Tank salvage yard in Iraq.

[kcimb]

I meant to include that in my list of options as well. I have seen them take sledge hammers to AK's around here.

Any chance of getting pics of the Aks?

The ATF might let you bring back a few 'sporting' rifles if you so desire, maybe some C&R weapons.

 

[Lonesome715]

Nah, I am not interested in Ak's. They are a dime a dozen back home and every body has them.

 

[kcimb]

Nah, I am not interested in Ak's. They are a dime a dozen back home and every body has them.

Not AKs, but stuff like mosins, lee enfields..more historic stuff.

 

[Lonesome715]

Not that I have seen. I have seen a lot of them end up as displays for the units when they get home.

 

[Lonesome715]

Well another day has gone to crap already. I went out there today to get this stuff finished and a call went out on the radio that I had to respond to. Those damn insurgents just do not care if I have plans or not.

 

[Lonesome715]

These are the only numbers I could locate. I did not have anywater with me, so I may have missed the other markings under the dirt.

 

[Lonesome715]

This is the other truck I have been working on. WHat do you do when you can only fit a wrench and cannot get enough leverage? you use a fork lift to break the nut losse. The final photograph is victory. One side done and lessons learned.

 

[AJMBLAZER]

Drool...

...on the truck stuff and the weaponry...

 

[kcimb]

This is the other truck I have been working on. WHat do you do when you can only fit a wrench and cannot get enough leverage? you use a fork lift to break the nut losse. The final photograph is victory. One side done and lessons learned.

I see the iraqis are having a positive influence on you

 

[Lonesome715]

I need a few of them out there with me. They can strip a heavy truck in minutes with no tools.

 

[maddawg308]

All that armor and you're pulling parts off a civvy pickup. Love the Iraqi colors on the gas tank filler cover! What in God's name happened to that truck? Not much left of it except for the scrap metal content....

 

[kcimb]

All that armor and you're pulling parts off a civvy pickup. Love the Iraqi colors on the gas tank filler cover! What in God's name happened to that truck? Not much left of it except for the scrap metal content....

MOhammed discovered why the infidels go crazy on saturday nights

 

[Lonesome715]

You should see some of the other Pick ups out there. The Irai police uses them and they get blown up and shot to hell all the time. Those guy roll around outside the wire with a machine gun mounted in the bed.

 

[ARMYMAN30YearsPlus]

Very Brave men and the future of Iraq is in the hands of men not afraid to fight the terrorists for a free Iraq. How many boxes have you sent home so far? I know I sent a few and when I got home they were all stacked up on the back porch.

 

[Lonesome715]

Several. I use MRE boxes becuase they are very sturdy. My wife is not happy when she sees one come in. They are always heavy and she has a hell of a time organizing the stuff in them. She said the mail man already knows whos house they are going to when they arrive. These brake assemblies are a little different though. I want them for our tow vehicles and they are far from light. One caliper with out the pads wieghs 16 pound. I have not weighed the bracket and backing plate assembly yet, but they sure feel heavy. Even though it will cost me a couple of hundred to send three sets home, I am still saving well north of $2000 when it is all done.

 

[Lonesome715]

And by the way, I know most of the Iraqi police are serving their country and working towards a stable Iraq. But let me tell you from experience, not all of them are on our side. I have seen first hand some of them detonate an IED on one of our convoys.

 

[powerhouseduece]

if your wife gets tired of getting the boxes you can send me some stuff!!

 

[Lonesome715]

I'll keep that in mind. That sure is nice of you to offer.

 

[powerhouseduece]

thats what im here for..... support!

 

[Lonesome715]

I really do not want to know what I have spent on shipping so far. I have to go get some more wooden ammo crates out of some of those bunkers I posted photographs of. I might need them to ship home the brake parts.