That's cool!

Happen to catch the episode of Top Shot last night?

One of the challenges was shooting a mounted machine gun from a half-track.

A very good friends father (now deceased) used to buy half tracks, fix them up and sell them. This has been about 30 years ago. It was awesome taking them out in the woods and running stuff over. Imagine two high school boys with access to these, and no one around. Yeah, we had a lot of fun back in the day.

I can't wait to see what yours looks like when done,.

I didnt get to see that episode... Yes I do the restorations.. have a deuce and m274a5 Mule also.. The only problem I,m having is. when its running. I dont have any Idea where Ill be able to drive it around...



J.P.

Can m151's be considered jeeps? Good luck with the half track resto !

Yup, AB-592 supposedly fixed that. It wasn't a perfect fix, but it's a fix.

Official details: http://www.dot.state.wi.us/drivers/vehicles/personal/special/histmilitary.htm

Blog with some things in plain english: http://wihmvbill.blogspot.com/

Official application form: http://www.dot.wisconsin.gov/drivers/forms/mv2592.pdf

The two biggest things I see are that the vehicles must be historically accurate including paint schemes, no commercial use is allowed, and that there is really no allowance for recreational use. The problem with the first requirement is twofold- a "barn fresh" vehicle isn't historically accurate at that point. Technically, it can't be licensed. Next, it technically precludes a club from buying a vehicle and putting their club info/logo on the vehicle. The commercial ban is annoying because businesses could make use of surplus military vehicles to save money. I've seen military surplus trucks haul logs, do landscaping work, etc., in other states. That's not legal here. (Thankfully there is an exemption for municipal use- surplus military fire trucks are used in some rural areas.) Finally, I think it's sort of crappy that military vehicle owners can't use their vehicle recreationally. Who cares if their covered deuce and a half occasionally doubles as a camper? I recognize that a lot of owners get around this by calling their camping trip a "meet or show" with fellow owners, but still... Don't we have better things to worry over?

Anyhow, it's a partial-to-mostly fix.

Mike

Why does the DOT have such a hard-on against military vehicles & their owners? Who or what is driving their agenda? Or are they bored enough to think that they are actually creating a solution to a non-existent problem?