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Vietnam vets #7807506 02/26/23 12:25 AM 02/26/23 12:25 AM
Joined: Jul 2013 Amite county Mississippi Wolfdog91 OP trapper
Wolfdog91 OP trapper Joined: Jul 2013 Amite county Mississippi	Any of y'all who where over there happen to ever see one of these ? YouTube expert

Re: Vietnam vets [Re: Wolfdog91] #7807518 02/26/23 12:47 AM 02/26/23 12:47 AM
Joined: Jan 2007 Georgia warrior trapper
warrior trapper Joined: Jan 2007 Georgia	Rome Plow equipped D7E in action.

Re: Vietnam vets [Re: Wolfdog91] #7807542 02/26/23 01:56 AM 02/26/23 01:56 AM
Joined: Mar 2007 Ridgefield, WA B Bearguy trapper
Bearguy trapper B Joined: Mar 2007 Ridgefield, WA	There was an engineer outfit near us in Long Binh, who's motto was "We Prevent Forests". Last edited by Bearguy; 02/26/23 01:57 AM. All you "Woke" people need to go back to sleep!

Re: Vietnam vets [Re: Wolfdog91] #7807555 02/26/23 03:47 AM 02/26/23 03:47 AM
Joined: Mar 2010 wyoming southeast D danvee trapper
danvee trapper D Joined: Mar 2010 wyoming southeast	Nope, but that stuff grew back fast the reason for agent orange. Im guessing they might have got the idea from WW 2 putting make shift shears and blades on the tanks in WW 2 during the Normandy Invitation to get through the hedge rows.

Re: Vietnam vets [Re: Wolfdog91] #7807588 02/26/23 07:44 AM 02/26/23 07:44 AM
Joined: Dec 2014 west virginia usa R randall brannon trapper
randall brannon trapper R Joined: Dec 2014 west virginia usa	Originally Posted by Wolfdog91 Any of y'all who where over there happen to ever see one of these ? NY City needs that to get somewhere in Rush Hour. God please keep they 19 fallen UBB miners out of trouble up there.

Re: Vietnam vets [Re: Wolfdog91] #7807605 02/26/23 08:15 AM 02/26/23 08:15 AM
Joined: Dec 2012 Northern WI L Line Jumper trapper
Line Jumper trapper L Joined: Dec 2012 Northern WI	That is cool, never seen anything like that, a self propelled roller chopper, bet that was a rough ride. Thanks for posting!

Re: Vietnam vets [Re: Wolfdog91] #7807608 02/26/23 08:20 AM 02/26/23 08:20 AM
Joined: Mar 2012 meadowview, Virginia E EdP trapper
EdP trapper E Joined: Mar 2012 meadowview, Virginia	Looks like the perfect machine for clearing out the homeless settlements.

Re: Vietnam vets [Re: Wolfdog91] #7807613 02/26/23 08:33 AM 02/26/23 08:33 AM
Joined: Jul 2017 PA W w side rd 151 trapper
w side rd 151 trapper W Joined: Jul 2017 PA	I have never seen anything like it but I have hunted quite a few places that I would be glad to have one

Re: Vietnam vets [Re: Wolfdog91] #7807620 02/26/23 08:49 AM 02/26/23 08:49 AM
Joined: Feb 2014 East Texas B BTLowry trapper
BTLowry trapper B Joined: Feb 2014 East Texas	That Le Tourneau fellow was a genius. He made all kinds of cool stuff. You should read the story of his life and how he got started. We had to read it when I went to school at Le Tourneau University

Re: Vietnam vets [Re: Wolfdog91] #7807682 02/26/23 10:23 AM 02/26/23 10:23 AM
Joined: Dec 2006 St. Louis Co, Mo B BigBob trapper
BigBob trapper B Joined: Dec 2006 St. Louis Co, Mo	Saw a few Romes, but never that monstrosity in thefirst pic! LOL Every kid needs a Dog and a Curmudgeon. Remember Bowe Bergdahl, the traitor. Beware! Jill Pudlewski, Ron Oates and Keven Begesse are liars and thiefs!

