Tuesday, December 27, 2011

It's A Big Ol' Truck

While at our Son's house, we got the opportunity to drive his newest ride, a 'bobbed" 2 1/2 ton M-35 "Deuce". I got to take it wheelin' at the local mud hole and it was GREAT! Below you can see Cherry getting ready to take it for a drive. She drove to the end of the street and decided that was enough for her, Son drove it back and went around the house and went to cross the deep ditch in front and, well, the mud was softer than expected . So he got stuck, IN HIS FRONT YARD.
The big ol' front bumper plowed into the road base and brought the rig to a sudden stop. In deference to his better half, he stopped there and asked a neighbor to pull him out.

The neighbor came down in his Dodge 4x4 and kindly pulled him out. Now the Bobber is over 10, 000 pounds, the Dodge, I don't know, 4,000 or so. He didn't even slip a tire pulling the Bigun out. No harm was done and the neighbors had a good time to boot. Son weathered the expected jibbing well. He has crossed the ditch before but from the road to the yard not the yard to the road. I may be going back to attend a military vehicle off road adventure in North Carolina with him.

5 comments:

Stephen said...

Nice truck. Wish I had one.

Dean Carder said...

That makes 2 of us! I have wanted one of these for a couple of years now. Leave it to the kids to upstage their elders.

Mike C said...

Nice truck but I wouldn't want to buy the fuel.

Mike C said...

Dean, Have you seen or do you know anything about a Thureon Defense .45 Carbine?

Dean Carder said...

Mike, The fuel isn't so bad as it is a multi-fuel engine that can burn diesel, motor oil. veggie oil, kerosene and jet fuel. With the 46 inch tires he gets 15 mpg more than his Yukon gets. he has a dual stage filter system in his garage that cleans used motor oil to blend with fuel and he can get other fuels to use also. The Thureon Carbine is new to me. I'll look it up