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  1. m1010plowboy

    FMTV vs International Navistar Family

    Canada may have wished for that truck and maybe even wrote the spec.....sorry. I don't hear a lot of good things about the Internationals up here. It's been a decade so let's hope they have the bugs worked out. We needed extra fellas to help repair them back in 2013....and 2016...
  2. m1010plowboy

    G749 preservation

    I was going to email this DC-3 story back to you Merle but let's share it here and you can tell me if it's ever happened to you. Dad flew to Whitehorse after the war to build an airport and on one of the flights they took a DC-3. The seats were configured down the side of the aircraft walls...
  3. m1010plowboy

    How not to install a Duramax in a M998

    I can't wait to hear it. We'll need a comparison audio when you get a chance. Very cool.......
  4. m1010plowboy

    Distracted Driving

    It's a new year of texting and driving so we're looking for some catchy 2021 phrases for bumper stickers. All I have so far is "When you drive....look outside". The little two lane highway by our farm has seen two men killed already this year. They were both head on collisions with...
  5. m1010plowboy

    Overland 5-ton camper with a 20' container (now 40' !)

    The green Western Stars look old compared to your truck. Very nice selection. It may not be an MV.........but it was, I found a few pics of the MV Star.
  6. m1010plowboy

    Steel vs Aluminum tubing (Camper frame)

    It's so cool to see campers still being hand built these days, thanks for sharing it. I started building in the 80's and wondered if you considered aerodynamics with your build....as well as strength? This one was just big enough to stand up in, lay down, bend over, light a candle and still have...
  7. m1010plowboy

    G749 preservation

    What?.....you were plane nuts before you were MV nuts just like me? Now you need to give up that story........In the Congo? Did you put a little in service bio together documenting any of those stories? I get the fellas to do a W5 report of non-combat stories that Goose can carry around for...
  8. m1010plowboy

    G749 preservation

    Are you coming up here or do I get to bring some essential steel down? Essentially, I'll have 3 blocks off frames and 1 going back on so if I do the math right, I should have 4 spares. I thought of you because my neighbour of 28 years asked "When are you going to scrap that stuff?" I guess...
  9. m1010plowboy

    G749 preservation

    Spring Pre-Start was hilarious today so let's go through Goose for her 10th anniversary after preservation and look at pictures. I hunt bunkers for fun and some of the folks I meet have historical blood that won't let go. One of the more seasoned Police commissionaires that guided me on my...
  10. m1010plowboy

    What's best way to use the SEE to unload a 40' shipping container

    One solution would be to take a pick axe to the trailer tonight and scratch it up. I joke, all my trailers were new at one time, I know the feeling. One fella up here pulls the 40 footers in with a 1 Ton and a funky tilt/dump trailer. Another guy uses a semi-winch truck with the cable running...
  11. m1010plowboy

    G749 preservation

    C-47's, DC-3's, War Birds,.......that get flight time. The Red stripe aircraft is a legend from scrap to flight in something like 156 days.........Come on, there is a year of video talking all about it with a Northern LEGEND of a man that helped keep them going.........all with heart...
  12. m1010plowboy

    G749 preservation

    The work needed to pass a mechanical inspection so it needed to be put together just right. It was put together just right!
  13. m1010plowboy

    G749 preservation

    This photo showed up maybe ten years ago....I think it was a 502.....interesting. The Duramax allowed this old 55 Army truck to hit the highway and get back to its old military base 65 years later. The truck served Penhold Alberta from 1955 to 1979 and getting it back to the base in 2021 was...
  14. m1010plowboy

    G749 preservation

    Have you ever been in a car that does 13 seconds in the quarter mile? It's a kick in the chest if you're in the passenger seat. We're not sure what the M211 does yet but I lost my breathe today with Betty, the Whistlin' Duramax Deuce. He drove the duramax through the original TC ...for now...
  15. m1010plowboy

    G749 preservation

    Talk is cheap.....but it's still good to dream!
  16. m1010plowboy

    Ferret 38C5968

    Sounds like a great run. Do we need to get you a camera? Pictures of the road in a Ferret would be legendary. I laughed at the 3mpg part. Goose held 45 gallons so filling up to 'run around' for the weekend when my buddies were dropping $50.00 in their tank meant lots of overtime work if I...
  17. m1010plowboy

    1954 M221 - new purchase

    Is that paint from the 1950's on a flat surface of a fifth wheel......really? It looks like all it needs is a wash and it's new again. I'm staring, I know....I'm sorry.
  18. m1010plowboy

    What model is this?

    That is a beautiful truck. The stance, the lines, the box floor, the rack, the hat, just everything.....beautiful. I'd even stay in the same room if it had to make a dump. MV beauty is in the eye of the beer holder.
  19. m1010plowboy

    1954 M221 - new purchase

    That's a dream adventure so thanks for taking us along. How'd it shift? My 135 was fast for the 50's. My buddies is faster so if you ever get a chance to do one of these it would be historical, hysterical and greatly appreciated.
  20. m1010plowboy

    M35 Mess Truck

    Getting lost in the micro detail on boxes or really even the grains in cardboard is easy. Getting lost in the picture and knowing I was absolutely standing beside this truck and waiting for water is trippy. It's like you were watching us.
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