Thread: Toys for big boys -- TANKS

You're a big kid Ron, but glass houses n'all

He should have been standing up and surfing

Originally Posted by Phred

He should have been standing up and surfing

Now that would have been interesting

Thanks for that Ron how cool are they.
I love the Barbie car crushing.


I know what I need for next Christmas

Originally Posted by Ian

You're a big kid Ron, but glass houses n'all

Too true, Ian.

I can remember the year I came back from Vietnam, an expert on tracked vehicles even though I was a grunt

Old man's Fiat Crawler was bogged in the back block, straddling a tree. I got on a motorbike and went down to where it was, to get it out (being bullet proof and all that).

Antway, I started the two cylinder petrol motor, then got the Diesel one going and backed it off the tree and now dried mud. Then I thought, I'll crush this bloody tree and took off at a 90 degree angle. The crawler hit the trunk and launched into the air. I suddenly had a flash back of what happens when an APC does that!.... Too late to through the clutch out, down she goes and I get flung over the steering wheel (yes it did have one), then flipped back onto the seat. However I missed the seat and collected the metal side that many years ago held arm rests..

When I got off that thing, the pain was unbelievable and I could barely walk. The next day, my left butt cheek was purple! It took a week before I could walk properly. The old man thought it was really funny and I have never been near a tracked vehicle since

Some times I wonder why I'm stilll around after some of the stupid things I did when I was 20 to 25...

Mind you, at 58, my bones are clearly reminding me...

Cheers

Originally Posted by RonMcGr

Mind you, at 58, my bones are clearly reminding me...

Cheers

I know where you're coming from re the Fiat too, got some scarey memories of a 911(?) up the back of Dayboro back in the early 80s

Originally Posted by Loaded

Thanks for that Ron how cool are they.
I love the Barbie car crushing.


I know what I need for next Christmas

Yeah they are great and BIG!

Storage could be a worry

Thanks Ron , Found that very entertaining.