RE: Engineers Was Re: TOE

At 7:05 AM +0200 7/5/04, Oerjan Ohlson wrote:
>Ryan Gill wrote:
>
>>Heh...You forget, I have three AFVs...
>
>Just out of curiousity, how much time do you run 
>these AFVs in field conditions?

The dingo gets run around just about all of it's 
operating time in field conditions (albeit 
re-enacting tacticals, but last it was out I ran 
it hard). The Ferret get's a good bit of road 
time (actually harder on the drive train due to 
higher speeds) and the Humber is a work in 
progress. The Bren carrier we use (among several) 
gets large amount of off road work over rough 
terrain. Its not the type of duty cycle they had 
in war, however, they're still run like the were 
in service with similar concern for service and 
of course they're not terribly new.

I'm of the opinion that you're not showing it off 
unless you're using the vehicle's best assets and 
showing it off. The Dingo was being run at speed 
off road backwards in the field in front of the 
audience and I had it sideways several times as I 
made turns.

Last I heard, Matthew uses his Matilda Dozer as a 
real dozer on his farm, Wilson gearbox and all.
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Ryan Gill	       rmgill@SPAMmindspring.com
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