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SFC_Jeff_Button

Hello to all, it's been a while since I've been on here since my trip to Ft Eustis for ANCOC and my return back to Ft Hood. I found this interesting HEMMET fueler at the 1st CAV museum today while snapping some M47 pictures for Toadman which I will be posting on here as well soon. This grill / smoker is awesome! Notice the Toyota next to it for size comparrison. Someone went to alot of work to make this. With all 8 tires pointing straight, it looks to be a pain to manuver however. Enjoy you 1st CAV fans.

Doug_Kibbey

Jeff,
Maybe it can "pivot steer"? (that ought to be good for some smoke!) Laughing

Dennis_Smith · ***Power User*** Offline Joined: Mar 17, 2006 Posts: 192

We never had a smoker shaped like a fueler, but we had a beer cooler shaped like a jeep trailer. Smile

MarkHolloway

Someone did a GREAT job! I'm sure those Cav boys use JP-8 for charcoal starter Wink

SFC_Jeff_Button

It certainly did take someone alot of time to make, no doubt. The actual grill/smoker area looks to be 3/8inch thick, and is not aluminum like the cab area. Those axles and brake drums look heavy as well.
Whats the time period and location of that beer cooler jeep trailer?

MarkHolloway

Jeff, The tires look like CUCV tires so I'm thinking they came with axles from a bone yard. Uniforms above look like the permanent press fatigues. I was wearing them in 78'-'79. Didn't have a maroon beret though Sad

Dennis_Smith · ***Power User*** Offline Joined: Mar 17, 2006 Posts: 192

Hey SFC Button,

The beer cooler picture was taken at 18 FA Brigade, Fort Bragg. Around 1980.

We were trying to uphold a proud tradition of hard drinking paratroopers.

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