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something you dont see, or DO every day

davesgmc

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well, sunday morning was yet another first for me and certainly has to be another first in the nistory books. On saturday at the t-bones baseball game the national guard armory had a Bradley on display. It WASNT hauled in on a trailer! It was driven in from the 18th street armory. I asked when they were going to take it back, and Was told it was going to be driven back on sunday morning at approx 07:30. So we got up agian early sunday morning at went back out to the ball park. I was just wanting to get a picture or two of a bradley driving right down Sate Ave through the middle of town. When we arrived all the crew and more where preping the unit for the trip. I asked if it was ok for me to take pics along the route, and was told I could be part of the route. Oh I for got to mentuion I was driving the ferret out there. So we were part of the escort of the bradley going down the road! We follwed along with marked police cars all the way back down to 18th street, about 8 miles away. It was a blast! people were really astonished to see a tracked vehilce and a wheeld armoured vehicle both driving down the street together! I had my son in the turret taking some pics, as usual it isint the best video in the world, but its still pretty cool.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=RZftX3sHMaw
 

acetomatoco

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good job... We used to have M113s and M60s come down to our town fair in Sterling MA, from Leominster via Route 12 in the old days...
 

jeli

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We had permission to use 40 acres outside of town from our Reserve center. We'd run the 113's up there and back. It was 5+ miles one way. Parades are one thing but seeing a Bradley or 113's screaming down a highwaywithout an escort get's peoples attention.
 

kcimb

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Dave, got pics? I'd love to see some. If you could email me the video of the Bradley that would be great too, Youtube is banned here at college.
 

davesgmc

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I tried to email the file witht he video,,,it is to large for any email program I have, so thats why I had to load it to youtube.
 

lstmate

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Dave

Way to go!!! That looked , neat, cool, or hot. Whatever the current word is. For sure it looked like fun.

Still hoping you and the Ferret make it to Evansville in '09.

Garry
 

davesgmc

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I should have transportation for it by then,,,if not,,,,,I may just drive it up, price of gas will only be $6 per gallon by then! I better start saving!
 

marine0311

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Probably not the place for it, but i really don't know where else to go. Do they have vehicle trail rides or land you can use to go off road in Kansas? I just bought an m1009 and figured it would be something cool to do.
 

tjcouch

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That's awesome . . . . you have got to wonder what was going through the minds of the other drivers! (Other than the obvious, "EEEeeeek! Don't hit me!"
 

BassnTruck

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marine0311 said:
Probably not the place for it, but i really don't know where else to go. Do they have vehicle trail rides or land you can use to go off road in Kansas? I just bought an m1009 and figured it would be something cool to do.
Hello,

There is KS Rocks down in Fort Scott and Tuttle Creek ORV park north of Manhatten. Those are the only 2 ORV parks in Kansas that I know of. If ya want to travel there is Disney OK and 2 places in MO I am drawing a blank on. And 1 in Iowa. I am currently in Olathe myself.
 
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