A few Army pics

[Swampy]

I figure you guys might get kick out of the heavy junk out in Desert of Ft. Irwin, CA.

Bobcat in disguise.
http://i487.photobucket.com/albums/rr239/SwampyWI/SANY0012.jpg

A HET moving a Deere 330
http://i487.photobucket.com/albums/rr239/SwampyWI/SANY0064.jpg

Old D7 after back blading in the Moon Dust
http://i487.photobucket.com/albums/rr239/SwampyWI/SANY0123.jpg

A Deere 230 and 330 at the excavation site
http://i487.photobucket.com/albums/rr239/SwampyWI/SANY0136.jpg

Hehe anybody that is/was in the military should know what this means.
http://i487.photobucket.com/albums/rr239/SwampyWI/SANY0152.jpg

Road to no where was our project, total length about 7 miles.
http://i487.photobucket.com/albums/rr239/SwampyWI/SANY0118.jpg

The Michigan that was used until someone decided to put JP8 in the Hydro tank.
http://i487.photobucket.com/albums/rr239/SwampyWI/SANY0070.jpg

Maintance guys trying to beat the 140* temp's. (one of Miss Stiehl's pictures)
http://i487.photobucket.com/albums/rr239/SwampyWI/6528_702260532368_26711983_40433141.jpg

[Junior M]

Jeez, looks dusty, I'd hope the military is nice enough to give yall cabs!

And I feel sorry for the guy that was running the D7..

[AWJ Services]

Jeez, looks dusty, I'd hope the military is nice enough to give yall cabs!

And I feel sorry for the guy that was running the D7..

That is how our jobs sites look in the summer with that much dust.

[bobcat_ron]

Sooo, uhhh, what's under the rock pile?

A dookie pile?

At least if the enemy starts shooting at the Bobcat's, it's not going to be a waste of ammunition.

[LDH]

What was your training like on driving trucks and operating equipment in the military? CDL school, heavy equipment training, etc.?? I like the pictures. It reminds me of my old job I had last Winter.

[Junior M]

That is how our jobs sites look in the summer with that much dust.
Ours get bad, but dam, thats freakin horrible, atleast we got a chance of rain to knock it down.. :dizzy:

[AWJ Services]

Ours get bad, but dam, thats freakin horrible, atleast we got a chance of rain to knock it down.. :dizzy:

This year has been better but last year when we went almost 3 months without rain they where all like that.You Harley rake a yard and the whole neighborhood is covered in red clay.
Good Times.

[BIGBEN2004]

What is the military using all that heavy equipment for? What are they digging for?

[Swampy]

Building roads in a new section of Ft. Irwin, and we werent really digging more like mining for the shale out the side of a mountian

AWJ it rained out there two night for seriously maybe a minute and then it was done. Besides that D7 after that picture was completely tan even the top of the roof.

Jr if the dozer did have a cab it would be like the rest of the equipment that does have cabs, no air conditioning turns cabs into ovens. You'd be lucky if the one small fan would work.

LDH there really isn't no extensive training for CDL's in the miltitary cause with operating military vehicles you don't have to have a CDL, though you can obtian a CDL easier if you have a letter of recomdation from the motor pool and a M916A1 or A3 on you military drivers license. Also their is the MOS School that now all Operators must go through as the military combined Horizantal, Vertical, and Crane operation into one school now.

Ron you are correct, no porta poddy's out there yet.

Some more pics
Bored enough to start chasing lizards and compacting sand.lol
http://i487.photobucket.com/albums/rr239/SwampyWI/SANY0133.jpg

Martin dancing on the back of the tanker.
http://i487.photobucket.com/albums/rr239/SwampyWI/SANY0154.jpg

Start of the finished project.
http://i487.photobucket.com/albums/rr239/SwampyWI/SANY0150.jpg

Stockpiling a few loads of gravel.
http://i487.photobucket.com/albums/rr239/SwampyWI/SANY0120.jpg

Our clean D7 at the MILES site
http://i487.photobucket.com/albums/rr239/SwampyWI/SANY0023-1.jpg

HET pulling a Scraper
http://i487.photobucket.com/albums/rr239/SwampyWI/SANY0164-1.jpg

Sandstorm at 3pm
http://i487.photobucket.com/albums/rr239/SwampyWI/SANY0124-1.jpg

[Junior M]

Those trucks are oshkosh's correct? what are they powered with?

[SiteSolutions]

This year has been better but last year when we went almost 3 months without rain they where all like that.You Harley rake a yard and the whole neighborhood is covered in red clay.
Good Times.

I had my outer filter plug up in four hours of harley raking last summer; first and only time I've ever seen the filter restriction warning on my machine.

[SiteSolutions]

I LOVE those big Osh Kosh HETs! They are baddddd!

[poolboy]

Man I hated that place. Than again, besides Ft Bliss, that was the only desert I visited.

[ksss]

Man I hated that place. Than again, besides Ft Bliss, that was the only desert I visited.


I think Bliss was worse. Wasn't there long, but long enough.:cry:

[WillieWonka1850]

What kind of Road Grader is that?
Caterpillar?

[mtg97]

no wonder pa has a shortage on green black and tan paint, military bought it all up

[SpecOne]

What kind of Road Grader is that?
Caterpillar?

Yeah that's Cat Motor Graders. Most likely 12G, that's what most mil spec graders are.

[Swampy]

I'll take both Bliss and Irwin before I go back to 29 Plams

Jr HET's have a CAT 700hp 18.1L with a Allison Trans at least thats what the info says off their website http://www.oshkoshdefense.com/defense/products~hetuk~1070f.cfm

[Swampy]

Resurecting this thread. I guess we got a tank trail about 1.5 mile long that was started up at Ft. McCoy that needs to be finished funny thing is we got a weekend in Oct to do it. I kind of hate it when we have to come in not knowing what the site looks like but judging that its Ft. McCoy more sand, wild temps, and more bugs. Anyways we got most of our heavy junk back from cali off the train.
The D7's all clean and rusty.
http://i487.photobucket.com/albums/rr239/SwampyWI/SANY0285.jpg

Some of the 916's
http://i487.photobucket.com/albums/rr239/SwampyWI/SANY0286.jpg

The 2 20ton dumps that made it threw Cali, the other 6 are sitting next door as AMSA getting fixed and if I recall whats wrong with them one the third axel doesn't raise, another had a battery fire, PTO doesn't disengage, blown differential, and 2 with failed water pumps.
http://i487.photobucket.com/albums/rr239/SwampyWI/SANY0287.jpg

Getting ready to move up to Ft. McCoy next month greasing trailers.
http://i487.photobucket.com/albums/rr239/SwampyWI/SANY0289.jpg


Oh and another from Cali that makes me grin.:):):)
http://i487.photobucket.com/albums/rr239/SwampyWI/SANY0034-1.jpg

[ksss]

29 Palms (stumps) sucks no doubt. I spent a lot of time there. Those A framed quanset huts suck bad when its 120 degrees. I have humped a lot of miles in that desert.

[farmboy1285]

Those OSHKOSH trucks are pretty cool, I just spent the last 30 minutes looking at pics on their website.

[Swampy]

29 Palms (stumps) sucks no doubt. I spent a lot of time there. Those A framed quanset huts suck bad when its 120 degrees. I have humped a lot of miles in that desert.

Not doubt, I was there for a CAX back in 02 when I was with the Corps. Though never spent time in the tin huts. Still hotter then hell outside at the end of July/August. My buddy and his wife just got stationed there, he told me nothing has changed and his wife Amanda hates the place already.

Farmboy: Unfortantly I don't think the HET guys are going to be out there with us this time around. :(

[Swampy]

Double post:

Sorry for no pics from me. Right when I pulled the camera out the lens popped out then went back in. It's broken :( Not to much really my platoon's mission was changed from the tank trails to being FOBet's (Its a military slang term for never leaving the little sand pit base) fixing drainage issues/setting up a heli pads for FOB Freedom Ft. McCoy, sorry the correct term is now COL. LOL I love how much civilian contractors bee with a itch and complain we're taking their jobs to the Mayor Cell. Well its Saturday where is your crew? We ended up regrading part of the motor pool that the civilians thought would be able to correct the wash outs with road base. The problem stemmed from the retention pond not being big/deep enough to hand the water run off. We couldn't fix it cause we didn't have a excavator. But that job turn out pretty good, created a french drain (really wanted to put in a culvert but to many toes to step on), graded out the pond a bit (could have been better with a excuvator that we didn't have)

Anyways I got a funny video from Tillman and Petrie when their 5 ton broke down and where left behind hauling stone.
http://www.facebook.com/home.php?ref=home#/video/video.php?v=1136030886515&ref=mf

[02DURAMAX]

Good Pictures man!!!

[Swampy]

If I can get some help to combine a few of my Picture Threads from a Admin bubba that would be appreaticed. link to the other.
http://www.lawnsite.com/showthread.php?t=289470

Its 130AM and I can not sleep for the life of me. No new Army pics as we just been sitting around doing inventory (want to know how many nails we have?), or SRP work. But I'll be leaving to get reclassed again here for the army in a week or so. I'm heading down to Ft. Lenardwood, Missuori. I think I got bent on that deal as the Army eleminated my old MOS 21J "Light Equipment" so my unit just rolled me over to 21E "Heavy Equipment" well the numbers came back to them so back to training for 4 weeks. But we did get some training in for some new joins to the unit, plow snow with the Grader, LOL man where they freaked, well one was, got to learn the worse thing he could do is break it.

Got the old dodge pretty much all fixed up, just need to get the exhaust replaced and some cosmetic issues on it fixed up. The Ford on the other hand kind of upset me, my cheap flatbed turned out to be not so cheap. The rear main seal was shot, got the trans off to replace it and dropped the oil pan as well turns out the crank had a grove in it. Ended up having it sleeved. I'm going to be the last owner of it so. Its still laying in a million pieces right now. When that gets done, planning on making some coin with it then off to change the color to red, just like the Dodge. I'll get some pictures up of both trucks when the flatbed's engine is back together.

Anyways on to the pictures, what you all came to see.

Sorry for the quality of these as it was night out. But at my full time job they needed someone to run a rented Kitty for a few nights. My snow plowing was done for the night so figure make some more coin for the other boss.
http://i487.photobucket.com/albums/rr239/SwampyWI/SANY0360.jpg
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That one was a Cat 914IT, wasn't to bad of a loader. I liked that fuction that would lock the stick in a postion to bring the arms up/down to a set height. To my suprise Fabco Rental wow around 1400 to rent for the weekend.

To keep my sanity through the winter I refinished a table that was painted with house paint, Underneath is solid Red Oak
http://i487.photobucket.com/albums/rr239/SwampyWI/SANY0389.jpg

My full time grass jockey job's F5fixme LOL. The trans went earlier this snow season, and just recently stopped charging (both batteries and alternator washed out) Still a cool looking truck though, and supposable up for sale soon. But I know the problems that where with it.
http://i487.photobucket.com/albums/rr239/SwampyWI/SANY0394.jpg

[Swampy]

Got a few more here.
More Loader work, I worked a deal with the owner of my full time job I'd run for a free a few night if I could stack my banks with it. Plus he got a better deal $1000 for a week.

SIZE DOES MATTER!
http://i487.photobucket.com/albums/rr239/SwampyWI/SANY0404.jpg
Thats the owners 08 F350 with a Boss V 9ft 2in.

This had to hurt. Lucky they dounut king missed going down and hitting that sucker.
http://i487.photobucket.com/albums/rr239/SwampyWI/SANY0403.jpg

Owners son at the full time trying to show off.
http://i487.photobucket.com/albums/rr239/SwampyWI/SANY0400.jpg
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At the end of his run found a nice size boulder that they laid along the edge of the parking lot. Nice new dent in pappy's brand new plow. LOL

[Junior M]

:laugh: :laugh:

Thats always awesome when someone showing off screws something up.

[ProTouch Groundscapes]

kid i knew was showing off to the guy in the loader, went to fast hit the lip of a manhole cover and bent the CUTTING EDGE of the plow, lol, not the supports or anything but the edge!

[Swampy]

kid i knew was showing off to the guy in the loader, went to fast hit the lip of a manhole cover and bent the CUTTING EDGE of the plow, lol, not the supports or anything but the edge!

That takes talent :laugh::laugh: The worse I've done was take out a corner of the cutting edge. The parking lot was v shaped and I caught a drain that the cover sunk.

[Swampy]

Figure I up date.

A timber wall that some friends and I built this year.
http://i487.photobucket.com/albums/rr239/SwampyWI/SANY0311.jpg

http://i487.photobucket.com/albums/rr239/SwampyWI/SANY0312.jpg

I didn't like what happened here in the corner so I tore it down and had to rethink it.
http://i487.photobucket.com/albums/rr239/SwampyWI/SANY0323.jpg

Last wall pic. of the deadmen going in and through the old wall.
http://i487.photobucket.com/albums/rr239/SwampyWI/SANY0318.jpg

I'll have some more Army pics coming off my phone from earlier this year when I was in FT Leonardwood MO back in March and April.

[Jelinek61]

Sweet thread. Are you in the National Guard when needed and work landscaping the rest of the time?

[Swampy]

Army Reserve. Yeah I do both right now

[Swampy]

Can't sleep, excited for the snow tomorrow. Here are a few from my ReClass training to 21 Super Echo, again being a military base it was a crappy site. I just learned how to use the snapfish thingy on my phone.
http://www.snapfish.com/snapfish/slideshow/AlbumID=2967172026/PictureID=113901652026/a=4875608026_4875608026/otsc=SHR/otsi=SPIClink/COBRAND_NAME=snapfish/

http://www5.snapfish.com/snapfish/slideshow/AlbumID=2967172026/PictureID=113901652026/a=4875608026_4875608026/otsc=SHR/otsi=SPIClink/COBRAND_NAME=snapfish/

http://www5.snapfish.com/snapfish/slideshow/AlbumID=2967172026/PictureID=113880691026/a=4875608026_4875608026/otsc=SHR/otsi=SPIClink/COBRAND_NAME=snapfish/

[Swampy]

opps that didn't work.

[Swampy]

Lets try this.
http://i487.photobucket.com/albums/rr239/SwampyWI/SEEtruck.jpg

http://i487.photobucket.com/albums/rr239/SwampyWI/Scraper.jpg

http://i487.photobucket.com/albums/rr239/SwampyWI/Talent.jpg

http://i487.photobucket.com/albums/rr239/SwampyWI/Site.jpg

http://i487.photobucket.com/albums/rr239/SwampyWI/RoadConedeath.jpg

[Swampy]

some more
http://i487.photobucket.com/albums/rr239/SwampyWI/Playingwiththumb.jpg

http://i487.photobucket.com/albums/rr239/SwampyWI/Greatgraderrace.jpg

http://i487.photobucket.com/albums/rr239/SwampyWI/playinginthemud.jpg

http://i487.photobucket.com/albums/rr239/SwampyWI/Grader.jpg

http://i487.photobucket.com/albums/rr239/SwampyWI/CrapyCase.jpg

[waltzie]

Swampy,

I have been looking at some used military equipment. The hours/mileage is EXTREMELY low for it's age. Is this accurate, or do the guages just not work and getting them fixed is not a priority?

Thanks

[Swampy]

Swampy,

I have been looking at some used military equipment. The hours/mileage is EXTREMELY low for it's age. Is this accurate, or do the guages just not work and getting them fixed is not a priority?

Thanks

No, they have to get the hour meters and gauges fixed, its part of the PMCS (Preventive Maintenance Checks and Services). While it doesn't deadline the equipment, unless fuel gauge.

The reason most have low hours is the US Military is constently rebuilding/remanufacturing its equipment to extend its so called service life. Most equipment and trucks will go through at least 2 or more rebuilds in its life, its a combination of hours/age. With reserve equipment its a age that attacks the equipment, while's started every month and it runs for a bit but its not worked such as active duty equipment. When equipment is rebuilt the hours/mileage is usually reset.

Maintenance is to the point of anal with equipment, the military uses a class leak system. Class 1 is a seep or area of wetness, still operatable, Class 2 is where a drip forms but does not hit the ground, still operatable but requires constent checks on fuilds and visual checks, Class 3 is where it leaks forms a drop and hits the ground, this is deadline and not able to operate (Any class fuel leak is a deadline issue).

I hope this helps, what you looking at picking up?

[waltzie]

I was looking at a 10 wheeler dump truck...but the 5 ton trucks caught my eye. I bet they would make a heck of a plow truck. The 5 ton trucks were going for less than 2 grand.

[Construct'O]

Back when i was in active Army(long time ago:) ) as long as you had work scheduled like oil leaks and parts that needed replaced, on order then the machine wasn't deadline.

Key here was as long as it was in the log book !!!!!!! machine would't move(in motor pool) but part was on order or back ordered it was on the ready list not deadlined.

