October 7th, 2011.
I saw an M211 deuce do 70 once back in West Virginia! Oh, you mean the one that popped its parking brake and ran off a strip mine high wall???? Between you, I and the rock, one of these days some one of the deuce hot rodders are going to blow a tire, throw a driveshaft and do something really spectacular enough for the evening news..... THEN the rest of us are going to be in a world of hurt. If some fool wants to attach a JATO pack to his truck and hotrod off road in Nevada or Texas, fine, it just cleans up the gene pool a little. BUT when you do something very foolish in a 40 year old, specialized tactical truck on the road, Whooeeee! The biodegradable mass is going to impact the rotating impellor and we're all going to get covered.
I pretty much know what the Army designed these trucks for, and you have to wonder why most of them move from post to post on a flatbed and no longer are in road convoys. Back during the "Nam war, it wasn't unknown to cross the whole United States in a convoy of deuces doing 45 MPH, anything above that increases the inspection, maintenance and repair needs almost exponentially, and add 40 years of age to the truck....PLEASE be sure to title your hotrod deuces in Mexico as Mexican Army trucks, that way the rest of us can breathe easier. Remember, with the demil codes on these trucks, UNCLE can SCRAP them if he wants!
Just my .02 worth!
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