My 818 Boat

[LanceRobson]

When fording an M578 retriever we learned to check the water depth by having one crewman stand out on the front deck and hold onto the crane boom. He used a spare antenna marked for the height of the engine air intakes to check the depth as we crept into the crossing. It save us from grief more than once.

Lance

 

[davidkroberts]

you know some of us have a little voice in the back of our head that tells us some things are probably a bad idea. Im glad to see that you dont pay any attention to it, makes for a more intresting post.....

 

[dc3coyote]

You rock. Knowing that theres going to be more people like you at the rally, really makes me want to come. When I do get home we need to go wheeling.

 

[Recovry4x4]

thats awesome. I'd like to try it in my 818.

John, with all those big meats on your 818, it may float, at least the back half.

 

[wreckerman893]

That had to be one of those "Hold my beer and watch this" moments.

My harebrained scheme of the week is to buy two of those 10,000 gallon fuel bladders...lash them on each side of a duece.....inflate them and see if I can make an improvised DUKW.


When I was at Fort Benning my unit had two M916's and lowboys.

Whenever the Bradley Commanders Course was doing their swimming exercise we would have to stand by to pull out any that didn't "swim (which was pretty often).

They would put up the swim vane and the protective collar (don't remember the technical term) and slowly enter Victory Pond and attempt to cross to the other side.

We would always offer them the option of hooking the cable to the pintle hitch and we would pay out the cable till they got to the other side...if they sank we just reeled them in.

If they passed on the hook up and sank the Tank Command would have to dive in and hook the cable up under water.

We would take a cooler and make a day out of watching those officers get wet.

Yep....we need you at the GA Rally. Anybody with that kind of talent is welcome.

 

[tigger]

Cool!!!!!!!!!!!! a REDNECK TRUCK WASH!

 

[swbradley1]

 

[Seth_O]

You have a lake? I live in the wroooong state

 

[timntrucks]

wow that must have been cool going in... err down that is .. and yes i know you have more pics ... so please toss them in

 

[pwrwagonfire]

Real question is....did you have FUN?

 

[Billy Bobbed]

Earl I think I can make it.No Earl I can make it,hold my beer.Earl I didnt make it.

 

[DJones]

More Pic's Please

 

[jwaller]

John, with all those big meats on your 818, it may float, at least the back half.

you got that right. too bad the front end will be the anchor so it doesn't float away. hum, wondering if I can mount duals up front?

 

[fuzzytoaster]

I must say bravo good sir. But you know...

Its just a joke when we call these trucks "boat anchors".

 

[M54a2weasel]

I think you could make it!

 

[Ferroequinologist]

wow.

I think it's safe to say that we demand you come to the Ga Rally in October. Because we need someone to challenge Gimpy's level of crazy.

I was REALLY trying at Haspin.

Should have filled the tires with helium!

 

[elkhunter]

It's time to get up! It's daylight in the swamp!! An amphibian perhaps?

 

[EMD567]

I gotta go to the Ga Rally now, even if I don't have a MV. Just to watch Ferro and ca1517 play follow the leader in dueling M818's. See who gets stuck the worse!

 

[Boss Doug]

 

[Recovry4x4]

Let them get stuck. I finally put a winch on Crusty and I have lots of sntach blocks.