We had more machines in the motor pool that was not able too move then was able!

Company went on field exercises and lost three machine(tanks) before they hardly got out of the motorpool.The llog book said they was ready tho ,but in reallity they wasn't.Paint look real good !!!!:laugh:

[Swampy]

I was looking at a 10 wheeler dump truck...but the 5 ton trucks caught my eye. I bet they would make a heck of a plow truck. The 5 ton trucks were going for less than 2 grand.

I the M800 series of trucks or are the newer 915 series. I'd stay away from the 20 ton's the drop axel was mashed in from another company and constantly has problems, ours lower but don't want to raise. The older 5 ton's that been fitted with a automatic trans tends to shift a little on the hard side when the truck is empty, that and I don't like how the fuel filter hangs off the frame rail but all around tough truck. With being a true 6x6 would make it a awesome plow truck. Up to a few years ago a school district used a its small cousin (M35 2 1/2 ton) with a 11ft blade and a 6 foot wing to plow the high school.

Back when i was in active Army(long time ago:) ) as long as you had work scheduled like oil leaks and parts that needed replaced, on order then the machine wasn't deadline.

Key here was as long as it was in the log book !!!!!!! machine would't move(in motor pool) but part was on order or back ordered it was on the ready list not deadlined.

We had more machines in the motor pool that was not able too move then was able!

Company went on field exercises and lost three machine(tanks) before they hardly got out of the motorpool.The llog book said they was ready tho ,but in reallity they wasn't.Paint look real good !!!!:laugh:

LOL paint isn't part of PMCS but up here it should, as our equipment sits so much it seems to loss a 100lbs of rust a year. The Army has gone great lengths to lessen there enviromental impact, plus lower their loss of equipment due to inadequte maintenance and service checks. Plus they dumbed it way down to make it almost idiot proof. The old log books been replaced with a form that is submitted with a completed dispatch, where then the motor pool addresses any issues. Thing is you can get a Article if something breaks on your truck, such as if you don't check the oil and the motor seizes up.

I have to update my sig, but we are not (Combat) anymore, but when I was in the 961st they were a heavy combat engineering unit. Part of the MTOW was gear to do combat drops from C-130's. Forgot what it was called I only did it once but instead of just using a block of concrete, they had a old D7F with the ROPS cut off they would kick out the back of a airplane about 100ft off the ground. The dozer was inop and just used as a training aid, and not using a D7G the current issue as it doing this destroy's the suspension/track systems. But if you need to rough in a airstrip, got to have equipment on the ground.

[bobcat_ron]

Did I see a Unimog with a loader and back hoe????

[WillieWonka1850]

Did I see a Unimog with a loader and back hoe????
Looks like two there! Thats friggin sweet!!

[Swampy]

Did I see a Unimog with a loader and back hoe????

Looks like two there! Thats friggin sweet!!

Yes, its called a SEE (Small Emplacement Excavator) truck, they are dinosaurs or relics that went away when the new Case Backhoes where introduced. Same concept of a backhoe, but high moblity, and higher speed (16 Forward, and 8 Reverse Gears). The thing can take on a ton of mud and still crawl through it. The purpose was to dig fighting positions and machine gun nests for the Infantry, should they ever need to dig in, but be fast enough to keep up within a convoy or armor. Even has Hydralics off the side to run a chain saw, rock drill, and a jackhammer (I'm sure you can run more as the fittings appeared to be standard skidsteer fittings)

Its kind of a mut, its a mish mash of manufactures. It has a Mercedes Diesel engine, but the back hoe is by Case. The other thing is it has no armored cab on the folding backhoe if its for digging in the infantry and they are in that much trouble, probably not the best place to be stuck in the air. I didn't like it cause talk about a tiny cab heck the engine and trans sit right next to you.

I though they were kind of neat, and my first thought was to ditch the front bucket and put on a snow plow. Small little plow truck

[Swampy]

More picture time. Some of these are from the day job.

http://i487.photobucket.com/albums/rr239/SwampyWI/Dayjob.jpg

http://i487.photobucket.com/albums/rr239/SwampyWI/Billsplace.jpg

http://i487.photobucket.com/albums/rr239/SwampyWI/SkidBlade.jpg

My little Dodge, after hitting a turkey, doesn't have the tool box anymore.
http://i487.photobucket.com/albums/rr239/SwampyWI/Mylittledodge.jpg

And my Ford after fixing it and putting it up for sale. Bought it for $650, sold for $2300
http://i487.photobucket.com/albums/rr239/SwampyWI/ByeF350.jpg

[meets1]

Is that a TORO WAM I see? How big and what amount do you mow with it?

