Pooch72
Adventurer
I'm in the Air Force, currently in Christchurch New Zealand, and supporting what we call "Deep Freeze". The US Air Force flies supplies to and from McMurdo, Antarctica and NZ on C-130's and C-17's. I'm a crew chief on the C-17, and yesterday, I got a surprise when we loaded up two trailers that made me instantly think of the ExpeditionPortal. Now, these aren't Expedition trailers, but it gave me ideas as to what to do to my own trailer. Very cool stuff, and I took a couple pictures. Enjoy!
This is the trailer. Now, what initailly grabbed my attention was the tires! HOLY MOLY! 40/17x16.5 ******** Cepek Fun Country Radials! And, here I thought *my* tires were overkill. These things are monsters! But, considering the environment that they'll be in, it all makes sense. McMurdo sation in Antarctica sees temperatures at -70 degrees on occasion, and tires are a "big" deal down there. (pun intended)
As you may (or may not) see on the back of the trailer, it's "Briford" brand. I looked it up, but couldn't get any specs on this particular trailer. I assume that it's a custom build for the US Antarctic program.
Here's an example of one of the vehicles that will likely be towing one of these trailers...
And, I just had to get a picture of these bad boys. The fire department came out for our arrival, as, we're a "big deal" ourselves. When a C-17 lands in Antarctica, it gathers some attention. These guys had to be there, but they were happy about it.
I know that some will be just as interested in the plane as the trailer, so to satisfy those... here you go.
And, as they say here in New Zealand... Cheers!
This is the trailer. Now, what initailly grabbed my attention was the tires! HOLY MOLY! 40/17x16.5 ******** Cepek Fun Country Radials! And, here I thought *my* tires were overkill. These things are monsters! But, considering the environment that they'll be in, it all makes sense. McMurdo sation in Antarctica sees temperatures at -70 degrees on occasion, and tires are a "big" deal down there. (pun intended)
As you may (or may not) see on the back of the trailer, it's "Briford" brand. I looked it up, but couldn't get any specs on this particular trailer. I assume that it's a custom build for the US Antarctic program.
Here's an example of one of the vehicles that will likely be towing one of these trailers...
And, I just had to get a picture of these bad boys. The fire department came out for our arrival, as, we're a "big deal" ourselves. When a C-17 lands in Antarctica, it gathers some attention. These guys had to be there, but they were happy about it.
I know that some will be just as interested in the plane as the trailer, so to satisfy those... here you go.
And, as they say here in New Zealand... Cheers!