So i'm going to attempt to recover the M35A2 i bought at forrest park tomorrow- hope all goes well. i've got my fingers crossed and hopefully with some help from some brothers from the fire department and ambulance service I work for, we'll get the beast rolling home...
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Attempting recovery tomorrow
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I'll be there at 1pm...... Look for me....... I'll be in the maroon F-150 SuperCrew picking up a Deuce.
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Just got back, didn't see any SS guys there, met a couple of nice guys picking up some trucks but they said they weren't from the site.
Got the truck home, nice runner, required a slave, DEAD batteries!
Got the truck home, nice runner, required a slave, DEAD batteries!
Congrats on the recovery Clinto
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Recovery A Success! I took up a couple guys from the fire department and a buddy from the ambulance service and managed to make it back home in one piece. I was able to drive the deuce back from Ft. Gillem to Augusta without a hitch... well at least the driving back part.
I almost got all four of us arrested while trying to get on base and got to take a scenic tour of Forest Park as a result. When i got up in the AM to get on the road i remembered that I had my carry gun in the center console of my truck and some papers and stuff so i grabbed them in a hurry and took them into the house. When we were pulling in the gates at the base I discovered that in that pile of papers at the house was my proof of insurance... With my luck GCIC was down and they were unable to electronically verify my insurance either.
Apparently they arrest you on base for that and cite you and tow your vehicle. At least thats what the gate security dude said. Policy I guess... Fortunately they cut us loose since they saw my firefighter tag on the pickup truck and didnt feel like paperwork. My verizon navigator sent me to a private residence in the middle of the ghetto thinking the Geico office was located there, then we went to a library (having given the navigator a second chance) that was about 15 miles away where I was able to print the insurance card.
After a good hour and a half later we finally got on base. The guard laughed at us when we went through because GCIC had come back up about 5min after we left and they had been able to verify the insurance on my pickup truck at that time.
Once we finally got to the GL Lot things took a turn for the better- the GL man told me that the brakes were not acting appropriately and that something was leaking or something, but after inspection and a careful test drive we could find nothing wrong with the brakes. He then decided that he was talking about the wrong truck and that we should be good to go. The next 150 or so miles went by pretty uneventfully, and now I'm stoked to have the deuce home. I'm also a little sore from driving it home but it was definitely worth the effort.
Also, Thanks to all who post on this site and for all their useful information and insight. I'm making this my homepage.
-Mark
I almost got all four of us arrested while trying to get on base and got to take a scenic tour of Forest Park as a result. When i got up in the AM to get on the road i remembered that I had my carry gun in the center console of my truck and some papers and stuff so i grabbed them in a hurry and took them into the house. When we were pulling in the gates at the base I discovered that in that pile of papers at the house was my proof of insurance... With my luck GCIC was down and they were unable to electronically verify my insurance either.
Apparently they arrest you on base for that and cite you and tow your vehicle. At least thats what the gate security dude said. Policy I guess... Fortunately they cut us loose since they saw my firefighter tag on the pickup truck and didnt feel like paperwork. My verizon navigator sent me to a private residence in the middle of the ghetto thinking the Geico office was located there, then we went to a library (having given the navigator a second chance) that was about 15 miles away where I was able to print the insurance card.
After a good hour and a half later we finally got on base. The guard laughed at us when we went through because GCIC had come back up about 5min after we left and they had been able to verify the insurance on my pickup truck at that time.
Once we finally got to the GL Lot things took a turn for the better- the GL man told me that the brakes were not acting appropriately and that something was leaking or something, but after inspection and a careful test drive we could find nothing wrong with the brakes. He then decided that he was talking about the wrong truck and that we should be good to go. The next 150 or so miles went by pretty uneventfully, and now I'm stoked to have the deuce home. I'm also a little sore from driving it home but it was definitely worth the effort.
Also, Thanks to all who post on this site and for all their useful information and insight. I'm making this my homepage.
-Mark
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Hmm, I'm wondering why the heater vent is pointing downward...
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Good lookin' truck though and with a nice vise
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my wife asked "what the hell are you going to do with that".. My reply "anything I want".
Congrats on the recovery!
Congrats on the recovery!
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Was there anything that you would feel my wife should know before she goes out there to start picking up trucks? There are three of them she has to get.
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That your sorry.....
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We already had that conversation.
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How to use a credit card......
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That is part of the reason she has to pick up three.