New Years 2016 and 2017 Challenge

[Phil Waterman]

Hi All

To mark the New Year would like to issue the following Challenge How Many CMPs Can We Take For A Drive On January 1st 2016?

Who will be the first to post a picture or video of their drive? Who will be the last?

Cheers and Happy New Year to everyone.

Phil

Hi All

Would like to expand the CHALLENGE TO INCLUE SUBSEQUENT years.

Hanno in his 2017 Seasons Greetings reminded me of this challenge and wanted to reissue the New Years Challenge to see how many of us could celebrate the start of the New Year with a military vehicle drive.

Cheers Phil

[Keith Webb]

My guess will be someone from NZ who are two hours ahead of us in Australia.

[r.morrison]

You don't give much lead time.....specially with the weather conditions between ourselves and the the NZ's and Ozzies. Besides ....those down under, either country, would have us beat. HOWEVER....my New Hampshire/Australian Friends....I will put it to the forum for a different challenge for CMP's.

Open for Ideas......and a little side wager to make it interesting. "Kickin" ass and takin numbers"....Robert ( Vancouver )

[rob love]

It took me almost half the day to get the tractor going today at -31°C. I had to wait until mid-day when it hit a balmy -18°. Pretty sure the CMPs in my area will be staying indoors for a couple months yet.

[Robert Bergeron]

Challenge accepted Phil !

On New Year I will drive the 1944 Chevy C-15A and post a picture.

We just had 20 cm of snow and 30-40 more are forecast for tuesday.

Temperatures will plummet to minus 17 C . but it sleeps indoor so no starting problems.

So if the weather clears wednesday/ thursday at might just give me enough time to clear a path.

Happy New New Year.

Cheers.

[Phil Waterman]

Hi All

Given that on Christmas Eve temperature here New Hampshire reached 66F or 19C with no snow yet this year second latest snow in recorded weather history, not sure how ito wI'll wor out.

But I've charged all trucks batteries to insure they start. Trying to drive all of them on the first day of the year has a special meaning for me not having been able to real drive them since July, but now following hand surgery beginning of September things are beginning to get back to normal.

Looking forward to see how many CMPs we can turn out, don't have a CMP any bit of old iron that is special to you will be quite good, just start the year driving.


Cheers Phil

[Robert Bergeron]

Charging the battery on the 44 Chevy CMP today Phil.

Also cleared 40 cm of snow in front of the garage doors and 15 more are forecasted for tonight ..

We all like challenges.

[Keith Webb]

I'll see if I can fire up the old FGT and at least move it forwards and backwards!

[Keith Webb]

Don't know whether this is quite a drive but she did move under her own power about a minute into 2016.

Link

[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 !

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally Posted by Keith Webb

Don't know whether this is quite a drive but she did move under her own power about a minute into 2016.

Link

Great to see you actually waited for the clock to jump to 12:00 PM - that's dedication. So let's be a sport and call your "move" a "drive"

Best wishes for 2016! Were are still more than 8 hours away from it.

[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.



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.

[Phil Waterman]

Hi All

Well it actually took longer to up load the short version of the video than the whole time to drive them. So here is Part 2 the actual video

https://youtu.be/0oogYWtSAMo

This week I work on get the third truck to start and take it for a spin.

Cheers Phil

PS Still have not figured out how to embed the youTube link and have it work so that I get the direct youTube link like Hanno's

[Mike Kelly]

Originally Posted by Phil Waterman

Hi All

Well it actually took longer to up load the short version of the video than the whole time to drive them. So here is Part 2 the actual video

https://youtu.be/0oogYWtSAMo

This week I work on get the third truck to start and take it for a spin.

Cheers Phil

PS Still have not figured out how to embed the youTube link and have it work so that I get the direct youTube link like Hanno's

All of that white stuff you can keep . Those conifer trees are weeds over here ! Anyway well done .

[Robert Bergeron]

Well done Phil.

Good job backing up that beast of a C60L !

Happy New Year and good health.

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Robert & Phil,

Thanks for sharing your first 2016 drives.

While Keith was no.1, my vote for best video goes to Phil

Hanno

[Robert Bergeron]

Hanno,

By next year i should of learned how to post Youtube video's...and have a try at beating Phil at his game.

But Phil's video's sure are great. It's like if you were there with him.

Happy New Year to all. Health and success. Peace on earth ( a lot of work to reach that end state ) .

[Keith Webb]

Agreed, I admit mine was a bit of a stunt

Originally Posted by Hanno Spoelstra

Robert & Phil,

Thanks for sharing your first 2016 drives.

While Keith was no.1, my vote for best video goes to Phil

Hanno

[Robert Bergeron]

Keith your post was great.

You participated in the Great Challenge of 16 and i respect you for it.

Now , if i can only learn to post on Youtube and beat you to it next year...

[Keith Webb]

Hi Robert

Thanks for your comment. Posting on YouTube is straightforward, set yourself up with an account then copy and paste the link using the link tool (the one with the little world and a chain link) here.

Originally Posted by Robert Bergeron

Keith your post was great.

You participated in the Great Challenge of 16 and i respect you for it.

Now , if i can only learn to post on Youtube and beat you to it next year...

[Robert Bergeron]

http://youtu.be/yDDXUxWpyQM

You mean like this Keith ?

That is from my hometown Armistice Day parade Nov 11 2015 .

Hey. that was easy. Thanks.

[Keith Webb]

Haha, yes just like that... well done!

Originally Posted by Robert Bergeron

http://youtu.be/yDDXUxWpyQM

You mean like this Keith ?

Those are from my hometown Armistice Day parade.

Hey. that was easy. Thanks.