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It’s a ford engine also know as Brazilian or Ford New Holland

I also did the tilt hood conversion on my other ford

The pins serve many purposes but since the Zuni is carried in a launch tube they probably do not apply to this situation The RF can actually cause the igniter in the rocket motor to ignite the motor. The 1969 fire on the enterprise was attributed to the huffers exhaust heating the Zuni warhead and causing it to explode

I would give her a full time job The wife plus probably not approve

Speaking of buff and polish, I need to buff the rims out, they have gotten a little dull sitting in the shop.

This is what I started with

Yes The time a human can stay at a particular depth without decompression is governed by the US Navy dive tables

It is interesting that the Forrestal Fire happened in 1967 and MIL STD 461 was issued the same year. MIL STD 461 deals with electromagnetic compatibility. There is a belief that MIL STD 461 was created as a result of the Forrestal incident. On the Forrestal the Zuni rocket launched because of EMS, electromagnetic susceptibility. A RF transmitter caused the rocket motor to ignite. The accidental discharge story was a cover because the military did not want to release the truth. The WOW, weight on wheels, switch prevents the accidental launch of weapons. On the ground it takes a lot more than just bumping the wrong switch to launch weapon.

Since the fire started I have been talking to my dad on a daily basis because he is retired navy with 35 years in. He has been on many aircraft carriers when they are in the yard and I was amazed that the shore facilities typically compromised the watertight bulkheads. Adding to this the pipes, cables and other items that pass through a watertight bulkhead are in a sealed opening when the ship is operational, during yard work many of these openings are opened up to allow new cables and other items to pass through the watertight bulkhead. I have been told in the past that the firefighters air bottles are only good for 30 minutes, I know that an 80cf scuba tank will last about an hour at shallow debris. What you have on a this ship is passageways that are small to start with now contain cables, for power and lighting, hoses for ventilation, multiple fire hoses and an almost constant flow of firefighters going in and out. This sounds like a real pain in the ass to work in. The investigation will probably show that there were multiple issues on the ship cause by both the contractor and the navy and that this fire was started by one of these issues and the other issues combined to create what happened.

It’s finally back together and on the road. It started out as a $500 parts truck for my ex USN all wheel drive FT 900 but it ran great It is powered by a Ford 7.8 diesel The transmission is a Allison MT 643 converted to a MT653 The Ford spring suspension and 4.89 ratio RS 23160 was replaced with a clip from a 2002 peterbuilt. Reyco air ride, RS 23161 with air locker and 3.90 ratio. The interior of the cab floor, back wall, doors and underside of the hood was coated with lizard skin. The interior of the cab floor, back wall and doors were also covered with quite ride solutions kit. The interior has new national esign seats on low profile pedestals with custom brackets that copy the old ford national bases. Factory air was added to the cab. I was able to find a new factory vinyl floor mat for the truck. The truck is riding on aluminum 24.5’s The end result is a very quiet truck inside that will effortlessly keep up with freeway traffic

On a general note I find the section staffing comment very interesting. The navy has done some interesting cost cutting in recent years and it sounds like this cutting has affected staffing and they are now wondering if they went too far. The marines have been pulling F18’s out of the boneyard to have flyable aircraft This is the pendulum affect does impact my business and is caused by the bean counters.

This article is interesting https://www.defensenews.com/naval/2020/07/16/the-us-navys-top-officer-wants-answers-on-the-bonhomme-richard-fire/ Especially this part “Among the foremost questions in Gilday’s mind is whether the Navy fully absorbed the lessons learned from the fire aboard the Miami in 2012. “Since Sunday, when this fire broke out, I’ve been on the phone constantly about that fire,” Gilday said. “But one of things I did on Sunday was I read the report of the Miami fire back in 2012. There were a number of recommendations coming out of that incident. “One of the questions I have is: Did we fully and adequately implement those recommendations? Because that fire was probably the most recent similar mass-conflagration we’ve had. We learned from that. When we completed the investigation, did we just leave it in the rear-view mirror or did we, no kidding, take it seriously?” That investigation found that over time the Navy had gradually and unintentionally accepted higher and higher risk for fire in the industrial environment at the shipyard, when key fixed firefighting systems are deactivated and compartments designed into the ship to create fire boundaries are compromised by hoses, cables and ventilation ducts running through open hatches. The investigation also found that Federal firefighters at the shipyard weren’t adequately trained for shipboard firefighting. Further exacerbating the issues with Federal firefighters being inadequately trained was that command and control for fires that required assistance from off-board firefighters, which was the case on both Miami and Bonhomme Richard, was unclear and resulted in disjointed firefighting efforts. And the investigation found that there was no single organization in the Navy tasked with incorporating damage control lessons learned into fleet training and procedures.”

