boring

[sapper740]

Originally Posted by sapper740

That's the first picture I've seen of a CMP with auger and you're right, it is a raggedy-ass veteran of a few bore holes I'll wager. I wonder if the power for the drive comes from a PTO or if it has it's own engine? I have a picture on my hard drive of a G7163 Chev 1 1/2 ton with an auger on the back, and surprisingly, railroad wheels also. I'll upload it for you. I had one opportunity to operate an auger truck while in the service. We deployed to the Combat Readiness Training Centre in Gulfport, Mississippi and one of our tasks was to built a pole climbing and Overhead Distribution training centre for them. They had no Auger truck of their own but fortunately there is a very large SeaBee base in Gulfport and in short order we had one of theirs. (Great SeaBee museum there too, I might add!) The truck was an '80's vintage Ford 5 ton and the auger was mounted on a turntable with it's own power...a great roaring diesel that nearly deafened me. Everything was hydraulic and made pole setting a cinch, a far cry from setting poles by hand, a skill we had to learn in CFB Chilliwack during our Overhead Distribution course.

CHIMO!

P.S. I wonder what that old gal is towing?