Comments on: The Guard in NOLA http://www.vitia.org/wordpress/2005/09/02/the-guard-in-nola/ faults | sins | abuses Thu, 20 Nov 2008 11:50:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Rob http://www.vitia.org/wordpress/2005/09/02/the-guard-in-nola/#comment-17710 Rob Tue, 06 Sep 2005 13:27:49 +0000 http://www.vitia.org/wordpress/archives/2005/09/02/the-guard-in-nola/#comment-17710 Yeah, I got to drive the new ones only one time. It was not loaded, though. They actually talked about revoking my license due to the new dimensions of the cab. They thought you had to be at least 5'8" to reach the pedals and look over the hood. How humiliating! They actually did take away driving privelages for one of the females. Can't remember her name, though. You know Sunkist had a wild side to him...for god's sake he was a race car driver back home. As if that was an occupation. HA! You know he used to drive his racecar to the track from his home. It had no plates, no insurance true possi traction (rear end welded together) and the front wheels where installed at an angle to allow for better driving on the circular track. Could you imagine doing that in DC...Or Mass? I can hear Primus now "Sunkist was a racecar driver"... You fill in the rest. Mud Yeah, I got to drive the new ones only one time. It was not loaded, though. They actually talked about revoking my license due to the new dimensions of the cab. They thought you had to be at least 5′8″ to reach the pedals and look over the hood. How humiliating! They actually did take away driving privelages for one of the females. Can’t remember her name, though.

You know Sunkist had a wild side to him…for god’s sake he was a race car driver back home. As if that was an occupation. HA! You know he used to drive his racecar to the track from his home. It had no plates, no insurance true possi traction (rear end welded together) and the front wheels where installed at an angle to allow for better driving on the circular track. Could you imagine doing that in DC…Or Mass? I can hear Primus now “Sunkist was a racecar driver”… You fill in the rest.

Mud

]]> By: mike http://www.vitia.org/wordpress/2005/09/02/the-guard-in-nola/#comment-17707 mike Tue, 06 Sep 2005 03:18:50 +0000 http://www.vitia.org/wordpress/archives/2005/09/02/the-guard-in-nola/#comment-17707 They dropped a T with the new models. Did you ever get to drive one of those with the hydraulics on the trailer and the bogeys you could winch up, or were you out before then? I know you drove the old ones with the big ramps before I ever did, but I think the new ones might have been after your time. And yeah, that was something: 12 foot wide trailers in 10 foot wide highway lanes. I had Sunkist riding shotgun once and he cussed the whole day's ride. Nice, quiet, mild Sunkist. They dropped a T with the new models. Did you ever get to drive one of those with the hydraulics on the trailer and the bogeys you could winch up, or were you out before then? I know you drove the old ones with the big ramps before I ever did, but I think the new ones might have been after your time.

And yeah, that was something: 12 foot wide trailers in 10 foot wide highway lanes. I had Sunkist riding shotgun once and he cussed the whole day’s ride. Nice, quiet, mild Sunkist.

]]> By: Rob http://www.vitia.org/wordpress/2005/09/02/the-guard-in-nola/#comment-17705 Rob Tue, 06 Sep 2005 01:42:24 +0000 http://www.vitia.org/wordpress/archives/2005/09/02/the-guard-in-nola/#comment-17705 In our day wasn't it referred to as a "HETT"? Did they drop a T or did I add one on? Man, driving those things to Benning kicked rear. Long drive, though. You have to respect a vehicle that has to get state approval before driving on the roads, can't drive over bridges or under overpasses and is not permitted on the roads on Sundays or national holidays. In our day wasn’t it referred to as a “HETT”? Did they drop a T or did I add one on? Man, driving those things to Benning kicked rear. Long drive, though. You have to respect a vehicle that has to get state approval before driving on the roads, can’t drive over bridges or under overpasses and is not permitted on the roads on Sundays or national holidays.

]]> By: mike http://www.vitia.org/wordpress/2005/09/02/the-guard-in-nola/#comment-17694 mike Sat, 03 Sep 2005 13:27:29 +0000 http://www.vitia.org/wordpress/archives/2005/09/02/the-guard-in-nola/#comment-17694 Yeah. The 24th ID, in Savannah, deployed when <a href="http://www.noaa.gov/hurricaneandrew.html" rel="nofollow">Andrew</a> slammed into south Florida. Of course, the 24th has since reflagged as the 3rd, and it's kind of hard to lend any help from Iraq. And then there's the problem that Georgia National Guard frequently borrowed our equipment for civil missions, and that equipment's in Iraq, too. But that really doesn't make much difference either, because the Georgia National Guard's 48th BCT is in Iraq, as well. Yeah. The 24th ID, in Savannah, deployed when Andrew slammed into south Florida. Of course, the 24th has since reflagged as the 3rd, and it’s kind of hard to lend any help from Iraq. And then there’s the problem that Georgia National Guard frequently borrowed our equipment for civil missions, and that equipment’s in Iraq, too. But that really doesn’t make much difference either, because the Georgia National Guard’s 48th BCT is in Iraq, as well.

]]> By: michelle http://www.vitia.org/wordpress/2005/09/02/the-guard-in-nola/#comment-17687 michelle Sat, 03 Sep 2005 04:03:19 +0000 http://www.vitia.org/wordpress/archives/2005/09/02/the-guard-in-nola/#comment-17687 People have been moving since this happened. I have students in the Guard who have been activated. We're only one state north of it and the response has been substantial. People have been moving since this happened. I have students in the Guard who have been activated. We’re only one state north of it and the response has been substantial.

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