M3A1 Stuart Tank Firing Blanks @ Heiser Farms Add Some Rain!

[Steve Greenberg]

Hello,
Last weekend I was running around with my M3A1 Stuart tank at Heiser Farms in Dayton, OR.(55 miles SW of Portland). It had rained for the past few days with made the field a bit muddy! Link to a video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5ZgW0Zinx0&list=UUT2fgPMsllIrfJwZz5FQWkQ&index=1&feature=plcp
It was a lot of fun...but as we all know along with all the fun comes the not so fun part of cleaning up afterwords! It took 3 hours of pressure washing to clean all the mud off the suspension and tracks...Once we loaded the tank and were ready to go home the trucker attempted to turn around but did not get very far!!! The first tractor that came to pull the truck and trailer out did not move it very much then it stalled and would not start. The battery was dead so I jump started it with my Ford Explorer. The second all wheel drive tractor was able to pull the truck out of the field. Then we headed down the road.
Enjoy,
Steve

 

[Beerslayer]

A buddy saw you guys go by through Dundee on the way to the farm. Looks like fun!

You have some real interesting toys.

 

[marsman]

Thanks for shearing! I it so nice to see old green in its natural habitat.

 

[max1008]

What kind of setup is that? Weve been wanting to convert our stugIII to black powder. It is currently a gas gun and doesnt sound nearly as good as the black powder.

 

[Steve Greenberg]

M3A1 Stuart Tank Blanks

Hello,
I am using Pyrodex. Approx 1/4 lb. per blank. The 37MM shells have been modifiied to accept a 44 mag. shell to hold the primer. They are loaded just like a live shell in the breech.
Steve

 

[max1008]

brilliant! Thanks

 

[T. Highway]

Thanks for sharing the video of you drifting in the Stuart. Thats way too cool.

Bert