From: Bruce Beattie (bruce@eecs.berkeley.edu)
Date: Tue Jun 11 2002 - 22:21:41 PDT
I know this is not what Sarge meant by tying down a tank to tree stumps, but I
started to think tank as in M1A1. Maybe you could get an old beatup hull of a
tank,
and then drill into the bedrock and set some anchors to help keep the tank in
one place with some steel cable . Just a crazy idea I guess.
Bruce MVPA 23824
micdunn wrote:
> Joe, I have towed my 416 on camping trips throughout Europe, the Middle East
> and Africa. My longest trip was a 12,000 mile round trip encompassing the
> area between Mexico and the Arctic Ocean. I have camped with the 416 at 134
> degrees in Death Valley and at minus 66 degrees in Deadhorse Alaska. The 416
> will handle anything. The way I transport everything within the 416 is I put
> it all in military aluminum and steel boxes. Clothing, weapons and other
> light stuff goes in aluminum medical supply boxes about 36" x 24" x 12". The
> heavy stuff, tools, cooking and survival stuff goes in smaller steel ammo
> boxes. I leave most of the stuff stored in the boxes in my garage because I
> don't use camping stuff on a regular basis. I can load out and hit the road
> in under 10 minutes, just like when I was in.
> I recommend storing everything in one location to speed up your departure. I
> know that many places are unsuitable for storm shelters. Austin only has a
> few inches of soil on top of bedrock, so no basements here. If you cannot
> flee in time, put the kids in the bathtub and strap a mattress to it.
> Another alternative is to tie down an old tank to tree stumps and climb in.
> As crazy as it sounds, open your windows to allow the pressure to equalize.
> You will lose some belongings, but your house will not 'explode' from the
> drastic pressure differences.
> If I am giving wrong advice, I'm sure that the list will politely correct
> me.
> -Sarge
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Joe Foley" <redmenaced@yahoo.com>
> To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, June 11, 2002 8:23 PM
> Subject: [MV] M-416 Camping trailer?
>
> > Hi all,
> >
> > Does anyone have any ideas or suggestions for making a
> > M-416 trailer into a camping, or emergency evacuation,
> > trailer?
> >
> > A very rare tornado cut a swath down the creek I live
> > near and severly damaged a friends house, he slept in
> > his truck with his son. The house acrossed the road
> > had the second floor removed and no one knows where
> > the barn went.
> >
> > The decision to make here is: Should I gather all of
> > the camping equipment together in one place and make a
> > for-sure tornado magnet, like a trailer park? OR
> > should I leave it scattered hither and yon hoping that
> > NO tornado could ever get it ALL?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Joe
> >
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