabs on the M108. I'll be using the crane on the 108 to swap the cab. Should be a good show.

 

[OpieNoTool]

Just getting the cab was an adventure. Look familiar Lane? Are Buddy

 

[DaveP]

those things can be very wicked. and they are faster than most people think.

 

[OpieNoTool]

those things can be very wicked. and they are faster than most people think.

I almost made the small one a hood ordament on the duece

 

[DaveP]

now THAT would look cool. Duecallow.

 

[citizensoldier]

yep! Wicked, fast and I just did not like em! If they were not guarding 8, 5 ton trucks I would have never ventured in that pen. GRRRRRR said that big bull... Glad he did not have a girl friend this time of year or else I think Opie would have thrown me in front of him to save his own butt! Remember this " you guys feeling lucky?"..

 

[OpieNoTool]

lol you were the one hiding behind me . did i mention i dint like that guy. leaves us stranded half way out in the field with 5 angry buffalo then hollers back "you fellin lucky today" I belive my quote was "this is the dumnest thing weve done to look at army trucks".

 

[OpieNoTool]

oh heres that pic from a couple weekends ago. how do you start this thing? Oh just push the button that says start man i want one. Loveinly refered to as the Retard by the owner

 

[DaveP]

well thats not as bad as driving 700 miles one way only to come up empty handed!

 

[OpieNoTool]

ah one more. Only if i would have taken a pic of a 45,000lb winch in the back of an s10 pick up

 

[wreckerman893]

Those 6k forklifts are DA BOMB. We had several in an ammo unit I was in at Ft. Benning.
We had a bozo battalion commander that was gay for foxholes....everytime we went out in the field we were digging foxholes with entrenching tools.
I designed and built a spade that attached to the forks and we made short work of foxholes and fighting positions after that.
I drool every time I see one up for bids on GL. Even the basket cases go for more than I can afford.

 

[Recovry4x4]

OK, now I jonesing. I want some Bison burgers and a rough terrain fork lift. Darn you guys!