My young wife and I are retired, and this is a marriage team-building project. It is the third major life project we've done in about the last five years or so...
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My young wife and I are retired, and this is a marriage team-building project. It is the third major life project we've done in about the last five years or so...
1000arms, the cab of our MTVR came with three rifle mounts (one on the driver's door, and two on the passenger door). The left one will probably be for the M4 carbine that I carried as a cop, and one on the right will probably carry my wife's Springfield Armory M1A SOCOM 16.
We have changed out the fasteners on the machinegun hatch so that it can be removed without tools. Ultimately we will probably replace the hatch with a thick circle of smoked plexiglass or something.
In any case, I have shown my wife the videos of the attack on Reginald Denny- if anyone tries to block our path to ambush us, they're getting run over, and if anyone climbs onto our truck and tries to get in, they're getting shot.
We have changed out the fasteners on the machinegun hatch so that it can be removed without tools. Ultimately we will probably replace the hatch with a thick circle of smoked plexiglass or something.
In any case, I have shown my wife the videos of the attack on Reginald Denny- if anyone tries to block our path to ambush us, they're getting run over, and if anyone climbs onto our truck and tries to get in, they're getting shot.
rruff
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My young wife and I are retired, and this is a marriage team-building project. It is the third major life project we've done in about the last five years or so...
I've managed to get my young wife to help me fiberglass the larger panels and help me move them when done. That's about the extent of her "interest" though...
She's tiny, so I do most of the heavy lifting, but she's absolutely a driving force in this project. I could have just as easily done a Sprinter van, but when I showed her the MTVR online, she had to have one.
coastalcop
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"Lexan" of the scratch resistant variety (there are several) Plexiglass breaks too easily and doesnt offer the flex of lexan type materials. Probably like you, I have bounced a halligan off lexan on what should have been an easy break and rake to introduce the deftech-25, made me a believer in the material.
On the inward swinging door, even a sliding "barn door" on the outside wall will cut down on water/dust getting inside. As wind/water push against an outward swing, the force pushes the seal closer together, inward it pushes farther apart. For reference the rear door to my house was damaged in a hurricane, it was outward swinging. I replaced with an inward swinging (as the dimensions would fit) . Fast forward to the first medium thunderstorm (15-20 mph winds/rain) , and water intrusion was an issue. Ended up replacing with another outward swing and t corrected the issue.
For a repeat of Denny, Im not sure where your mind would have to be to stand in front of, or try an approach that build, I mean thats making the jump from merely stupid to suicidal !
Really enjoying watching the build
Let's see, your quote on the side of your camper, a photograph of your truck going over a pile of rioters, and you would have the basis of a great T-shirt!I think you need at least one T-shirt with your quote printed out on it!
Hmm, it probably doesn't help that I recently re-watched:
Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)
Charlize Theron, Tom Hardy, Nicholas Hoult, Riley Keough, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, and Courtney Eaton in Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)
www.imdb.com
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Alloy
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Make sure to have railings on the stairs. Actually seen more accidents on stairs than (secured) ladders. My guess is people pay more attention getting on a ladder.
The inner door will be a water bucket. A roof extension might help.
As to the shear walls the connection from the wall sill plate maybe the weakest. I understand the construction is bulletproof but that = weight......which is up high on rigid suspension.
Yes, we are thankful. I am nearly 60, and I've never done this before, so things are not happening as quickly as I'd like...but they are happening.
I had my young wife quit her job, so the two of us are now working about five days a week on it, but we get up when we feel like it, we work on it at a relaxed pace until it gets hot out, and then we pack it in. Some days we work through the hot part of the day, and some nights we work on it again when the sun gets lower before sunset, but we're trying to keep it fun...