2018 New Years Challenge
 

Hi All

With New Years Eve rapidly approaching thought it was time to issue the Challenge who will be the take out their CMP or Carrier or other Military Vehicle to Celebrate the New Year. The Challenge comes in several forms you pick what is best for you:

• Who will be the first, in the sense of earth rotation
• Who will be the earliest in their time zone
• How many CMPs can we wake from their winter hibernation to stick their distinctive noses out on New Years
• Who has the coldest/warmest Temperature

Given that parts of the world are going to see extreme cold this New Years, don't risk your health or the health of your vehicle, do whats logical. Or simply take your first MV drive a little later.

While your at it take some photos of your Odometer maybe next year we can include who has driven the most miles in 2018.

For me my target is to drive each one of my trucks at least once each month. Gotten to the point where I drive the CMPs for fun and the regular cars just to get where I'm going. You meet some interesting people when you take HUP to get the Sunday paper, or the Pattern 12 C60L to the lumber yard.

Best Wishes for a Happy New Years

Cheers Phil

PS Past New Years Challenge threads 2017 and 2016

It's so cold......
 

The government wimps have cancelled the live entertainment New Years Eve...... everyone interviewed by the TV stations make fun of the cancellations by saying we are suppose to be Canadians accustomed to the cold.

Yet they played a 3 hour outside hockey game in Buffalo.... 3 hours near minus 20 C and Canada lost.

Spent the last hour on the tractor and froze my fingers....gloves are no good in this weather you need mitts.

That said I will live up to the challenge.....forecast is minus 27 C New Years eve and minus 30C for New Years night.

Will take out the battery for a warm up on Sunday morning although I may need a hammer to open up the sea can doors.

Snow is slightly over q foot and very fluffy with no ice crust so plowing in the back field with the belly dragging should not be a problem......just need a volunteer to take the pictures......

Cheers

Well, it is 0700 on the last day of the year in Brisbane.

Just drove the GPW to the shops. It is a bit overcast. Temperature is currently 26C predicted to be 30C then falling to 25C at midnight.

I thought of you northerners yesterday while we were water skiing on Sommerset Dam with the kids.

Lang

BEAST started on New Years Day 2013
 

Hi All

Well BEAST started this morning, I waited till about 10AM, with temperatures up from -8F/-22C over night and windchill that was just plain ridiculous. Inside BEAST's winter den it was 10 F the recording thermometer said it had't been any warmer or colder since I drove it last.

Attachment 96736

https://youtu.be/V8TvfKUYW14

Video is a little longer than necessary but the batteries on both cameras died before the ride was over.

So I hope this is the start of a good CMP driving year.

Cheers and Best Wishes

Best Wishes for the new year, Phil!

I really like your initiative of the new years Challenge and really enjoyed the video. I will try to do my part for a next new Years challenge when my project is done.

Alex

I planned on taking the jeep for a spin today. But it didn't happen. 2017 ended with a house fire and 2018 started with two.

????? question for Phil....
 

Is using Utube the only way to attach a video to the Forum???

Got some good shot of Rob's M37.....upside down........ will paint a white UP arrow on my cell phone for future use.

What software package are you using for your videos????

Were you wearing you GoPro camera on your forehead????

Cheers

Posting Video
 

Hi Bob

I've done some searching on the vBulletin web site and user forum and we are not the only users of this software/platform unable to embed video even with later versions.

As getting to Rob to stop driving upside down, there is an ap for that.

Putting a big broad arrow on your phone would be appropriate.

I use the gopro software to edit videos and you can import non gopro video into it to edit. one that bend you can correct the upside-down video issue, along correct slight off angle shots.

Yes for this video was using the head strap with camera middle of forehead.

I've got to get new batteries for the gopro, even freshly charged it ran out in the cold in less than an hour.

Cheers Phil

Youtube also has a rudimentary video editor which can be found somewhere on your dashboard when you login. It allows you to cut and combine clips, add text or sound/music, but it also has an option to rotate the orientation of the video.
It starts to get really complicated when you found out halfway the filming that you are filming upside down and decide to correct that while filming.....that means you would have to split the recording and rotate the view on one piece of the clip and than re-attach the clips again!

Alex

p.s. Bob.....I bet you thought that rotating the camera to Australian view, meant you would also benefit from the warmer OZ weather :D

Hammond Barn Accepted the Challenge
 

-25oC at noon in Hammond
1x 39 Chev CMP
1x 52 Dodge M37 SMP

Some video at this link (ignore date stamp - should have read 1 Jan 18 at 1200 hrs):

https://www.facebook.com/rob.clarke2...28100495511742

Thanks for posting these videos. Taking a CMP out for a drive is a great way to kick-off the new year!

Indeed it is not possible to attach videos (like pictures) on our forum. Sharing videos is best done using YouTube or Vimeo, those are public platforms. Many MLUers are not on Facebook, and even those who are cannot view all content - like the link Bob posted.

Cheers,
Hanno

Cool Rob.......
 

.... have you edited the one on the forest trail and the one going through the pine trees........???

I swear I could feel the cold coming from my computer screen.

Cheers