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I did not know that they had docents. The portion if the museum that is open daily is just a fraction if what they have. There are a lot more vehicles in the other half of the building and they gave a storage yard and shop around the corner.
Do you know why they moved the armor into a fenced area?
The container is sitting on a mil van chassis. I have one of the chassis. They are neat. You can connect two together and slide the axle back to the rear and use if to carry a 40 foot container. I have a PDF of the chassis manual.
Big green toy to play with. It is fun going to car shows, parades and other events.
They are toys
Some people have Harley's, boats, classic cars, trucks, air planes or helicopters. Other people are into traveling, sports, golf, gamble or hang out at at bars.
We play with big green toys
They just point out your trailer and it is up to you to move and load it. We were glad we brought the trailer with the long winch cable because we could not get the trailer that close and did not want to drop the trailer and pull the m101a3 out
I can happen and is usually a result of fatigued bolts or forgetting to lock it closed.
On some commercial truck there is a cable running down the drawbar because the drawbars can fail.
M35 civiy trailer hitch
You need a hitch designed for a truck with a standard 34" frame. Curt makes them in both 2" and 2 1/2" receiver sizes. The larger is rated at 18,000 lbs. you can use a short piece of 2" receiver tube to reduce the 2 1/2" to 2".
The problem with the non running trucks is that the issue could be minor such as dead batteries or it could have had all of the fluids drained a decade ago.
Personally I have them towed to the shop so that they can be inspected and serviced.
Lately Barstow has just wanted us to get it out of there.
They got upset that we were airing up tires in there yard a couple of months ago.
Two weeks ago they were acting like we were wasting there time because it took a while to load the truck on the landow from the hole they had the truck...
Some people say these trucks, the 900 series 5 tons, are quick off the line other people say they are dogs. This could be caused by several factors. The different engines are a small factor. The transmission shift point settings are a big factor. Another factor is the driver. Driving an...
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