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Have fun guys and gals, sorry we can't make it but the HEMTT is still being unpacked from Arlington. :sad: aua

Well Stretch, that is unlikely to happen. We did it at night because there was no persons around to get hurt. During the day that is impossible. Plus what halftrack owner would want to have it filmed when he'd loose by a better than 2:1 margin? We did it, it was fun, and no person nor...

I have a better time with it every year, they let me make more and more mischief. We had a midnight race between the tank and a halftrack. I was almost half way back before he got halfway there. I made my turn at the far end at 35 mph. It was just over 600 yards each direction according to...

ER . . . my truck and trailer. :-P

My Scorpion tank giving a demonstration at the 2011 Arlington Fly-In. YouTube - Broadcast Yourself

I've owned and driven both, I prefer the Cummins but I'm not changing out the engine in my HEMTT, as they both have advantages. The Cummins has less or no disadvantages.

Don't forget for you guys that can, the Arlington Airshow. Jane and I are starting to move in tomorrow, the 2nd. Please feel free to bring your toys in early, it is an airfield and quite safe, we will be having people on site 24/7 from Sunday the 3rd on, and our prized possessions the HEMTT...

C'mon Jeff, you think Anna would let me do that with her duties as ice supplier? :)

Jane and I with Fox, Scorpion, V100 (still has no paint) and HEMTT.

Look, I didn't have it made, it came with my truck! I do know who made it and with the MASIVE toys he has at his disposal, it was still difficult. This isn't about money, it was about talent and equipment that I don't, nor do many members have access to. I've considered a plasma table but a...

ER . . NOPE, a tubing bender will NOT bend that thickness of pipe, roll cages are made from thin wall tubing compared to that. They would fail pulling out a 60,000 lb loaded truck! You can make something that LOOKS like it, but not one that actually works for such a large and heavy vehicle.

When I get the time I'll probably make that info available but it won't do most people any good. You won't be able to recreate it with any precision without a couple hundred ton press and dies to bend VERY thick wall pipe and precision bend and bevel some 3/8" steel plate. Mine was not made...

And you forgot to account for the 24 stops and a case of TP from eating all those cherries!

No need to be sorry, I can hardly remember my name sometimes. :oops: Welcome to the "geezer club"!

Dave, I wasn't the one looking for the ground anchor, mine came with the purchase of the truck and was created by someone who would like to remain nameless. It was a difficult thing to make and involved a LOT of effort to become such a refined piece of engineering and construction. It could...

Hi Dave, Glad you got the old girl at home now. I get my Dello 100 40 at a local supplier that caters to the local fishing fleet, there are a lot of boats still using the old oil leakers (Detroits don't burn oil, they mark their territory). You have a spare side recovery winch? I want one if...

Does that mean my Scorpion, Ferret, Fox, Dingo and V100 are to be outlawed and shot on sight too? :cookoo: :evil: :roll:

Looks like a fun truck to me but I don't know about it being a "poor man's HEMTT", feeding and maintaining that beast would be anything but cheap. That said, I've been accused of being . . . ER . . . well, :cookoo:

They are industrial engines, I saw them in their heavy earth moving equipment many moon ago.

I know in California, if you have a std. pickup box you don't have to stop. If you drive an F350 with a non pickup box (say a custom) and pulling a 10,001 lb trailer you are supposed to stop. If say, you were using an F450 with the std. pickup box and towing a 20,000 lb trailer for...