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Look at the top of every SS Webpage - just below the STEELSOLDIERS banner. The last button on that line, just to the left of the SEARCH BOX, is the button that will take you to the MEMBER MAP. Pretty cool, huh? The Member(s) you seek are at your finger tips! Explore the website. There are...

Our Deuce is a 1968 and came to us without a Bridge Plate. I have since acquired one, but have not yet "mounted" it... on the grill or otherwise. Our 1969 vintage XM818 came from the Midland (Texas) County Sheriff's Office. When she was posted for auction the Bridge Plate was painted over...

The SEARCH box is your FRIEND. Enter "Bridge Plate", getchya a cup of coffee, and enjoy some good reading and a quick edu-ma-cation. Carry on.

It seems that every time compressed air powered wipers comes up I have a flashback to the time one of the end-caps BLEW OFF and started ricocheting around the cab of our Deuce shortly after we got it. But that bad memory is usually subdued when I think of this clip about WIPERS...

That would depend... Did you use a Suicide Vest? Did you use an IED? Did you exceed the design limitations of your GI Equipment, Soldier and destroy some of Uncle Sam's resources? Did you fail to read the TMs and thus really FUBAR the tranny? Hmmmm. Tell us how you did it and we'll demand...

That whole program was a part of my life I cannot speak of in detail. I wouldn't WANT to kill you. It's just a requirement if I were to tell you. rofl

Posts #63, 64 & others are a good start, Rocky. That WIKI link is always good reading. John

I presume then that you are also familiar with the D-21 Drone that road atop the SR-71's backbone ala 747/Space Shuttle piggybacking???

Thank you for the update. The SS Rapid Response System is awesome. I guess this means that all units can again STAND DOWN.

SITREP? We would appreciate an updated Situation Report if you're able. Thank you.

Tuning in late here.... I have a HEAVY tow bar (takes 3 gorillas to lift one leg at a time) made for the M-1 Tank and the appropriate feet for a Deuce. LOCATION: San Angelo Texas 245 miles NW of Seguin, TX and at least 4 hours out. If you cannot locate one closer or more manageable Medium...

Ah, yes..... I remember riding in the back of the old family station wagon when I was just a kid too........................

This is a new NATION-WIDE ID REQUIREMENT that kicked in as of 1/1/2016. Certain State's refused to make their issued DL's compliant, thereby making them FEDERALLY INVALID for ID PURPOSES. I suggest you contact your STATE OFFICIALS - State Senators & Representatives - and get THEM to fix THEIR...

That 2x2 FPU (Forward Power Unit) is a very interesting "Bob-Job" that I've never before seen attempted in these forums. Have you considered starting and driving that mutation? It could be quite an experience.

Maybe so, maybe not. I have seen some of those "jokes" doing their absolute best, working beyond their God-given capacities. That's why I always check the work of any volunteer Soldier B's the "help" with our MVs. Still, it's a fun photo with which to stir some safe-thinking.

I'm perpetuating this thread (thanks to its general type title) to another thought on TRAILER SAFETY (and inherently, TOWING SAFETY) One MUST be very careful in identifying, selecting, and using SAFETY CHAIN ANCHORAGES...... I think I now comprehend just WHY when I was first introduced to...

As I recall, Gimp, in the past when a railroad forum was proposed or discussed it was "derailed" for lack of moderator manpower. Hence, it has been a topic of such banter seemingly whenever any MV topic comes up wherein railroading - particularly Military Railroading - is even remotely mentioned...

Thanks for posting up the 10-Ton's accomplishment. Gotta luv it ! This dialog reminds me of the intro to the movie THE RIGHT STUFF. The SS Railroad Forum is like that unseen demon, the Sound Barrier. We all kinda "know" it exists, but no one has yet "broken through it". Maybe one day, some...

Just yesterday, the City of San Angelo (Texas) City Council passed a NO TEXTING WHILE DRIVING ordinance which will go into effect on Saturday 1/9/2016. There is much commentary in local media and on social media about this HOT POTATO topic. We shall wait and see where the fallout zone is and...

Welcome aboard :-D Find a bunk, stow your gear, and prepare to get underway :driver: From whom did you inherit your Deuce? Did they run it regularly? When was the last time it was run before you started your tinkering? Was it well maintained before you took possession and just sitting, or...