Clark, that is a great pic. I had no idea that an M88 could lift an M109. By the stars I can tell that this is an original M88 with a gasoline engine. In the early 80's I was in a GS heavy maintenance company that had one of these. When we went out on FTX's, it could keep up with the wheeled vehicles in convoy. It had a LOT of power. Then we had to get it "fixed". The gas engine was replaced with an air cooled diesel. The M88A1 wasn't quite the powerhouse the M88 was. We had to send it out hours ahead of any convoy. I distinctly remember the crew crabbing about needing to go around trees that they could simply roll over before the change. Still, even after the conversion to diesel, an impressive vehicle. I had a lot of fun sending "FNG's" out to our '88 with Ph strips to check the coolant. Good luck finding a radiator, even better luck finding a cap on the oil coolers!
Paul H. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Clark Ward Jr" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, September 24, 2008 9:58 PM Subject: [TANKS] Re: More Types Of Vehicles And Battlefield > For me, I think it would be flat-out AWESOME to build an M88 ARV. > That, and a pic duplicating the 'M88 lifting an entire M109 with it's > crane' pic would be great! > > > -- > _______ > / |O| \ Clark in Georgia > ###=======### USMC M60A1 > ###=======### KI4GYT > ### ### > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You are currently subscribed to the "R/C Tank Combat" group. To post a message, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit the group at http://groups.google.com/group/rctankcombat -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
