overlordofmars
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These were photos of XM211 Excavator the first day I got it back in 2008 .
It had been parked at a friends house for nearly 10 years. I was there when he bought it and it was sitting up to its axles in a farm field where it had been most likely for over 15 years. I liked the truck the first day I saw it and I must say am amazed by how well it runs after all these years.
These first shots were when we pulled it out of his yard, the tires had 1957 date codes stamped in them. I tried to tell the idiot punk kid from Murrys Towing to take it easy. Well this punk was not listening. He nearly had the truck standing on only the rear axle and went flying down the road. He was a real jerk. As you can see, the tires did not like that!
I would never use Murrys again, they even tried to make the bill four times what they quoted. They are real crooks!
We got it back four hours later. ( it was only 20 miles away ) and ended up putting the front NDT tires on the rear and two used 10x20 tires on the front just to move it around.
The last photo is of my ex workers and who was as good a mechanic as i am. He was just visiting from Mexico and yes he was legal. He owns a shop that builds armored vehicles and was like a kid helping me get this monster going.
If fact that is what we call it , THE MONSTER !
It had been parked at a friends house for nearly 10 years. I was there when he bought it and it was sitting up to its axles in a farm field where it had been most likely for over 15 years. I liked the truck the first day I saw it and I must say am amazed by how well it runs after all these years.
These first shots were when we pulled it out of his yard, the tires had 1957 date codes stamped in them. I tried to tell the idiot punk kid from Murrys Towing to take it easy. Well this punk was not listening. He nearly had the truck standing on only the rear axle and went flying down the road. He was a real jerk. As you can see, the tires did not like that!
I would never use Murrys again, they even tried to make the bill four times what they quoted. They are real crooks!
We got it back four hours later. ( it was only 20 miles away ) and ended up putting the front NDT tires on the rear and two used 10x20 tires on the front just to move it around.
The last photo is of my ex workers and who was as good a mechanic as i am. He was just visiting from Mexico and yes he was legal. He owns a shop that builds armored vehicles and was like a kid helping me get this monster going.
If fact that is what we call it , THE MONSTER !
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