From: Sonny Heath (sonny@defuniak.com)
Date: Sun Apr 09 2006 - 04:56:53 PDT
I agree and it may very well be answering someone else's question so instead
of clicking on "reply" just click on "reply all" , thats how it works on my
puter anyway,
Sonny
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dan Maguire" <dmaguire@mchsi.com>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Sunday, April 09, 2006 3:02 AM
Subject: Re: [MV] all work and no play
> Hi TJ,
>
> I have a 5-ton with a rotator back (M62). Tomorrow I am heading to a
> friends house to set trusses on a garage that he is building. Last time I
> used the boom, I was pulling 50 year old shrubs from along the house.
> Mostly, though, the vehicle is just to keep the neighborhood in line.
> Kidding.
>
> I agree wholeheartedly with Mike about too many MV answers going direct
> rather than through the list. I think that much of the chit-chat would be
> overlooked if it was buried in all the tech stuff going to the list.
>
> BR,
> Dan
> Auburn, IN
>
>
>
>
> timothy.smith1@att.net wrote:
>> Well, I'm happy to report that I think I've finally found a front bumper
>> for my half track with some help from a member of this list. Shipping
>> expense is gonna be a 24 carat gold plated muthah if I can get this
>> bumper. I should have taken up stamp collecting.
>>
>> Lads, the mil-veh list is what it is. I dare say most of us are old
>> enough to remember the days when we had party lines for our telephones.
>> Try to think of it that way. There is always a certain amount of monkey
>> business going on but if you can't at LEAST appreciate the humor in it
>> and if you can't appreciate the fact that there are quite a few guys out
>> there who still know how to have fun, then you have my pity. Your life
>> must be very dull...and for you guys who want everything just SO...well,
>> I'm glad you're not cops because you'd be out there writing tickets for 1
>> mph over the limit and driving everyone plumb crazy. Hold the reins
>> loosely!
>>
>> I've seen a lot of posts lately dealing with what the mil-veh list IS and
>> what it SHOULD be, but very little about what everyone is doing with
>> their MV's lately. So I'm gonna jump start this puppy and see if y'all
>> will follow suit.
>>
>> It's SPRING, when many of us turn to thoughts of what we want to be doing
>> with our MV's. I just sold my Corvette and am looking forward to
>> tackling the half track and maybe do a bit on the Scout Car. Here is
>> what's coming up (if I have my way).
>>
>> I have Gary Hebding lining up the remaining little parts I need for
>> overhauling the rear suspension. New tracks and rollers are the order of
>> the day as well as servicing the back brakes and idlers while I'm in
>> there.
>>
>> Buying Gary's repro rear armor/floor kit is simply out of my reach
>> financially. My current back end is a hybrid with some home-made parts
>> that lack some detail. Not nasty, but not nearly right. I think I can
>> make it better. Not to be stopped by a little thing like lack of dough,
>> I'm planning on buying a plasma cutter and perhaps a sheet metal brake
>> and getting on with it come hell or high water. What the hell...they can
>> kill me, but they can't eat me. Oh, and I'm going to tackle my driver
>> comparment floor panels. They rattle and that makes me nuts. Can't wait
>> to shut them up! I have two original rear side armor panels and a rear
>> inner fender for the Scout which I plan on having reproduced locally.
>> Since they are mirror images right and left, I'm good to go. The floor
>> is very rudimentary and the Army has a complete Scout nearby that I can
>> examine for accurate measurements on just about everything. It'll feel
>> good doing SOMETHING on the Scout Car. It has been sitting for SO long!
>>
>> What do you deuce-a-holics do for fun? I'd LOVE to have the deuce with
>> the rotater boom crane / wrecker. Last thing...some advice for
>> everybody. Relax and enjoy the hobby, enjoy the mil-veh list, Steel
>> Soldiers and whatever MV fun you can find...where-ever you can find it.
>>
>> Regards,
>> TJ
>>
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