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Thought I'd kick this off for Airbornebandsman. Saturday, April 21st we took my truck & trailer down to Barstow to pick up an M109 van body for his M35. We made a stop prior to Barstow at 100DollarMan's compound to pick up some goodies, and Airbornebandsman was able to score some good deals on replacement parts he needs for his truck. Then it was over to Bartsow to pick up his M109 van body.
The employees assisting us were very helpful, and very skilled with their forklift. They did a good job of removing the van body from the donor truck, and placing it on my trailer exactly where I wanted it. They also helped us tie it down. We made it back to Vegas with no issues whatsoever, it was a nice productive uneventful trip.
We even managed to fit all the goodies we purchased at Hundy's place (100DollarMan) inside the M109 van, so we didn't have to strap anything else down other than the M109 body!
It would have been a perfect day if we could have managed to break the screws free on another M109 van body that were holding in a near-new window unit, to make a complete unit for the one that Airbornebandsman purchased. It needs a little body work, which I hope to start working on soon for him, so we can get this bad boy mounted up on his Deuce. We'll back his Deuce up to my trailer, and winch the M109 van body onto his Deuce frame...then we'll lift one side at a time to place the wood runners in between the Deuce & van frame rails, and bolt everything in place when done. He even managed to score the correct splashguards & mudflaps for the M109 from Hundy! It will be done in the next few weeks and will look great when finished.
The employees assisting us were very helpful, and very skilled with their forklift. They did a good job of removing the van body from the donor truck, and placing it on my trailer exactly where I wanted it. They also helped us tie it down. We made it back to Vegas with no issues whatsoever, it was a nice productive uneventful trip.
We even managed to fit all the goodies we purchased at Hundy's place (100DollarMan) inside the M109 van, so we didn't have to strap anything else down other than the M109 body!
It would have been a perfect day if we could have managed to break the screws free on another M109 van body that were holding in a near-new window unit, to make a complete unit for the one that Airbornebandsman purchased. It needs a little body work, which I hope to start working on soon for him, so we can get this bad boy mounted up on his Deuce. We'll back his Deuce up to my trailer, and winch the M109 van body onto his Deuce frame...then we'll lift one side at a time to place the wood runners in between the Deuce & van frame rails, and bolt everything in place when done. He even managed to score the correct splashguards & mudflaps for the M109 from Hundy! It will be done in the next few weeks and will look great when finished.
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