WINCHES COME IN HANDY.

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Joe Gopan
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WINCHES COME IN HANDY.

Post by Joe Gopan » Tue Jan 30, 2018 8:23 pm

I was a Highway Surveyor on I-95, I used my own 1959 CJ-5 with a KOENIG front winch to haul a few stakes, a Transit and two other surveyors. The winch came in handy at times, when winching across 75' of soft going saved us from having to walk 2 miles. I was averaging 600 miles a week using my Jeep on one project.
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Joe Gopan
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Re: WINCHES COME IN HANDY.

Post by Joe Gopan » Fri Sep 13, 2019 8:39 pm

Anyone else use their Jeeps for use in their job?
2011 MVPA PIONEER AWARD - MVPA #1064
HONOR GRAD-WHEELED VEHICLE MECHANIC SCHOOL 1960 - US ARMY ORDNANCE SCHOOL(MACHINIST) ABERDEEN PG 1962 - O-1 BIRD DOG CREWCHIEF - 300,000+TROUBLE FREE M-38A1 MILES
LIFE MEMBER AM LEGION-40/8-DAV
7 MIL SPEC MAINTAINED MV'S
COL. BRUNO BROOKS (ARMY MOTORS) IS MY HERO

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