Re: Vietnam vets [Re: Wolfdog91] #7807687 02/26/23 10:32 AM 02/26/23 10:32 AM
Joined: Mar 2012 Nw Pa. O Outbackbob48 trapper
Outbackbob48 trapper O Joined: Mar 2012 Nw Pa.	I was in the SeaBees in the delta, never seen anything like that. Dozers and agent orange was the tool down there. Way to wet for some think as big as that.

Re: Vietnam vets [Re: Wolfdog91] #7807710 02/26/23 11:09 AM 02/26/23 11:09 AM
Joined: May 2012 michigan,USA S seniortrap trapper
seniortrap trapper S Joined: May 2012 michigan,USA	Our choice of leveling was a D7 Cat dozer. Vietnam--1967 46th. Const./Combat Engineers "Chaotic action is preferable to orderly inaction." "After the first shot, all plans go out the window!"

Re: Vietnam vets [Re: Wolfdog91] #7807713 02/26/23 11:13 AM 02/26/23 11:13 AM
Joined: Mar 2007 Amherst, NE R Roy Greenfield trapper
Roy Greenfield trapper R Joined: Mar 2007 Amherst, NE	The areas I was in were either straight up or down. Looks like a good idea but most of the terrain would not handle it. Roy Vietnam 1970 & 1971, Delta 3/506 101st ABN 11B, Light Weapons Infantry

Re: Vietnam vets [Re: Wolfdog91] #7807714 02/26/23 11:15 AM 02/26/23 11:15 AM
Joined: Feb 2007 New York border Cragar trapper
Cragar trapper Joined: Feb 2007 New York border	An old 16mm film ( no audio ) of some variants of tree crushers. Greta would have a fit..... NRA benefactor member

Re: Vietnam vets [Re: Wolfdog91] #7807788 02/26/23 01:11 PM 02/26/23 01:11 PM
Joined: Mar 2007 McGrath, AK W white17 "General (Mr.Sunshine) Washington"
white17 "General (Mr.Sunshine) Washington" W Joined: Mar 2007 McGrath, AK	Never saw anything like that. When we needed a clearing we called the B 52's Mean As Nails

Re: Vietnam vets [Re: EdP] #7807795 02/26/23 01:19 PM 02/26/23 01:19 PM
Joined: Feb 2010 Henderson, N.Y. Jefferson Co. W walleyed trapper
walleyed trapper W Joined: Feb 2010 Henderson, N.Y. Jefferson Co.	Originally Posted by EdP Looks like the perfect machine for clearing out the homeless settlements. You & Douglas MacArthur would have worked well together !! w "Provisional/Interim" member of NYSTA "I Support Non-Resident Trapping"

Re: Vietnam vets [Re: white17] #7807928 02/26/23 05:30 PM 02/26/23 05:30 PM
Joined: Sep 2020 Missouri O Osagan trapper
Osagan trapper O Joined: Sep 2020 Missouri	Originally Posted by white17 When we needed a clearing we called the B 52's Arc Light! It's very thorough.

Re: Vietnam vets [Re: Wolfdog91] #7808005 02/26/23 06:51 PM 02/26/23 06:51 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 MN, Land of 10,000 Lakes T Trapper7 trapper
Trapper7 trapper T Joined: Dec 2006 MN, Land of 10,000 Lakes	Originally Posted by Wolfdog91 Any of y'all who where over there happen to ever see one of these ? Unreal. Nice photo! Immigrants who bypassed legal process in migrating to the US demand legal process before being kicked out.

Re: Vietnam vets [Re: Trapper7] #7808036 02/26/23 07:43 PM 02/26/23 07:43 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 East-Central Wisconsin B bblwi trapper
bblwi trapper B Joined: Dec 2006 East-Central Wisconsin	In the central highlands, most of the larger equipment was not handy or useful. Used a lot of defoliant and other ways to burn stuff off. Bryce

Re: Vietnam vets [Re: Wolfdog91] #7808050 02/26/23 08:01 PM 02/26/23 08:01 PM
Joined: Aug 2010 Asheville, NC C charles trapper
charles trapper C Joined: Aug 2010 Asheville, NC	After the war Weyhauser (sp) had a machine that was brought back from VN. It took seven trucks or four train cars to move it to new locations. It was amphibious. Reduced woodland to chips. Was over ten feet wide. Built for our military. Was a site to see and very loud.

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