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More fun than a stump grinder !
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Found this the other day, not sure who owns it but that's one heck of a Deuce Use!!
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That's a deuce tractor, isn't it?
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Looks like just an M35A2 with an added 5th wheel, the M275 tractor has air tanks where the M35 fuel tank goes.
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I've always said my Deuce could pull a house down.... But that's not exactly what I pictured....
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Whatever it is that transmission would have to be geared low wouldn't it?
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I've considered a Deuce for a daily driver/get-around car, no joke! Does that count?
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I had to use mine as a daily a couple weeks one summer when my pickup's trans was getting fixed, fun at first but after a few days your left knee, upper arms, ears and wallet start to hurt!
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That reminds me of the joke, about the guy visiting his doctor:
- He says "Doc, it hurts when I do THIS".
- Doctor says, "STOP doing that!"
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I try to drive mine to work (about 60 miles round trip) at least 2 times a week. More if it's a rainy week. Generally if I'm not on my bike I'm in the truck.
I tell myself the better mileage on the bike cancels out the mileage of the deuce.
But yeah, my left knee feels it. I'm definitively popping more ibuprofen these days!
But the best use of my deuce is that it gets me out of the house doing something after work. I'm really having fun with it.
I tell myself the better mileage on the bike cancels out the mileage of the deuce.
But yeah, my left knee feels it. I'm definitively popping more ibuprofen these days!
But the best use of my deuce is that it gets me out of the house doing something after work. I'm really having fun with it.
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I use mine for parades, veterans fund raisers, M/V meets and hauling weeds and stuff to the dump.
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With the transmission in first gear and the transfer-case in Low range you have a pretty good gear to pull just about anything that truck frame could handle.
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Hauled some old fencing off to a friend's burn pile. I would definitely bail this guy out of jail any time of night without question. Used his utility trailer and laughed when I had to swap to a 2" ball.
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Tonight's Roadside Pit Stop....
As we gathered for this evening's Bible Study, the Group Leader suffered a flat tire on his pickup within a quarter mile of the church.
Thankfully, being Memorial Day weekend I had parked the car and minivan and we've been using the Deuce with Old Glory waving as our sole transportation.
There were plenty of volunteers to help change the tire after class, but only the Deuce had the necessary compressed air to assure the spare tire was properly inflated..... Indeed, the spare has only 20psi when lowered from its stowed position. FIXED in a heartbeat ! ! !
As we gathered for this evening's Bible Study, the Group Leader suffered a flat tire on his pickup within a quarter mile of the church.
Thankfully, being Memorial Day weekend I had parked the car and minivan and we've been using the Deuce with Old Glory waving as our sole transportation.
There were plenty of volunteers to help change the tire after class, but only the Deuce had the necessary compressed air to assure the spare tire was properly inflated..... Indeed, the spare has only 20psi when lowered from its stowed position. FIXED in a heartbeat ! ! !
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I'd make a joke about FORDs on the side of the road, but I won'tAs we gathered for this evening's Bible Study, the Group Leader suffered a flat tire on his pickup within a quarter mile of the church.
Thankfully, being Memorial Day weekend I had parked the car and minivan and we've been using the Deuce with Old Glory waving as our sole transportation.
There were plenty of volunteers to help change the tire after class, but only the Deuce had the necessary compressed air to assure the spare tire was properly inflated..... Indeed, the spare has only 20psi when lowered from its stowed position. FIXED in a heartbeat ! ! !
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I'd make a joke about FORDs on the side of the road, but I won't
So glad you're biting your tongue.
The root problem was NOT with the FORD !!!
It was a BOLT in the tire. A BOLT that could have come out of ANY MAKE of vehicle.
We did no forensic testing- it could have been English or Metric thread/size.
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Probably metric from some "furr-en-our" car. Don't worry about me busting your chops about driving Fords. I actually own and have owned almost every major manufactures vehicle at one time. I still have a Ford Crown Vickey, two Chevy's, a Subaru, several International Harvesters, a Honda, recently sold the Toyota and still have my Military Vehicles. Good thing I live on 5 acres of land ! Just two years ago I had over 20 vehicle here ! The wife has been getting rather annoyed at me about all the vehicles so I've been selling off most of them. She said "at your age what do you expect to do with all those vehicles ?"
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rustystud
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That's great ! You don't even realize how you hit it on the head with that picture of "Conan" ! I collect books and have all of
Robert E. Howards books. Which include the "Conan" series ! Almost all are in the original "Lancer" editions. I know, my "Geek" is showing !
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Okay, you know the Barbarian from the beginning then! if you are a collector than maybe THIS image will be more to your liking.
Conan, the Mighty:
