1954 IHC M54 T&P Mobile Gas Station

Currently a work in progress, just need to get the tanks strapped down to the bed and wire up the pump unit.

This baby, brings back old memories.

Nice! One of your Beta's has a boo-boo. Very accurate 1960's-early 1970's impression.

SailorJoe said:

Currently a work in progress, just need to get the tanks strapped down to the bed and wire up the pump unit.

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I spent uncountable hours with those , about 3 years worth fueling tracks and M48's, M60's etc... The windup rope-start pumps were a pain to start sometimes, but when they failed to start we could at least gravity/siphon the product , which was real slow, but at least fuel was flowing while you fussed with the pump motor.. You have a beautiful truck, even with 3 missing straps .. My armor BN's T&P's were late-50's IHC gassers (hauling diesel) until one of them got bumped by a M54A1 around 1984 or so.

Here's a pic of one of my men a couple years after I got promoted to other (easier) things .. One of the gasser T&P's had been retired and this M54A1 took its place .. This fella wanted one of the Macks so i pulled some strings to move the T&P outfit to this particular truck .. He was a good friend and former air force MP in West Germany , a good driver, I groomed him to take over BN heavy vehicle driver testing/licensing before I left , and he went on to retire as a state CDL examiner.. His dad was an OTR commercial driver until retirement .. And yes, those are tank tracks .. At least that day we weren't knee-deep in mud

One of out two Tankers fueling up the Generator shed

We had 4 of the 600 Gal. Pods on the ground. And the trucks were always full and parked next to the pods. On Monday, I had to be the first in line, to get fuel at the POL point. Get back to site and then dump. Then I jumped into the second truck and went right back to the POL point to get the second load. When I got back, the first truck was empty, so I got a third load. Parked it next to the shed. Took the other truck back to the POL point for the forth load. On Wednesday I had to only get 1 load. Friday 2 loads . We ran 6-7 gen sets 24/7 and 365 days a year. And I was a 52B20 Generator Repairman.

Guyfang said:

One of out two Tankers fueling up the Generator shed

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MASSTER ! . i always preferred that camo design over MERDC

Guyfang said:

We ran 6-7 gen sets 24/7 and 365 days a year. And I was a 52B20 Generator Repairman.

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they sure were Hungry hungry Hippo's .. what size were the gennies?

Nice!

45 KW Stewert and Stevens, model 52300. Rare birds. 400 hertz. I loved em!

Thanks for the stories and pictures! Glad to see my set-up is well received!