[Swampy]

Is that a TORO WAM I see? How big and what amount do you mow with it?

Yes, Its a 580-D 16 foot wideth, as amount wise well it can cut a entire school district which is easily over 30 acres in about 6 hours.

[meets1]

I have never ran a 580-d. I have two 455-D toro's and yes those machines will cut some grass and make some time. I assume you mow that many acres since you have the machine?

Were doing yearly maintanence right now. Filters, oil, hydro's, brake adjustments, etc. Theres alot to these machines to keep running.

[Swampy]

I have never ran a 580-d. I have two 455-D toro's and yes those machines will cut some grass and make some time. I assume you mow that many acres since you have the machine?

Were doing yearly maintanence right now. Filters, oil, hydro's, brake adjustments, etc. Theres alot to these machines to keep running.

Its not mine but its the day job's and I'm the Super for a small grass cutter, which the owner really doesn't pertake in the daily operations. I use it every where I can, it sits on the trailer with one of the 60in ZTR's. I figured it out with the school properties that the machine replaces around 3.5 to 4 ZTR's in a field, the only bad thing is if the machine is out of service your cutting it with ZTR's (and break down from sheering bolts, throwing belts, hydro hoses looseing up). One thing I like with the larger machine is that like the school district its unloaded at the middle school and roaded to elemtery schools.

We use to run a 455-D, 10ft out front, along with the 580-D. Awesome combo when they were together mowing a 17 building school district, along with a subdivisons park system. Ended up getting rid of the 455 cause of the high hours, around 4500hr, and couldn't replace it because the money wasn't there :( . If I had to choose between the two I would have a 455 over the 580, just fits better everywhere and the wings become a nusiance once in a while.

[Swampy]

Going to have a new addition tomorrow, and I'm pumped. I'll get some pics up soon but its a 98 6.5L DIESEL 160K miles 3500 4x4. Super pumped first diesel that I own.

[Swampy]

Going to have a new addition tomorrow, and I'm pumped. I'll get some pics up soon but its a 98 6.5L DIESEL 160K miles 3500 4x4. Super pumped first diesel that I own.

I know a little late, just had been busy with the girlfriend. But anyways snagged it with a 7.5ft Unimount final price $4,800. Picture doesn't give it justice, from the phone sorry but will pull out camera for some shots tomorrow. The guy had took the box off undercoated everything and brought it up the sides of the truck about 6inches, undercoated under all the fender flares, and also undercoated the front clip. The only bad on this pig is the tailgate, it doesn't open as it looks like the handle is just disconnected from the rods. Has the beauty rings to just didn't put them on, in the bed of the truck.

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[Swampy]

Been a while figure I'd update. Pics aren't in order at all.

When soldiers can't play in the dirt during winter, so what do we do???????
http://www.lawnsite.com/picture.php?albumid=799&pictureid=4998
http://www.lawnsite.com/picture.php?albumid=799&pictureid=4999

Play heavy equipment videogames. Not the real deal but learn/refresh the control lay out.

Picked up a mowing trailer, its a Falcon 14ft with a 2ft beavertail. I got bored with the grass being all brown decided to hide the previous owners oil stains.
http://www.lawnsite.com/picture.php?albumid=799&pictureid=5012
http://www.lawnsite.com/picture.php?albumid=799&pictureid=5011

Here's a night/morning out. The truck is my old boss's F550, that has a 6in lift to her. But behind all that snow drift is a door.
http://www.lawnsite.com/picture.php?albumid=799&pictureid=5010

[Swampy]

Here is a kind of cool picture, in the wash bay at Ft. McCoy cleaning BHL's.
http://www.lawnsite.com/picture.php?albumid=799&pictureid=5006

Just a random picture of the 230 loaded.
http://www.lawnsite.com/picture.php?albumid=799&pictureid=5005

One of my soldiers getting her truck stuck and couldn't get it out.
http://www.lawnsite.com/picture.php?albumid=799&pictureid=5004

Yes they are still around :mad:
http://www.lawnsite.com/picture.php?albumid=799&pictureid=5003

"South Garden" was my first jobsite that I got to run for the Army. The garden was huge ended up have around 2500yards of topsoil brought in, giving it a 8 inch lift to the whole area, even got a AAM out of the deal. Wish I had more pictures camera was on the fritz and phone was being a pile.
http://www.lawnsite.com/picture.php?albumid=799&pictureid=5002
Oh yeah the HUMMV :laugh: The mechanics wanted to do some wrecker training. We tried to high center it but it just climbed through the dirt piles.

