Driver and Wheel course

[Colin Parkinson]

The 5-ton was a beast, and you could spread so much joy by using the Jake brake at 3:00 am going through a German Hamlet

 

[Franko]

You know it Colin!

Loved that Jacobe‘s brake, sometimes it was the only thing that would slow them down enough to stop, and gearing down in a panic to stop from crushing some civie‘s car.

Regards

 

[TNCOYBOY]

Those Eurpoean roads are nuts!!!

 

[Colin Parkinson]

I was teaching driving in a jeep, it was a hot day and we had the windshield down, we came up to a Y junction and I told the young kid driving to take the route of his choice, he choose the â Å“third alternativeâ ? and went straight, off the road and into the a bush which I think contained the entire population of Aphids for BC. After wiping the green withering mess from my mouth and eyes, I looked at him and asked why he did that? His response: â Å“I couldn't decide which way to goâ ? I failed him on the spot, if you can't make semi-intelligent decisions, you can't drive.

BC was a great place for driver course. After the drivers got used to their Gun Tractors we would take them up logging & powerline roads with switch backs. Nothing like backing around a corner with a 105mm howitzer in tow.