I was able to find this https://www.marionbody.com/fe_blog/custom-vs.-commercial-chassis-10-key-differences-to-consider

Actually the Forrestal Fire has been attributed to EMI, electromagnetic interference. Do you remember when microwaves first came out and they would cause static on the television when the microwave was in use. That was EMI

This may be the reason the fire spread “After about 90 minutes, authorities decided to remove all firefighters from the vessel for safety reasons and battle the blaze by remote means, including water dropped from helicopters and sprayed onto the ship via firefighting boats surrounding it on the bay.” This is not the navy way to leave the ship I would think a combined effort involving navy, federal, local firefighters and the ships crew would be the best way to attack the fire. The ships crew would know the ship and its systems that would be vital to keep the fire from spreading and how to attack it Unfortunately In my experience the paid firefighters do not take help from outside there community. Actually they fight it!

Lots of questions Fire suppression system was halon Maybe this is SOP for a ship that is in the yard Was it just bad timing with yard work and weekend liberty

Remember doctors are still practicing Enough of comedy, go see the doctor. I see my dermatologist as often as my regular doctor and the dentist. 6 appointments a year and a procedure every so often is not that bad. Just think of it as routine maintenance! Time to change all of the fluids and look inside!

The ship is in the yard for work. The crew was significantly reduced from 1,000 to just over a hundred. The skeleton crew was probably occupied with rescuing the rest of there small crew and evacuation. The fire suppression system was not operational due to maintenance. Why there was not a significant fire watch on board during the maintenance of the fire suppression system is the real question or was that the duty of the crew that was onboard.

Good advice Another one is “you can pick and choose your friends and neighbors but you are stuck with your family and you need to find a way to get along” The problem with a lot of the millennials today, the 20 year old, is the blatant disrespect they have for there parents and elders. My 23 year old son is this way and wants to change the world. He was surprised when both of his parents hanged up on him and told him to do something and stop yelling at us. I could go on for a while but I will end it here

I did not find any data to support the 400 deaths per year in the 80’s https://www.nfpa.org/News-and-Research/Data-research-and-tools/Emergency-Responders/Firefighter-fatalities-in-the-United-States/Firefighter-deaths According to NFPA the deaths were between 114 and 138

Can you post a picture of the drag link

The Australian truck was at Reno last year.

The forks just look like they were reinforced The attachment could be homemade or It could be produced kit or modification. There really is not a good way to tell for shore. I have three Gannon earthcavators, rolling box blade, one is a very early one based on the remains of the tag and that one looks like it was fabricated by hand. The other two have a much more refined fabricated parts.

In 2018 64 firefighters died and the 5 year trend is fewer than 70 per NFPA With an estimated 1,115,000 firefighters in the us this makes the firefighter death rate 5.56 per 100,000 In my industry 1008 died last year. With a rate of 9.5 per 100,000 I have personally stopped counting all the people that I have known that were killed on the job. To us it’s just part of the job. Everybody I work with including my self have PTSD to some degree

I did look into the actual total death numbers and what I found was that your 2.8 million number is very accurate, and reflects the projected number of deaths in the US for 2020 What I did find is that between March 1 and April 25 there were approximately 550,000 deaths recorded in the US of these 50,000 met the criteria to be caused by covid 19. So this works out to an average of 25,000 deaths per month This is substantially less than the 40,000 deaths per month that are attributed to smoking