Re: [MV] Convoy questions

From: Bjorn Brandstedt (super_deuce@hotmail.com)
Date: Thu May 22 2003 - 15:20:39 PDT


Bruce and Joe, thanks for your answers!/Bjorn

>From: "GOTAM35" <gotam35@sc.rr.com>
>To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
>Subject: Re: [MV] Convoy questions
>Date: Thu, 22 May 2003 15:15:38 -0400
>
>I think we had 9 in the yellow serial when we pulled into the big parking
>lot in Aberdeen. We drove a little slower that the northern guys. I would
>guess about 40 MPH average most of the way. That's just a guess. The
>faster vehicles (M35's and some of the M37's) kept a pretty tight position,
>probably 75 feet? We drove from 4:00 pm on Wednesday until about 1:15 am
>that night. Met up with others in the yellow serial the next morning.
>Lots
>of rain and poor wipers. Found out the next day my switch/valve for the
>air
>motor wasn't working right and a screwdriver fixed that problem. Stopped
>every couple of hours at least and walked around the truck. Good thing, I
>noticed the bottom radiator hose dripping at our "supper" stop Wednesday
>night. A little torque on the clamp took care of that.
>
>I traveled a little over 1000 miles round trip. My front tires are about
>shot, but they looked like that before the trip. We left Aberdeen about
>noon Saturday and drove strait home, arriving about 1:00 am. I hope we can
>do something like this next year, maybe with a little less rain.
>Regardless
>I plan to attend the show and have better accommodations and a bigger TV.
>
>As a side note, I just got back from the DOT office and was able to get a
>couple of titles for some of my trucks. The two from GL didn't have a
>model
>year. Why's that?
>
>Oh, yea, I put a few pictures on my web site, but nothing compared to some
>of the others. Just a couple.
>
>http://www.joetrapp.com/pages/679981/index.htm
>
>Joe Trapp
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Bjorn Brandstedt" <super_deuce@hotmail.com>
>
>
> > I have, like many of you, I'm sure, enjoyed the many great photos from
>the
> > convoy and Churchville. I do have some questions and perhaps some of the
> > participants don't mind answering;
> > How many vehicles were there in the convoy?
> > How fast were you driving? How far apart?
> > Did you only drive in daylight? How about rain showers, did the
>windshield
> > wipers work (mine always need help)?
> > Did you make stops for "equipment checks"?
> > Some of you drove 1000 miles or more, any signs of tire wear?
> >
> > I think a Q&A forum on the convoy could be interesting to all.
> >
> > Any answers or other questions?
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Bjorn
>
>
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