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Deuce recovery Story
Well this Beekeeper after much guidance and advice from the wonderful brotherhood of Steelsoldiers.com bid on an M35A2C on govliquidation.com. After a long awaited 91 days for the EUC to clear I got the green light to pick up the deuce. My son had been all excited about the deuce (13yrs old) and so I made a deal with him. He could become the official photographer for the trip IF he got his homework assignments from school and did his homework prior to the trip. After a long fought weekend of doing his homework he was ready for the Monday/Tuesday trip from Alabama.
A friend who is a steelsoldier enthusiast, my son, and I headed out Monday night bound for Eastover South Carolina. We arrived at the base about 4:30AM and napped in the Suburban with the truck running until the First Sergeant arrived about 6:30AM. The temp gauge showed it to be 19 degrees and the base was busy as Soldiers prepared for a trip to the firing range. I could not help but remember the days of holding a weapon all day in the cold. It has a tendency to drain the heat out of your body through your hands.
First Sergeant arrived and could not have been a nicer guy. We gave him the paperwork and he smiled at me and said he started that yesterday. Well today at 19 degrees it was a different story. I told him to wait a minute I had a Christmas present for him. I went to my truck and pulled out a can of ether and handed it to him. He had about 10 trucks to get started and out of the lot and he went to work. After a jump and a squirt of either the gal fired right up. We met some nice folks picking up other trucks at the site.
The truck has good brakes, ran fine we did a preliminary inspection. The plan was to get it off base and to a gas station for a more detailed inspection. One fault that I take full responsibly for was not bolting the hood back down. I had noticed all the vehicles having the latches on the hoods undone but I just did not click with me. Sure enough the hood flipped up as I was going down the road outside of base. Well I will have to bang out the dent in the hood at another time; Guidance from steelsolders as the proper method of doing this will be gratefully taken into advisement, but that is for a later discussion. We bolted her down and got her down the road. The frost on the outside and inside of the truck was thick and I did my best to clear off enough to keep it safe for driving but I was cold. I remember from my days driving a deuce there was a vent that you could open up to pass air across the engine but I did not find it. I found vents on the side that opened up doors on the side of the deuce but not to the engine. So I suspect I will be looking into an after-market cab heater. Recommendations welcomed!
The truck only had 44 hrs driven and 4k miles on it. It ran like a new truck of the show room floor. Not a problem one from inspection. The gas gauge read full tank and I felt like a hit the jack pot. We stopped and ate breakfast at McDonald's, took some picture (that I will post tomorrow or tonight). We found out later in the incredible traffic of 1-20 in the middle of downtown Atlanta that the gas gauge was stuck as a quarter tank still showed but we were out of gas. Thanks for the present of a Jerry can Jonathan! That saved the day!
Truck is home and safe, my friend, my son and I are all beat up from a fun trip. Pictures to follow...
Well this Beekeeper after much guidance and advice from the wonderful brotherhood of Steelsoldiers.com bid on an M35A2C on govliquidation.com. After a long awaited 91 days for the EUC to clear I got the green light to pick up the deuce. My son had been all excited about the deuce (13yrs old) and so I made a deal with him. He could become the official photographer for the trip IF he got his homework assignments from school and did his homework prior to the trip. After a long fought weekend of doing his homework he was ready for the Monday/Tuesday trip from Alabama.
A friend who is a steelsoldier enthusiast, my son, and I headed out Monday night bound for Eastover South Carolina. We arrived at the base about 4:30AM and napped in the Suburban with the truck running until the First Sergeant arrived about 6:30AM. The temp gauge showed it to be 19 degrees and the base was busy as Soldiers prepared for a trip to the firing range. I could not help but remember the days of holding a weapon all day in the cold. It has a tendency to drain the heat out of your body through your hands.
First Sergeant arrived and could not have been a nicer guy. We gave him the paperwork and he smiled at me and said he started that yesterday. Well today at 19 degrees it was a different story. I told him to wait a minute I had a Christmas present for him. I went to my truck and pulled out a can of ether and handed it to him. He had about 10 trucks to get started and out of the lot and he went to work. After a jump and a squirt of either the gal fired right up. We met some nice folks picking up other trucks at the site.
The truck has good brakes, ran fine we did a preliminary inspection. The plan was to get it off base and to a gas station for a more detailed inspection. One fault that I take full responsibly for was not bolting the hood back down. I had noticed all the vehicles having the latches on the hoods undone but I just did not click with me. Sure enough the hood flipped up as I was going down the road outside of base. Well I will have to bang out the dent in the hood at another time; Guidance from steelsolders as the proper method of doing this will be gratefully taken into advisement, but that is for a later discussion. We bolted her down and got her down the road. The frost on the outside and inside of the truck was thick and I did my best to clear off enough to keep it safe for driving but I was cold. I remember from my days driving a deuce there was a vent that you could open up to pass air across the engine but I did not find it. I found vents on the side that opened up doors on the side of the deuce but not to the engine. So I suspect I will be looking into an after-market cab heater. Recommendations welcomed!
The truck only had 44 hrs driven and 4k miles on it. It ran like a new truck of the show room floor. Not a problem one from inspection. The gas gauge read full tank and I felt like a hit the jack pot. We stopped and ate breakfast at McDonald's, took some picture (that I will post tomorrow or tonight). We found out later in the incredible traffic of 1-20 in the middle of downtown Atlanta that the gas gauge was stuck as a quarter tank still showed but we were out of gas. Thanks for the present of a Jerry can Jonathan! That saved the day!
Truck is home and safe, my friend, my son and I are all beat up from a fun trip. Pictures to follow...
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and a couple M105A2's to go with them.
