This is Bertha. My 1990 M923A2. Her last unit was with the 115th Combat Support Hospital out of Fort Polk, La.
After being auctioned, she landed with our very own
@Trailboss where she sat for a while.
I originally went to look at some deuces that he had for sale, but to get those girls where they needed to be was beyond my abilities, and I knew this. He asked me 'Have you ever thought about a 5 ton?"
When I went to look at her, this is the shape she was in:
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Kind of rough, but after my initial "Holy crap I've never messed with anything that big!" I saw her potential, took some photos and went home to discuss it with my sweet lady.
After showing her the pics, she said "LETS #*&$ING DO THAT!" (I'm paraphrasing).
So after negotiating a price for everything, I had to wait until I came in from offshore to pull the trigger on recovery.
Because I have the patience of a seven year old, we went to recover her the first available day I had when I came in... which was February 13, 2021... a day that had a HIGH temp of 30°. One of my best friends, my sweet lady and my son all loaded up in my truck with tools, antifreeze, towstraps and other necessities (like a thermos full of hot coffee) at 0500 in the morning I order to be at the truck by daylight.
Once there, we got busy cleaning windows, installing batteries and airing up tires...
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Next came the moment of truth... the fuel had been sitting as long as the truck had, I bought 2 new type 31 batteries.... will she start and get home under her own power or am I gonna shell out for a wrecker?
Starting the M923A2 after two years in 30° weather
more later...
