M123E2 recovery trip

[AMGeneral]

I went Sat to pick up the M123E2 I bought in GA,Clinto,Rdixiemiller and a friend of theirs came by to help in the recovery of this monster,(I don't think I could have done it without them!Thanks many times.)Here are a few pics,Clinto took some also hopefully he will post his.Thanks again guys!!

This is the truck as it arrived home,

 

[AMGeneral]

close up of the front shock/towbar connection

 

[maddawg308]

That's a big beast, but man, we're all glad and proud of you for saving another giant from the scrapper. When your 1+1 = 1 restoration is done, what work do you have in mind for your big toy?

 

[AMGeneral]

close up of the LH rear tire on the 10 ton after the trip

 

[sermis]

Can you post a PIC of the tow bar adapter that mounts under the axel?

 

[AMGeneral]

1400X24 tire stacking(not many people wanted to ride behind me on the way home)

 

[AMGeneral]

the pass side door literally fell right off!

 

[AMGeneral]

R/H rear tire on the 816 after the trip(bad recap job,I never felt it come off)

 

[AMGeneral]

maddowg308,
Planning on restoring the 123E2 and using it to pull the GOER to shows.

sermis,
The towbar connection points are actually the plates that the shock absorber links bolt to,they are not actually towbar connection points,it just worked out that it was convinent to hook it there.It actually worked out great.

 

[timntrucks]

man how come you guys have all the fun. down here in mudland there are not many of us into MVs and fewer trucks to be saved. glad you got another one home, keep us posted in pics Tim

 

[AMGeneral]

BTW,I literally CAN NOT turn my 816 around in the yard now for all the trucks!(maybe it's time to git rid of a few?)

 

[rdixiemiller]

Glad you made it home in one piece. I think you would have had a loooong day changing those tires by yourself! It was a job with 4 of us doing it. Really cool truck, glad I could be a part of the recovery.
This is fun stuff!

 

[clinto]

I had a great time Saturday, it was nice to meet another Steel Soliders member

My friend that came with me was Dave, he is the fella who got us the land for the trail ride that I had at my cookout a few months ago....... I am trying to infect him with the green disease.............

Here are the pics, and best of all: VIDEO!!!

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=6960752491058668463

And here are all the pics from Saturday:

http://s9.photobucket.com/albums/a90/clinto1/M123 Recovery/?start=all

 

[clinto]

More pics:

 

[rizzo]

cool

 

[steelsoldiers]

Enjoyed the pics! Wish I could get the Google Vid to work. It just keeps buffering. Maybe it'll work for me later.

 

[ida34]

Very nice. I will be the first to ask. What are you going to do with that?

 

[EZFEED]

Damn thats a big truck!!!!!!

I myself didn't know they even made a 10 ton! I thought 5 ton was the biggest in these types of trucks.

Man I'd love to have a little wrecker like yours!

 

[wreckerman893]

Man....that wrecker has a huge set of knutz.
That is one butt ugly 123.
You have your work cut out for you.
Good luck.

 

[texas-5-ton]

Wow, you have got your work cut out for you General. That looks like it was a job just to get it moved. Once again, it is good to see good honest people helping each other out. Hope that all goes well with your refurb. Wish we had more MV junk in the Texas area to tinker with. Once again, good luck with your "BIG BRUTUS".