Intended Carrier recovery, wisdom sought

[shaun]

Well done Robin, what a nice write up as well. Being British Army i will stick to TEA, now you have transfered to the colonies you are with in your rights to drink "Coffee". Its seems to have done the job and stopped you from freezing is some nasty weather. Good effort !!!!

Originally Posted by Robin Craig

Well,

The roads were not great with the left lane of the 401 snow covered at Gananoque when I got on but by Prescott it cleared up a bit.

Arrived in Cornwall and the city streets were snow covered, it was minus 8 degrees c at this time and the wnd was blowing fairly hard.

Once at the unit the first challenge was to open the yard gate as the padlock was frozen so out with the small propane torch to thaw that out.

The officer in charge of the Armoury met me and we went to the back yard and he started an LSVW to get it out of the way.

While we were waiting for the tilt n load tow truck we used some straps and shackles and a rental forklift (awaiting pick up from a previous unit event) to gently lift the front of the carrier, resistance was futile and the vehicle lifted out of the ground bringing with it a great big lump of frozen ground under the tracks on both sides.

A few minutes later the tow truck arrived and moments after that James and his mate John arrived with a coffee for me! What fine service.

For Shaun in the UK we present a picture of the carrier in motion an myself in suitably gruby winter work wear!

R