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guy around here had a septic truck, on the back was written......... "your sh#t is my bread and butter"
How does your mopar hibernate?
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guy around here had a septic truck, on the back was written......... "your sh#t is my bread and butter"
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Boomers!!
USS Simon Bolivar SSBN 641 and USS Sam Houston SSBN 609 converted to Special Ops
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While stationed on Guam I was assigned to a floating drydock.. 90% of what we docked was SSBN's
Any time something bigger than the hatch needed to be removed for service members of our crew would cut a hole in the side of the sub.... I'd hate to be on the first test dive after leaving the drydock.... At least the water wasn't very deep in that part of the ocean.... Not like the Marianas Trench was right there...
We did a couple sonar dome replacements as well.... Most people don't know the nose of a sub is made of 5" thick fiberglass...
This was about four or five years after I left the drydock
The sonar domes we replaced weren't quite this bad.... Amazing this thing made it home...
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Yeah, the first dive out of dry dock is always a nail biter. You can tie a string tight across the port and starboard side of the sub when on the surface and by the time you reach test depth it is hanging on the floor.
Car Jackets. They're like a sandwich bag, with a zipper, drive them on, prep 'em with some desiccant placed inside the car and bag, and close it up. My garage is insulated, but no heat. Like to put them away by Thanksgiving, and open them up after the thaw in Spring, when the uncovered metal in the garage stops sweating. They work pretty well...
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Thats cool. I’ve been thinking about one of these
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Mine sits currently in my non-heated but insulated garage. Currently snow & ice on the ground and I am sure lots of salt brine too. Neg batt cable unhooked, and she sleeps.
Trickle charger, wheel Dollie’s, neg.unhooked. 55* in insulated garage.(thank god the youngest bought a different house last year!).
It’s covered because I don’t want any crap seeping over from the 2 Stangs sitting next to it!!!
Full tank with’Stabil’ in it.
It’s covered because I don’t want any crap seeping over from the 2 Stangs sitting next to it!!!
Full tank with’Stabil’ in it.
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You have too many. Lucky for you I’m here to help. I’ll take the blue one, or bronze one. You can choose
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Yeah, but what Dan was explaining is GLTC (Great Lakes Training Center) is a Navy faculty, there are no Marines... Or at least very few...
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Right, but said you went to San Diego...
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Yup, NTC/RTN use to be just over the fence from MCRD... Actually the area right across the fence was known as "Worm Island" & it was closed years before the majority of NTC/RTC.... But it was open when I was there....
About the only thing left of RTC is the USS Recruit....
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Don’t you have enough?
Sooo, you got to see those d#*^ Hollywood Marines huh?!!
( Paris Island myself)
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Yeah, the Hollywood Marines caught one of the guys from my group trying to run away on his first night in Boot... He jumped the fence to escape RTC & found himself in MCRD.... He got his wish, they booted him out & sent him home..
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Mine just sits in the garage, when we get a nice day i might go beat on it. When winter comes here i shut right down though.. i haven't done anything for 3 months now..
One thing i did though was leave my hood up... walked by yesterday and the engine bay is all dusty... sooo smart
One thing i did though was leave my hood up... walked by yesterday and the engine bay is all dusty... sooo smart
Covered in a heated garage for about 6 months of the year.
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