Well finally got the old dog home. I would've sent you guys some arrival pics, but would've needed a night vision camera! What would be a 40mile trip turned
into a backroad trip of 60! My flagger lady had an unexpected meeting, so I didn't wanna risk too much traffic, relative to Montana that is, without lights, especially as it got dark. To say the m35 impressed me would be a gross understatement! Some of the 'county roads' in this area I traveled through were more like deer trails, and we hit a patch of deep sand that had me scrambling for the front diff lock! The truck felt like 'Mater' on the movie cars when he pulls his wheels from front to back like a dog crawling, trying to get traction.
The convoy past through a small town(about 10 houses here in Montana) where their vfd had their trucks out-4 m35 and what I thought was a m211. I was rolling pretty good at that point. Told the absent flagged lady that we needed to go explore those other trucks, she thought we were good on the exploration of trucks for the distant future!
I will take some pics of the tow bar setup, but highly recommend having one. Even if you would prefer to load a project on a truck, it would sure be nice to have if one of your trucks broke down. The kid I bought this from always really wanted to get this project running and drive it, but never did. So naturally I offered to take him in the m35 which he quickly took me up on-you know had to spread the disease, start the addiction!
All in in all it was an uneventful very enjoyable operation-more pics of the truck to come this weekend! The more I use these vehicles, the more I realize they are pretty much awesome! Got a number of waves and thumbs up, one wave the individual was so excited I thought I had lost a set of duals or something!