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Girlfriend in the next town
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Great looking gal!!!
Can't wait to see her cleaned up and ready to step out!
Can't wait to see her cleaned up and ready to step out!
Lots of potential there. Am curious where the crapper dump tank is - if there is one…..and it ain’t a straight shot to the ground below.
No there is a black water tank contraption directly below. I'll take some pictures next time I'm out. Getting her home will be a bit. I have to work around weekend schedules and everything will need fluid and grease before I flat tow her home. She was bought initially from a FT Hood base auction and all fluids are drained. Not sure how long she has been sitting. The conversion was done on base I suspect. Maybe a previous mmmmmm top secret interrogation chamber?
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You all over estimate what the military can do to military equipment. Such a transformation is not allowed. OR, if done, has to NOT change the original equipment. Putting a hole in the bed for the crapper would be a no go. And your conversion has to be able to be removed fast, and easy. These two pictures shows a C.P., Command Post we made in the early 70's, and it was to be slid into the bed of a long bed 5 ton, when finished.
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We used to box in 2.5 & 5 Ton cargo trucks to haul our repair parts & tools in. By MTOE we were not authorize any enclosed trucks by appropriate NSN so we made our own. Was it “regulation” or authorized? Nope. But no one through Corps ever batted an eye.
Without a boxed bed parts, tools, & TM’s would be absolute trashed. Plus, where would us Infantry guys plug in coffee pots?
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Females tend to get friendlier with the more money you throw at them…I’m sure this one is no different. It’s just a matter of money: how friendly & affectionate do you want her to be?
No probably not
Ive found the magic point is finding out how much money for the MAX in friendly for the next hour ! Then you you can decide how much longer you could really like her with that first hour information in hand ! YMMV !
CONGRATS now your really going to turn that gorilla fighter driveway builder mojo on for sure ! Take your time theres no race and you will enjoy the build as much as the outcome !
Yes for sure. We have the RV for now and lots of time to get her all fixed up right.
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Of course, boxing in, was the norm. It never changed the truck, or not much. Probably every company in the Army had at least one, if not more. At the DS level, we took a 129 van and made a shop office in it. The Co. freaked out. "Tear it out!" The Bn. Commander said, "Boys, the reward for good work is, more good work!" So we had to do two more for him. As they did not come out of my hide, it was no skin off my nose.
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Humm… is that the one from militarytrucks.com in Liberty Hill?
I first saw one of those in Liberty Hill in 2014-2015. It’s the only M109 camper I’ve ever seen that looked to be an on-purpose build by the military. My only guess is that it was some sort of mobile officer’s quarters. There was a bed, desk, cabinets and full bath. As noted above, there was a holding tank directly below the bathroom (behind the rear axel). It was professional built. What I saw was not a unit or field addition.
Congrats @Rhino 5/4 !!!!
I first saw one of those in Liberty Hill in 2014-2015. It’s the only M109 camper I’ve ever seen that looked to be an on-purpose build by the military. My only guess is that it was some sort of mobile officer’s quarters. There was a bed, desk, cabinets and full bath. As noted above, there was a holding tank directly below the bathroom (behind the rear axel). It was professional built. What I saw was not a unit or field addition.
Congrats @Rhino 5/4 !!!!
No from the place in Gatesville. Thanks yall got the best of me last weekend.
I'll have to do some serious investigating to see if I can develop the story behind her.
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It’s been a long time, but the one I saw had a very similar interior… however, it was more intact.
Deuce owner suggestion. I found some looks like NOS military tires 1100:20 in one of the many crates out there. 900 are pretty well picked through. Will those fit my deuce and would it be worth upgrading especially since the ones on the truck probably dry rot?
Look at some of the guys on here put super singles all the way around that looks killer so once you find the wheels you want from then on might be easier to find newer tires when you needed them .
I saw this looking at a picture that I had taken earlier. You can see the black water tank in the bottom left of the frame. They also closed up the windows and rivited up the openings. My kids are going to love me more now when I come to stay HEHEHE
Your cool factor just spiked!