New pickup

[LouNY]

That old "46"power wagon was one heck of a tough truck, but
your new one is going to be a much nicer truck, might not be as rough and tumble
but much more creature comfortable

 

[Sawyer Rob]

When I was in my 20's, I worked with a crew of steel builders. We built steel electrical towers that went across this state.

Of course there were no roads out there, just two tracks, mostly made with a dozer and track hoe. We had a fleet of Power Wagons, and when it got really bad with mud and steep hills, those power wagons would break drive lines left and right! Boy, would that ever pizz the mechanic off, having to work in those conditions!!

SO finally, the boss decided he would make us all meet at the bottom of the bad spot or hill, hook them all together and we'd take a dozer and pull those things up the hill!!

That made the mechanic MUCH happier!! lol

SR

 

[oosik]

Summers of '58 & '59 - my Jr/Sr years in high school. Worked for the National Forrest Service. The entire high school football team got first choice to work for the NFS. It was "billed" as exciting, outside work. It was work - alright. Bucking, splitting & stacking untold chords of firewood. For campgrounds & lookout towers. When the summer was over - we went back to school & football. We were tougher than salt tanned buck skin from our summer job.

Occasionally, we would get to help with fighting a wildfire. OSHA - who had ever heard of that group??? But only if it was in the grasslands or sagebrush areas. NEVER in forested areas.

We had Power Wagons. God - I feel in love with those power wagons. They were a newer model than Garandman pictured - but not much. Single huge( 36" ) hydraulic disk on the rear - water tank in the bed. We would take off, like smoke & oakum, cutting a single ditch and watering the ground on the fire side of the ditch.

Some times, if the wind was right, we would spray a diesel/??? mix on the fire side of the ditch and light it - backfire.

You can not imagine the wildfire front created when lightning strikes a barbed wire fence. The lightning would go to ground at every steel/wood post. Sometime over a mile wide front.

This new Power Wagon will be my lifelong dream come true. It's never going to see a wildfire but it sure has brought back old memories.

 

[Doofy]

Summers of '58 & '59 - my Jr/Sr years in high school. Worked for the National Forrest Service. The entire high school football team got first choice to work for the NFS. It was "billed" as exciting, outside work. It was work - alright. Bucking, splitting & stacking untold chords of firewood. For campgrounds & lookout towers. When the summer was over - we went back to school & football. We were tougher than salt tanned buck skin from our summer job.

Occasionally, we would get to help with fighting a wildfire. OSHA - who had ever heard of that group??? But only if it was in the grasslands or sagebrush areas. NEVER in forested areas.

We had Power Wagons. God - I feel in love with those power wagons. They were a newer model than Garandman pictured - but not much. Single huge( 36" ) hydraulic disk on the rear - water tank in the bed. We would take off, like smoke & oakum, cutting a single ditch and watering the ground on the fire side of the ditch.

Some times, if the wind was right, we would spray a diesel/??? mix on the fire side of the ditch and light it - backfire.

You can not imagine the wildfire front created when lightning strikes a barbed wire fence. The lightning would go to ground at every steel/wood post. Sometime over a mile wide front.

This new Power Wagon will be my lifelong dream come true. It's never going to see a wildfire but it sure has brought back old memories.

oosik, you've got at least 10 years on me and the new Truck promises to have quite the learning curve to utilize all those new and wonderful features. You can do it, enjoy each and every moment.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

This new Power Wagon will be my lifelong dream come true. It's never going to see a wildfire but it sure has brought back old memories.

Enjoy your vehicle, you deserve it.

 

[oosik]

I still remember the "high technology" of those old power wagons. Pull the big 'ol choke knob on the dash, pump the gas pedal a couple times - turn the key on the dash - stomp on the starter switch on the floor. That big "six" would roar to life - the excitement had just began. There was a mechanical throttle on them also. You could never keep things steady when going over rough ground without that.

 

[Jstpssng]

Summers of '58 & '59 - my Jr/Sr years in high school. Worked for the National Forrest Service. The entire high school football team got first choice to work for the NFS. It was "billed" as exciting, outside work. It was work - alright. Bucking, splitting & stacking untold chords of firewood. For campgrounds & lookout towers. When the summer was over - we went back to school & football. We were tougher than salt tanned buck skin from our summer job.

Occasionally, we would get to help with fighting a wildfire. OSHA - who had ever heard of that group??? But only if it was in the grasslands or sagebrush areas. NEVER in forested areas.

We had Power Wagons. God - I feel in love with those power wagons. They were a newer model than Garandman pictured - but not much. Single huge( 36" ) hydraulic disk on the rear - water tank in the bed. We would take off, like smoke & oakum, cutting a single ditch and watering the ground on the fire side of the ditch.

Some times, if the wind was right, we would spray a diesel/??? mix on the fire side of the ditch and light it - backfire.

You can not imagine the wildfire front created when lightning strikes a barbed wire fence. The lightning would go to ground at every steel/wood post. Sometime over a mile wide front.

This new Power Wagon will be my lifelong dream come true. It's never going to see a wildfire but it sure has brought back old memories.

As I indicated in my first post in this thread- Enjoy. You worked hard for your money, it's time to enjoy it a little.

 

[bcp]

If you REALLY like the old Power Wagons, you can still get one.

Legacy Power Wagon Conversion | Dodge Power Wagon

and parts:

Vintage Power Wagons - VPW News - New Products & More

Bruce

 

[Doofy]

Holy Moly! Beautiful trucks...just not in my price range.

 

[oosik]

Hey - I might be a sentimental old fool. At THAT price, I'll stick with the one I'm getting. Lordy!! Never seen nor heard of a dual rear axle model.

I'm happy with just pictures, at that price.