[icex]

Poor camo deere is ugly! lol

[Swampy]

Poor camo deere is ugly! lol

kind of hard to hide something that big and noisy lol.

[Swampy]

Here is a few pics of some of my work currently going on. The timber wall was a pain in the arse, couldn't put deadmen in and had to drop timbers to frostline. On the way to the frostline, keep hitting old bricks and a buried concrete slab.

The hole was just a above ground pool, Just filling it in and placing sod over it.

The lastly was row Arb. shrubs planted along a property line.

[stuvecorp]

No soldier deserves to be punished by having to run those old Case loaders, why can't they have some 621's?

[Swampy]

No soldier deserves to be punished by having to run those old Case loaders, why can't they have some 621's?

Well case is slowly pulling those old ones back to reman them. At least were getting new 5yd CAT loaders to replace our older than dirt Mighican loaders, would have had it by now but the driver clipped a overpass, tweaked the cab and shattered every piece of glass.

[Williams Lawnscape]

Just curious what did you major in? mechanical engineering? Or are you simply just a heavy equipment operator/mechanic?

[Swampy]

Just curious what did you major in? mechanical engineering? Or are you simply just a heavy equipment operator/mechanic?

Landscape Horticulture, I got started towards a civil engineering degree, but switched. I'm a heavy equipment operator for the US Army Reserve, though they want to start having me run jobsites as my packet for SGT(E-5) just went through. I will still be labeled as a heavy equipment operator though.

[Williams Lawnscape]

Any reason you switched away from civil engineering? I am actually an intern with the city government civil engineers. I enjoy it but not so sure about the future for civil engineering. Id hate to go through that much college and end up not finding a decent job.

[Swampy]

Any reason you switched away from civil engineering? I am actually an intern with the city government civil engineers. I enjoy it but not so sure about the future for civil engineering. Id hate to go through that much college and end up not finding a decent job.

Thats part of the reason for the switch, I started working mowing/landscaping for a guy during the summer, actually liked what I did for work, found out all my credits transfered, and it was cheaper going to a tech school over a university.

[Swampy]

Just giving some props to brothers in arms. May you rest in peace, Seal Team 6, may you have fun in all that sky now.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UW1toLy_FMQ

[shooterm]

One of my big regrets of my time in the service was not taking enough photos. Keep up the good work and thanks for letting others see the great opportunity that is Heavy Equipment Operating in the branches. Anyone thats looking into a career path in construction thats just out of high school should consider it.

[Swampy]

First I've got to apolgize I haven't been johny on the spot with a camera but here are a few.
Building another road at Fort McCoy.
Few Pics of the mowers.
Truck got lettered, only costed $200.
Last photo drivin' in the rain.

[Swampy]

Few more on the trip up there.

http://i487.photobucket.com/albums/rr239/SwampyWI/Krause6.jpg

Opps!
http://i487.photobucket.com/albums/rr239/SwampyWI/Krause5.jpg



Here are some more from that weekend above of the some more of the guys working at a different load site.

http://i487.photobucket.com/albums/rr239/SwampyWI/Krause2.jpg

http://i487.photobucket.com/albums/rr239/SwampyWI/Krause3.jpg

One of the trucks that I fall into when they need another driver, 20 ton dump.
http://i487.photobucket.com/albums/rr239/SwampyWI/Krause4.jpg

[Swampy]

Found this on my friends facebook thought it was down right funny as there is a truth about it as well. I have to mention from earlier this year from the threat of the government shut down.

http://i487.photobucket.com/albums/rr239/SwampyWI/dearcongress.jpg

One of the designs I made for my class, I know its not perfect, but it was fun to do. Sorry for the crappy cell phone pic, got a new phone just haven't figured to get pics off of it yet.
http://i487.photobucket.com/albums/rr239/SwampyWI/DesignSlawson.jpg