wadefreedomvehicles
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SO I would like to start out with saying a few things about our association, Freedom Vehicles.
It was an idea tossed around by a few guys, me my father, and a buddy, and then this idea turned into an actual non profit association. The reason we had this idea is because the local military vehicle group, wasn't very local(like up in one county of the state) and they didn't do anything like why we had military vehicles. Freedom Vehicles uses military vehicles, equipment, and gear to promote patriotism in the are that we are located in, in such a way that has never been done before. It is a fun hobby for us, and we get to teach people about these cool things. But not only are they cool, but they are pieces of history, they are the vehicles that kept us free, and other people free, an people don't realize what that takes. To learn more about our association, visit our website, Freedomvehicles.org
Now on to the GAMA GOAT.
So these two goats that we now own, were put up for sale locally, and we called n them and asked them if we could get them for a better deal than what they were because of what we were doing, and they said we could. So we went down and picked them up. We rented a bigger civi truck to go and get them in, and brought our flat bed car hauler trailer with us. When we got there we discovered that they were burned in a brush fire, so one half of both of them was all meted up. It was the first time we had seen a Gama goat in real life before, so we did a walk around and looked at them for a while. Then we tryed to decide how to get them on the trailer, there was no way we were going to try to start them. We tried to use a hand winch and winch them up on the trailer, but that didn't work so well. What we ended up doing, was we disconnected the trailer, got some blocks and put them in front of the trailer tires, hooked the goat onto a tow strap and onto the truck, and then pulled it up on to the trailer. It was anew idea we had never tried and it worked really well. Then we strapped it all down, then went and drove it to the place we are storing it at, and then headed back for the other one. This one was burned way worse, 2 of the 3 tires on one side all burned off. It took a little longer, but it got on there. Then we went and dumped it off and then they were where we are keeping them still. The goats are a M561 manufactured 1970, delivered in 1971, and M561 manufactured in 1973, and delivered in 1973.
Now since then, we have gone and done a little bit of work, as time permits. We replaced the fuel filters, and we have also determined that we now have a parts truck. We are not selling parts as of currently, as we need to see what we need to get the other one in ship shape order. We have moved around the good tires out of all 10 of the(cause 2 were burned gone) and put them all on one goat so that when we get it driving it will have good tires to drive on.
We were down there the last two days, and did work on them pretty much the whole time. We determined that the steering box needs replaced on the one we are trying to get to work(1973). We started replacing the burned front passenger fender, and we got it running. But it is running super high, when we started it, it just started winding up, like the governor wasn't working. We are thinking the switch is stuck. This is new for us, as we have never tackled anything as odd as the Gama Goat before.
Well I can't think of anything else to say about them, but if you have any questions then feel free to ask. I am going to call this the official "restoration"(if you could even call it that, because we are not going to do extensive work on it) thread for our M561 Gama Goat.
It was an idea tossed around by a few guys, me my father, and a buddy, and then this idea turned into an actual non profit association. The reason we had this idea is because the local military vehicle group, wasn't very local(like up in one county of the state) and they didn't do anything like why we had military vehicles. Freedom Vehicles uses military vehicles, equipment, and gear to promote patriotism in the are that we are located in, in such a way that has never been done before. It is a fun hobby for us, and we get to teach people about these cool things. But not only are they cool, but they are pieces of history, they are the vehicles that kept us free, and other people free, an people don't realize what that takes. To learn more about our association, visit our website, Freedomvehicles.org
Now on to the GAMA GOAT.
So these two goats that we now own, were put up for sale locally, and we called n them and asked them if we could get them for a better deal than what they were because of what we were doing, and they said we could. So we went down and picked them up. We rented a bigger civi truck to go and get them in, and brought our flat bed car hauler trailer with us. When we got there we discovered that they were burned in a brush fire, so one half of both of them was all meted up. It was the first time we had seen a Gama goat in real life before, so we did a walk around and looked at them for a while. Then we tryed to decide how to get them on the trailer, there was no way we were going to try to start them. We tried to use a hand winch and winch them up on the trailer, but that didn't work so well. What we ended up doing, was we disconnected the trailer, got some blocks and put them in front of the trailer tires, hooked the goat onto a tow strap and onto the truck, and then pulled it up on to the trailer. It was anew idea we had never tried and it worked really well. Then we strapped it all down, then went and drove it to the place we are storing it at, and then headed back for the other one. This one was burned way worse, 2 of the 3 tires on one side all burned off. It took a little longer, but it got on there. Then we went and dumped it off and then they were where we are keeping them still. The goats are a M561 manufactured 1970, delivered in 1971, and M561 manufactured in 1973, and delivered in 1973.
Now since then, we have gone and done a little bit of work, as time permits. We replaced the fuel filters, and we have also determined that we now have a parts truck. We are not selling parts as of currently, as we need to see what we need to get the other one in ship shape order. We have moved around the good tires out of all 10 of the(cause 2 were burned gone) and put them all on one goat so that when we get it driving it will have good tires to drive on.
We were down there the last two days, and did work on them pretty much the whole time. We determined that the steering box needs replaced on the one we are trying to get to work(1973). We started replacing the burned front passenger fender, and we got it running. But it is running super high, when we started it, it just started winding up, like the governor wasn't working. We are thinking the switch is stuck. This is new for us, as we have never tackled anything as odd as the Gama Goat before.
Well I can't think of anything else to say about them, but if you have any questions then feel free to ask. I am going to call this the official "restoration"(if you could even call it that, because we are not going to do extensive work on it) thread for our M561 Gama Goat.
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