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15-07-18, 19:46
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When is too much too much?
I had someone comment a month or two back that he noticed a few new pieces in the yard since last time he was by. I told him "not really, I have been using restraint the last while". But I admitted there was a pair of Limbers to go with the pair of 25 pounders, another 25 pounder chassis, another 5/4 ton (for parts), an Armstrong motorcycle (but it is in the quonset so he wouldn't have noticed), and I was picking up another MLVW from Winnipeg in a few weeks (Now home). Another guy reminded me of the HMMWV that showed up late last fall. Oh yeh, there was also the shell off an artillery tractor, which meant one more chassis must be found.
So 7 or 8 pieces more in less than a year, and that was while using restraint. So I did a quick count around the yard of everything including trailers. Turns out there are 46 pieces in the yard including the truck I drive and the 4 cars the wife owns (A newer Honda accord, 2 older Oldsmobile Aleros, which I have to get rid of yet, and her 75 Corvette Stingray). My list is more or less as follows: Bofors 40mm C1 (M2A2) 105 howitzer 90mm AA gun 25 pdr another 25 pdr a 25 pdr chassis limber limber 6 pdr (soon leaving) M38A1CDN3 w/w M100 trailer M101Cdn2 trailer 15cwt Ford CMP FAT shell 1976 5/4 ton command post 1976 5/4 ton parts truck M135 Deuce M135 deuce for parts M35 MLVW M35 MLVW Bren carrier (restored) carrier hull w. engine and track carrier hull carrier hull Penguin snowmobile HUP (leaving eventually) 15cwt air compressor 1956 military firetruck 1956 Civilian firetruck (for parts) 1943 MCP Ford dumptruck 1943 cab/chassis Ford MCP (parts truck) 7 ton recovery trailer 3 ton trailer chassis another 3 ton trailer chassis M104/cmp trailer hybrid (for firewood hauling) Armstrong motorcycle M998 HMMWV (hardtop w turret ring on it's way). On top of those are my winter/towing vehicle, a dodge cummins 2500, and 4 civilian trailers running from a 4x8 3,000 lb capacity, a 12,000 cap equipment hauler, a 14, 000 pd equipment hauler, and a 14,000 lb equipment hauler. I didn't count the BSA folding bike nor the swiss military bike I liberated from Cypress. Bikes don't count. When I had my divorce sale back in 2001 I counted 15 vehicles/trailers then, and thought I had a problem. I divested of pretty much all of them, and had none until around 2006, when I bought my one carrier. Then a Jeep, then a...... I still check kijiji weekly (or more) for military trucks....fortunately I have been using restraint. I turned 57 a week ago....I'll never live long enough to finish them all. I gotta say, this is one estate auction I would love to make it to, but I don't think it works that way. To top it off, I go to work and do the exact same thing for 300 days of the year. So do I have a problem? (At least the neighbors have not complained about all the wife's cars). 
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15-07-18, 20:16
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Too much
Rob
It's called commitment, not a problem. Gord ( Watch that get spun another way! )
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#3
16-07-18, 11:51
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Quote:
 Rob, it's good that you're using restraints. You wouldn't want anything to fall off the truck when another project gets delivered.
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15-07-18, 20:22
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Unlike many other people, you do not have a problem Rob. The fact that you know about restraint, and have obviously been using it for some time now, clearly demonstrates that you don’t have a problem.
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1953 M37 CDN 1953 M38A1 CDN 1967 M38A1 CDN2
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15-07-18, 21:18
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"Hello group, my name is Rob and I'm a collect-o-holic..."
No really, I think you have to look at why. If it is to truly restore it all and keep it all running and in top shape, you have to ask yourself if that's even possible. Or asking the same question the other way around, what is the number of vehicles you can adequately maintain? I expect that many of your acquisitions are for parts or just to save them so there's a chance someone will give them the treatment in the future. This topic blends in with the other 'de-mob' thread here that asks the questions "what next?" and "what prep should I do for the eventual?" I suppose nothing so long as doing what you're doing makes you happy and is sustainable. Don't expect that everything you save will get restored, it won't. But as you say you'll never see that. It doesn't work that way. For me, the reason to collect or restore is the joy of doing it and for the sake of the history and the veterans that used them. Second to that is running them followed by showing them off (we all like a little pat on the back now and again).
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15-07-18, 23:34
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Was just out putting a floor in place for the next shed, and realized the old 1949 Oliver 88 tractor is also not maintenance free. So I guess it is no47.
I don't even know how many lawnmowers and other small engines like log splitter, wood chipper, chain saw, generator, pumps etc are out there. It surprises me how I even keep going what does run. For me, the hunt for the parts and pieces is the best part of the hobby. As soon as a restoration is completed, it's down hill from there. I have seen early restorations of mine later sell thru others. One of them, a M38A1Cdn2 w/w, was featured in one of the restoration magazines as an unrestored, unmolested example. I actually built that one out of pieces from several Jeeps.
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#8
16-07-18, 00:06
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Rob,
no problem at all.
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Robin Craig Home of the Maple Leaf Adapter 2 Canadian Mk1 Ferrets Kawasaki KLR250 CFR 95-10908 ex PPCLI Canadair CL70 CFR 58-91588 Armstrong MT500 serial CFR 86-78530 Two Canam 250s Land Rover S3 Commanders Caravan Carawagon 16 GN 07 Trailer Cargo 3/4 T 2WHD 38 GJ 62
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16-07-18, 00:13
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KIDDING!!!
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