ke5eua
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Well the week is upon us, and a very blessed Memorial Day. Please remember to take a moment of silence at 1500 your local time to remember those fallen.
Now, thanks to trooper632 for selling me his M818.
The trip will start at Friday at a early wakeup of 0230. Conduct pre-trip at 0300, and the plan is to SP at 0330.
Trip should be fairly straightforward all the way to Sabinal, TX, arriving at approximately 1200.
From there I will link up with trooper632 (Donny), exchange cash, title, a little conversation and hopefully be on the road by 1300.
After leaving Donny's my wife will head straight back to Louisiana so she can attend an event one of my daughters has on Saturday. I will head to Fort Sam Houston, in San Antonio to go to a buddies house and pick up all my tools I brought up earlier and rest for the night.
I will head out Saturday morning, no time specified really. I will take my time, stoping every 2 hours for my backs sake and to look over the truck to ensure everything is where it is supposed to be.
Depending on when I leave Saturday all depends on when I will make it home, being it is a 12 hour drive going 50 mpg I might stop for the night half way, all depending on how I fell.
Now, I have put many miles in military vehicles in the sand box. Did the convoy from Kuwait to Iraq and Back in 04-05 in my 934. Spent most of my time behind the wheel of a LMTV my first rotation, and my second was a toss up between my 1070, 931, or PLS.
I have the lube order, and -10 printed and binded and will go with me. I will have my phone, bluetooth headset and my regular wired headset just incase. Water is a must, will pickup some icy cold water along the route.
Only thing I wish I could do would be add a power port for the trip in the cab, but since the battery box is outside I don't want to run a long wire out the cab just for 12v. Unless someone knows of a 12v tap in the cab somewhere to tee off of.
Will do the window trick to help keep the cab cooler, but as we all know, it gets hotter than a street girl in church in these things in the summer.
I plan for a uneventful trip, but have thought about the what if situations.
Tools I am bringing with me:
Complete craftsman set
20 ton pneumatic jack
1:57 torque converter for braking lug nuts
air hose to glad hand adapter
air hose
air chuck
zip ties
ratchet straps
electrical tape
butt connectors and wire stripers
few odds and ends
I feel confident in my supplies and my abilities to drive this trip.
I feel as if I am prepared, but I know all to well you can prepare all you want but the unexpected will still sneak up and find a way to happen.
I know I know, but as soon as I get back and wash her down I will post pics.
Now, thanks to trooper632 for selling me his M818.
The trip will start at Friday at a early wakeup of 0230. Conduct pre-trip at 0300, and the plan is to SP at 0330.
Trip should be fairly straightforward all the way to Sabinal, TX, arriving at approximately 1200.
From there I will link up with trooper632 (Donny), exchange cash, title, a little conversation and hopefully be on the road by 1300.
After leaving Donny's my wife will head straight back to Louisiana so she can attend an event one of my daughters has on Saturday. I will head to Fort Sam Houston, in San Antonio to go to a buddies house and pick up all my tools I brought up earlier and rest for the night.
I will head out Saturday morning, no time specified really. I will take my time, stoping every 2 hours for my backs sake and to look over the truck to ensure everything is where it is supposed to be.
Depending on when I leave Saturday all depends on when I will make it home, being it is a 12 hour drive going 50 mpg I might stop for the night half way, all depending on how I fell.
Now, I have put many miles in military vehicles in the sand box. Did the convoy from Kuwait to Iraq and Back in 04-05 in my 934. Spent most of my time behind the wheel of a LMTV my first rotation, and my second was a toss up between my 1070, 931, or PLS.
I have the lube order, and -10 printed and binded and will go with me. I will have my phone, bluetooth headset and my regular wired headset just incase. Water is a must, will pickup some icy cold water along the route.
Only thing I wish I could do would be add a power port for the trip in the cab, but since the battery box is outside I don't want to run a long wire out the cab just for 12v. Unless someone knows of a 12v tap in the cab somewhere to tee off of.
Will do the window trick to help keep the cab cooler, but as we all know, it gets hotter than a street girl in church in these things in the summer.
I plan for a uneventful trip, but have thought about the what if situations.
Tools I am bringing with me:
Complete craftsman set
20 ton pneumatic jack
1:57 torque converter for braking lug nuts
air hose to glad hand adapter
air hose
air chuck
zip ties
ratchet straps
electrical tape
butt connectors and wire stripers
few odds and ends
I feel confident in my supplies and my abilities to drive this trip.
I feel as if I am prepared, but I know all to well you can prepare all you want but the unexpected will still sneak up and find a way to happen.
I know I know, but as soon as I get back and wash her down I will post pics.
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