There were no regulations about the state of tyres in those days. I remember one farm on which I worked, and a truck came loaded with ground loimestone to spread on some of the fields (an ancient practice to sweeten the soil and improve the ph). This was a converted military truck, 6x4, unrecognisable with white dust stuck to it all over. It went a little way down the firm track, then tried to turn up-hill onto the land to be treated. The land was clay, wet and slippery. The dual rear wheels churne=ned round and round, and it wasn't going anytwhere. He made several attampts in different places. All the while the tyres were trailiing loose flaps of rubber - they were re -treads, already sheredded with working on the land and getting stuck. The tyres were like an old pair of rubber boots, totally shagged. Cue for session in the barn bringing things to a conclusion.
Military service!
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United States Air Force K C135 crew chief
When I was stationed at Castle I spent 8 months in the dorms had four different roommates. My last roommate was but 3 inches shorter than me I had that natural build and hairy man handsome and he had a 54 Ford to 327 Chevy small block with a slapstick shifter and positive rear end and he got stuck on the side of the road . He
Got a message to me saying come and help him. I had a 57 Chevy wrappearound windows , Muncie three speed and Z28 racing cam dual dually carburetors those came out real quick on an airman pay. Anyhow I went and helped I got there so I hook up my truck with a change and his and slowly start pulling him out and stops when I heard something snap he hadn't put the chain on right I crawled underneath his truck which was in a ditch that had muddy water in it next thing I know my partner was underneath the truck with me,no shirt boots and pants and our bodies are just muddy he grabs the chain scoots up to hand it to me and yep his wet pants sled on down.. I don't know why but I just started laughing and he start laughing too so he just grabbed me threw me down into the mud so I'd be just as muddy as him. We started wrestling and all that stuff yeah it's fun got his truck halfway out and then we
pushed it out the rest the change and got it all the way out we're kind of out in the country so we chucked the boots and pants off and rinse them off and the muddy water without the mud got dressed and heading back to the dorm.
After that we had wrestling matches a lot while we were out fishing and fall into the water he would drive his truck when I drive mine but we rode together and got stuck. We got stuck a lot. Best part about getting stuck and rinsing off you just wear your boots so you don't get your bench seat wet. One of the good thing about racing trucks and suspension is real still so bumpy roads and everything bounce.Did my best to correct all the run on sentence and spelling errors hope it makes sense to you let me know.
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That's cool got to fly out to Alaska Anchorage and then fly around the United States a lot better tell you what the boom operator would just want to boom operator always let me lay on top of them in the boom area so I can take pictures of the fighters that we were refilling
