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What a strange turn of events.
I just bought my M925A2 a month ago. This is my first MV ever. Wednesday I got the word my ETP for ADOS orders will not get approved at NGB this year. After 15 years of Active Federal Service in the Marine Corps. and Army National Guard, I will be unemployed at the end of this FY. Wow!!!!
Why Oregon? Well my dad lives there, I have a house in Salem, (that I just put up for sale), and my dad has two spare bedrooms until I figure out the next step. Plus ample storage for all of my stuff, so I can travel light for the next several years.
So my M925 has a rebuild date of July 2010. I think a fifth wheel and some extra oil should do the trick. It seems to be a very sound truck.
Trust me, I have been pouring through the TM to learn as much as possible for this adventure of a lifetime.
We will be breaking into two movements. My wife will be taking the old F250, which I have done a lot of work to over the years, (scary to think about relying on my novice moderate mechanical skills), with a horse trailer in a few weeks. She will be taking her horse, two dogs, two cats, and our teenage son ahead IOT secure a job before mine is gone. Very nervous about this. She is a trooper though. She actually drove this same load here when we did a partial DITY from Oregon over here three years ago.
My recently self/unemployed uncle will be flying out to help pack and load the 53' dry van trailer I will be purchasing soon. He will also help me with the retrograde back to Oregon.
I could certainly use several contacts along the way in case of emergency, or just a need for someone to share a beer with when the road gets tiresome.
Is this plan entirely crazy??? I think if there was ever a crowd that would appreciate my point of view I would think the SS crowd would. I am open to any advice.
Thanks in advance.
Sean
(762) 822-3671
I just bought my M925A2 a month ago. This is my first MV ever. Wednesday I got the word my ETP for ADOS orders will not get approved at NGB this year. After 15 years of Active Federal Service in the Marine Corps. and Army National Guard, I will be unemployed at the end of this FY. Wow!!!!
Why Oregon? Well my dad lives there, I have a house in Salem, (that I just put up for sale), and my dad has two spare bedrooms until I figure out the next step. Plus ample storage for all of my stuff, so I can travel light for the next several years.
So my M925 has a rebuild date of July 2010. I think a fifth wheel and some extra oil should do the trick. It seems to be a very sound truck.
Trust me, I have been pouring through the TM to learn as much as possible for this adventure of a lifetime.
We will be breaking into two movements. My wife will be taking the old F250, which I have done a lot of work to over the years, (scary to think about relying on my novice moderate mechanical skills), with a horse trailer in a few weeks. She will be taking her horse, two dogs, two cats, and our teenage son ahead IOT secure a job before mine is gone. Very nervous about this. She is a trooper though. She actually drove this same load here when we did a partial DITY from Oregon over here three years ago.
My recently self/unemployed uncle will be flying out to help pack and load the 53' dry van trailer I will be purchasing soon. He will also help me with the retrograde back to Oregon.
I could certainly use several contacts along the way in case of emergency, or just a need for someone to share a beer with when the road gets tiresome.
Is this plan entirely crazy??? I think if there was ever a crowd that would appreciate my point of view I would think the SS crowd would. I am open to any advice.
Thanks in advance.
Sean
(762) 822-3671
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