New Years 2016 and 2017 Challenge

[Robert Bergeron]

Great show Keith !

She starts well.

How come you are wearing shorts ?

It's minus 20 out here ..

Oh, you are in Australia and it's summer...

Happy New Year !

[Phil Waterman]

Hi Keith

You most certainly got spirt of the challenge award, with first video posted, some how I did expect someone to meet the challenge at the stroke of midnight. Now was that AEST or AEDST? Also was that fireworks I heard at the end of the videos?

Hope we get to see more videos and pictures of CMPs and their drivers out making their own first drive of 2016.

At a minimum it will be 15 hours before my drive.

Cheers and Happy New Year

Phil

[Richard Farrant]

Hi Keith,
Good one You have beat the Kiwis to it!

I bet you would have driven up the road, it was only the lack of headlights that stopped you

See you in March.

cheers Richard

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Best wishes for 2016 to everyone!

Reporting live from the Netherlands: https://youtu.be/zWuuMXb7SUc

Took it for a drive around the town, about 20-25 minutes, so it warmed up nicely. New year's resolution: take the truck out for a drive more often!

Hanno

[Phil Waterman]

Hi All

Happy News Years to all best wishes from New Hampshire. May you have lots of CMP or other MV driving during the coming year.

Didn't go out at the stroke of Mid Night but did get out by 10 AM. We had a miserable snow sleet storm on Tuesday 4-6 inches on unfrozen ground hence the mud and snow. Stuff on the ground is so heavy that both trucks needed 4x4 drive in places on flat ground.

Was going to try to take all threes out the two stored in the unheated garage start with out problems the one parked in the heated shop decided it didn't want to start, so only took 2 out for drive. Photo below shows the two that started, I'm editing the goPro video and will paste that later today.

New Years 2016 .jpg

If you don't make it out on New Years Day hope you will post your first drive of the year.

Cheers Phil

PS- Hanno your weather looks better than ours. Good New Years Resolution.

[maple_leaf_eh]

Originally Posted by Hanno Spoelstra

Best wishes for 2016 to everyone!

Reporting live from the Netherlands: https://youtu.be/zWuuMXb7SUc

Took it for a drive around the town, about 20-25 minutes, so it warmed up nicely. New year's resolution: take the truck out for a drive more often!

Hanno

Smile! Mcspooltube - now we know your other internet identity!

[Robert Bergeron]

Happy New Year to all,

I was not early, it was a leisurely 0930hr this morning .

Took along my brother in law from Boothbay Harbour Maine USA with me, he did'nt want to get up any earlier .

He was doing the pictures, i was doing the driving and lecturing .

Told him an earfull about Canada's involvement in WW2 , most of it he did not know. Don't blame him as most Canadians don't either.

Anyway , we had a GRAND time driving around in the fresh snow.

I skidded with the Carrier and went into the ditch. No problem i said to the brother in law all the while praying she could back out by herself and she did ! One for the Canadian Carriers i told myself.

Here is my contribution to the challenge.

Thanks Phil for encouraging us to do so.

Cheers.

[RHClarke]

I should have read MLU Forum before hitting the barn today. I was going to take the HUP out for a romp but got I got wet and caught a chill. There always is next year.