RDale Posted January 13, 2009 Share Posted January 13, 2009 My name is Richard, although I'm more commonly known a Tricky. I'm down in South America re-building 85 ex US Military trucks, mostly Kaiser 2.5 and 5t trucks, but I have some Ward LaFrance M746/M747 HETS to work on. Cheers, Tricky Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snapper Posted January 13, 2009 Share Posted January 13, 2009 Interesting. Welcome to the Friendly Forum, Tricky. All human life is here and we also have Catweazle.:-D It would be interesting to know more about what you're doing if allowed. Post us some snaps. All the best, MB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RDale Posted January 13, 2009 Author Share Posted January 13, 2009 Snapper, thanks for the welcome. I am basically managing a project to re-build around 85 ex US military vehicles, all privately owned by friend of mine. They were brought to Bolivia for the construction of a pipeline in 1998 (which also brought me here). Most of them have been parked up since 1999, but even those will run when we put new batteries on and add some fuel. I'm fortunate that my friend has a 3,500 sq. m covered warehouse and we also have a large stock of spares (I even have a spare, brand new, Twin Disc transmission for the M746 Tractors). The vehicles are sadly not just for display, we use them in construction and mining projects. A few years ago we used the HETS to move some large turbines for an electricty plant, the biggest of these turbines weighed 150t, so we know they are capable of transporting much heavier loads than the US Military rates them for. I am just in the process of breaking down a HETS for a complete re-build and I'll post progress photos on the site while I do the work. Best regards, Tricky Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snapper Posted January 13, 2009 Share Posted January 13, 2009 That would be really great. You will have a perpective on things that we will all be interested in. Best regards, MB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gritineye Posted January 13, 2009 Share Posted January 13, 2009 Hi Trickey, welcome, to the forum, have you any plans to own your own MV? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Posted January 13, 2009 Share Posted January 13, 2009 welcome aboard Tricky! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rbrtcrowther Posted January 14, 2009 Share Posted January 14, 2009 Hi:wave: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antar Posted January 15, 2009 Share Posted January 15, 2009 My name is Richard, although I'm more commonly known a Tricky. I'm down in South America re-building 85 ex US Military trucks, mostly Kaiser 2.5 and 5t trucks, but I have some Ward LaFrance M746/M747 HETS to work on. Cheers, Tricky Welcome aboard Tricky, amazed to hear you are working on M747/747 outfits in Bolivia as I have one of my own ! Should you require any information do not hesitate to contact me. I have all the manuals for them and prety much know them inside out. I would like to know the serial numbers of the ones you have. There were only 125 built for the US Army and 68 built for Morroco. I asume that yours are ex-usa ones ? I have attached a picture of mine. Best Regards John Riley Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abn deuce Posted January 15, 2009 Share Posted January 15, 2009 interesting vehicle , never seen it before . Please tell more of its spec's ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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