Re: tiger tanks

From: Sonny Heath (sonny@defuniak.com)
Date: Wed Jan 04 2006 - 17:08:02 PST


I have a Cletrac crawler and it puts 17 pound per square inch on the ground.

Sonny

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From: "Everette" <194cbteng@bellsouth.net>
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Sent: Wednesday, January 04, 2006 5:01 PM
Subject: Re: [MV] tiger tanks

> The national guard unit here used to be tank unit they had M60s and the
> state highway department asked them to stop putting them in parades
> because of fear of what the weight would do to underground stuff in
> road -- water, gas, etc. but was BS according to fellows who work for
> city.
>
> They had rubber pads so did not damage road surface and I think highway
> department was not smart enough to measure actual pressure per square
> inch, my undeducted guess is that they would be less per square inch than
> a loaded truck / trailer.
>
> Everette
>
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>
>>I was thinking about getting a real Tiger Tank to park next to my Atomic
>>Annie. In my dreams anyways. Seriously, how many Tiger tanks survive
>>today? I know about the one that runs in the Bovington museum. Also,
>>would I need a CDL to drive my Tiger to town if I was only buying milk and
>>bread for personal consumption?
>>
>> Dave McConnell
>>
>> M35A2 w/w and 50 cal ring
>>
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