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TechnoWeenie
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Location: Nova Laboratories Joined: Tue Oct 25, 2011 Posts: 18454
Real Name: Johnny 5
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Yeah... I'm tooting my own horn on this one... I'm on I5 SB @ 320th in FW when I spot a HMMWV on the shoulder... I pull over.. figuring it's one of the guys on another forum I'm on... THEN I notice a bunch of rucks.... hahaha Anyway... I tow them off the highway.... and talk to them, after some quick troubleshooting I tell them it sounds like they ran out of fuel, but they said their gauge was 'full'.... so they didn't fill up.... hhahhhhahaha anyway, I get some fuel in there... and have to bleed the air out.... their battery dies so I have to use my slave cable to jump them...so they can keep bleeding.... Their LMTV broke down, so the company wrecker was towing that to JBLM ... which meant they'd be waiting another 4 plus hours... so.... I ended up just using my knowledge and got them back on the road after about an hour.... They were stoked.... and... it's a weird feeling.... getting to use the knowledge and specialized tools for their intended purpose feels oddly satisfying..... Like slipping on a sock you just got out of the dryer on a cold day... I told them no one would believe them.... if they said some crazy white guy in an army truck towed them off the road, had all the equipment (tow bar, slave cable, tools, etc), bled their fuel lines, and got them back on the road.... Bahahaha ah... Side note... While I had the towbar... I had the wrong size feet with me.. SO I need to put them in my truck... so, I taught them how to use a slave cable and how to bleed the fuel system on a HMMWV..... and they learned not to trust fuel gauges on military rigs... hahahahaha
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usrifle
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Location: RENTON Joined: Fri Mar 25, 2011 Posts: 20771
Real Name: John
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Well done TW! I bet it felt good to help the guys who protect our Country.
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mcyclonegt
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Location: West Olympia Joined: Mon May 28, 2012 Posts: 6817
Real Name: Matt
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Well done sir. Every once in a while, our oddballness comes in handy.
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Fri Jan 11, 2019 4:25 pm |
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TechnoWeenie
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Location: Nova Laboratories Joined: Tue Oct 25, 2011 Posts: 18454
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mcyclonegt wrote: Well done sir. Every once in a while, our oddballness comes in handy. Funny enough.... The acting cmdr is a full time FF.... Didn't have his unit challenge coin on him so he gave me his department challenge coin....
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Fri Jan 11, 2019 4:27 pm |
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CQBgopher
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Location: WA/MT Joined: Thu Sep 6, 2012 Posts: 8285
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sportsdad60
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Location: The banana belt of MT Joined: Wed Dec 30, 2015 Posts: 8586
Real Name: Brian
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Nice! Probably saved someone's ass from being chewed out. :D
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Fri Jan 11, 2019 5:10 pm |
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TechnoWeenie
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Location: Nova Laboratories Joined: Tue Oct 25, 2011 Posts: 18454
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sportsdad60 wrote: Nice! Probably saved someone's ass from being chewed out. :D The lowest ranking guy was an E4... They kept flipping him shit for not doing proper PMCs.... It was humorous.
_________________NO DISASSEMBLE!Thomas Paine wrote: "He that would make his own liberty secure, must guard even his enemy from oppression; for if he violates this duty, he establishes a precedent that will reach to himself."
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Fri Jan 11, 2019 5:22 pm |
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dreadi
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Location: Tacoma, Washington Joined: Fri Nov 21, 2014 Posts: 8358
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Fri Jan 11, 2019 5:58 pm |
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mcyclonegt
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Location: West Olympia Joined: Mon May 28, 2012 Posts: 6817
Real Name: Matt
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TechnoWeenie wrote: mcyclonegt wrote: Well done sir. Every once in a while, our oddballness comes in handy. Funny enough.... The acting cmdr is a full time FF.... Didn't have his unit challenge coin on him so he gave me his department challenge coin.... What department?
_________________ "I'm Hub McCann. I've fought in two World Wars and countless smaller ones on three continents. I led thousands of men into battle with everything from horses and swords to artillery and TANKS! I've seen the headwaters of the Nile, and tribes of natives no white man had ever seen before. I've won and lost a dozen fortunes, KILLED MANY MEN! And loved only one woman, with a passion a FLEA like you could never begin to understand. That's who I am. NOW, GO HOME, BOY!"
"I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones". Albert Einstein 1947
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Fri Jan 11, 2019 8:55 pm |
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MadPick
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Location: Renton, WA Joined: Sun Mar 13, 2011 Posts: 52032
Real Name: Steve
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Nicely done, TW!
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Fri Jan 11, 2019 9:30 pm |
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PTmorgan
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Location: Colorado Joined: Sun May 6, 2012 Posts: 1175
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Nice!
I like that phrase - "our oddballness comes in handy". Good summary. I'm glad you could help them. If seems you were uniquely equipped to handle the problem.
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Fri Jan 11, 2019 9:37 pm |
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PMB
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Joined: Wed Mar 6, 2013 Posts: 12018
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Excellent day TW! I'll bet those fellows will remember this event for many years.
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Fri Jan 11, 2019 9:50 pm |
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waglocker
Location: Ohio Joined: Fri Nov 9, 2012 Posts: 3924
Real Name: Sean
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I never trust a fuel gauge....unless I know my truck. Topping off fuel is a given must, though. 1083/MTV's are easy to check the tank, big ass opening like a Nalgene bottle. 1097/HMMWV's I'll fill until it hits the screen at the top of the fill tube.
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Fri Jan 11, 2019 10:28 pm |
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Selador
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Location: Index Joined: Thu Aug 23, 2012 Posts: 12963
Real Name: Jeff
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Well done, TW. Well done indeed!
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Fri Jan 11, 2019 10:31 pm |
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Rix86
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Location: Shelton Joined: Sun Nov 17, 2013 Posts: 5838
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Good stuff
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