Recent content by AideMemoire

ICAN nationwide lists them now and then - mostly cannibalized ones in Pet - but the 'rules' for buying them seem to change with each auction and in each province.  Some people were told they came with no title, or a parts-only salvage title - or couldn't be registered irrespective of the...

Again, nice to be able to parcel it all up like that and tie with with a bow -- but mistakes occur, paperwork gets lost, stuff gets put in the wrong bin and it winds up on civvy street buried in a triwall of...DND pillowcases.  In fact, if you take the sheer scale of issue and just start...

16.5" wheels on the the old 1976 Five-Quads, where the CUCV family trucks use 16" wheels.  Most of the Five-Quads I've driven/seen/used had bias ply mud'n'snow tires fitted, but other than the rim size the rest of it escapes me. I can go have a look tomorrow at a couple if you want to know exact...

Any security plan which absolutely relies upon 100% complete control of bits of kit is doomed to failure because of the sheer scale of issue and the number of different hands the kit has to pass through - each an opportunity for accidental loss, disposal due to unfamiliarity with disposal regs...

Unfortunately while there are still M38A1 and M151A2 vehicles in the current  DND database, there don't appear to be any M38s left.  Scott ("Armybuck" over at Maple Leaf Up) and a couple of other guys have tried running M38 CFRs through the system but always come up snake-eyes -- though they've...

I also just remembered that where I had to rewire them last time was for a military set with only the one audio connector.  When you have a set that has two like the RT-524s, RT-246s and the prick 25s and 77s - there's no problem. 

Yeahsorry - been a strange few months.  Just as well because I was having a brain f*rt earlier. Assuming you have the H-161 headset w/boom mic (see http://tinyurl.com/avjpvu ) that hooks in to the chest set switch (the one that says RAD or ICS on either side of the toggle switch) and winds up...

Correct. I've driven up to the gate in current pattern equipment as part of my civvy gig and the minute I handed them a drivers licence as opposed to current military ID -- off to the commercial inspection lanes with me.  They even send some of their own vehicles through there rather than just...

Sort of.  Government Liquidation disposes of them for the US Gov't and sometimes you get the Form 97 and sometimes you don't.  Some states require the Form 97 "Certificate to Obtain Title" for ex-military vehicles - and some don't...some just need a bill of sale.  Some states let you get a title...

How about you just give some really good hints and leave me lightly wounded??  Life's all about compromise... :) Seriously, I did not know that JTF uses HMMWVs.  Cool.

When the first civvy-side H1 hit the streets here in Vancouver, the first thing the dealership found it had to stock up on was passenger-side mirrors.  What was happening was that new H1 drivers, unused to the additional width, were wiping the mirrors off on the backs of buses, poles, commercial...

I now remember it was actually a C-5 Galaxy, not a Herc.  This is what happens when you eat too many meals out of aluminum tins.

Skidding? Ohyeah.  The old joke goes: Q: Do you know why they call them "non-directional tires?" A: Because when you hit the brakes you skid in no particular direction... I was coming down the ramp of a C-130 in a 74 Pattern Jeep  (M151A2) after a photo op courtesy of the loadmaster, and as I...

Plus I guess the 80 km/h stickers gave the old gas-powered deuces something to strive for.

I used to see DND SMP stuff of all shapes and sizes come out surplus with those "MAX SPEED 80 KM/H" stickers stuck somewhere, so at one point it must've been the reg for anything that wasn't a panel or a staff car.  Chances are pretty good your Warrant still has that stuck in his head from the...