Roberta X pretty well nails it with THIS post.
Well Done Lady!
Nuff said…
Sorry about the format problems… Hard to post from an iPhone…
On the left is a Kohler 30KW portable generator mounted on little two wheel trailer (commercially procured/assembled ‘system’)…
On the right is a Mil-Spec 30KW portable generator mounted on it’s Mil-Spec trailer…
First, note the difference in the trailers. On the left, a ‘standard’ little lightweight 2 ton trailer. Single axle, small ‘feet’ for stabilization, generator is ‘attached’ to the trailer by 4 bolts on the bottom and four steel angle clamps about 3 inches wide. Standard trailer lights too. Weighs about 500 lbs. Standard trailer hitch, no trailer brakes. Small aluminium storage ‘tray’ forward of the genset.
On the right is a Mil-Spec ‘lightweight’ trailer. Dual axles, as wide as a Hummer, diamondplate steel fenders, full articulable large foot stabilizers. The generator is dropped between 12 inch by 3 inch I-beams welded and bolted to the trailer frame, and the generator is bolted to the I-beams by 10- 1/2 inch diameter bolts on EACH side, and also tack welded with 3-4 inch beads at each corner. Mil-Spec trailer lights, air brakes, individual hand brakes for each wheel, Pintle Hook instead of trailer hitch, welded steel storage box 12 inches deep by 36 inches long by 24 inches wide welded forward of the genset in the frame. Weight something around 2000-2100 lbs.
Now the gensets themselves…
Again Mil-Spec in foreground, Kohler in the background.
First the Kohler, note the limited number of access panels/doors, and the ‘lump’ just forward of the genset on the trailer is the ONE cable with ONE set of connections. Weight about 2600-2800lbs (full of diesel).
Next, the Mil-Spec (ugly Army green), note 4 access panels on the left side, repeated on the right side. On the rear are four more access panels. In the tray are a selection of cables, covering ‘most’ requirements, plus the black panel on the front of the genset allows access directly to the master three-phase output.
Weight over 3000lbs (full of diesel).
Now comes the ‘fun’ parts…
Time to procure-
Kohler setup- appx 30 days
Mil-Spec setup- appx 1 YEAR! (paperwork, justification, order, wait for manufacture, MOAR paperwork, etc.)
Cost-
Kohler setup- $15,000 WITH trailer
Mil-Spec setup- Somewhere between $80-100,000…
So bottom line, Mil-Spec costs between $65,000-$85,000 MORE money, but it’s “certified” to perform under all circumstances, go into battle, etc. etc…
(and requires a special school AND a license to operate)…
The Kohler? Hook it up and turn it on…
Any Army or Marine types that can verify costs of the Mil-Spec and weight would be appreciated (I have ‘guestimates’ from the power plant manager)…
Sigh…
Full article HERE.
Ya know, if one of US did something like this, our asses would be UNDER the damn jail…
And ANOTHER one out of Chi-town…
Full article HERE.
They just DON’T think the same way we do!
And we’ve batted this one around too, but it’s STILL applicable…
Full Article HERE. And make sure to read the first comment too!
h/t to Don
Now if we can just get a few folks to actually pay attention…
Just sayin…
And this one has been out there for a couple of years, but it’s still valid…
Bill Clinton, you played ring around the Lewinsky while the terrorists were at war with us. You got us into a fight with them in Somalia and then you ran from it. Your weak-willed responses to the USS Cole and the First Trade Center Bombing and Our Embassy Bombings emboldened the killers. Each time you failed to respond adequately, they grew bolder, until 9/11/2001.
John Kerry, dishonesty is your most prominent attribute. You lied about American Soldiers in Vietnam . Your military service, like your life, is more
fiction than fact. You’ve accused our military of terrorizing women and children in Iraq . You called Iraq the wrong war, wrong place, wrong time, and the same words you used to describe Vietnam . You’re a fake! You want to run from Iraq and abandon the Iraqis to murderers just as you did to the Vietnamese. Iraq , like Vietnam , is another war that you were for, before you were against it.
John Murtha, you said our military was broken. You said we can’t win militarily in Iraq . You accused United States Marines of cold-blooded murder without proof and said we should redeploy to Okinawa . Okinawa, John? And the Democrats call you their military expert! Are you sure you didn’t suffer a traumatic brain injury while you were off building your war hero resume? You’re a sad, pitiable, corrupt, and washed up old fool. You’re not a Marine, sir. You wouldn’t amount to a good pimple on a real Marine’s ass. You’re a phony and a disgrace. Run away, John.
Dick Durbin, you accused our Soldiers at Guantanamo of being Nazis, tenders of Soviet style gulags and as bad as the regime of Pol Pot, who murdered two million of his own people after your party abandoned Southeast Asia to the Communists. Now you want to abandon the Iraqis to the same fate. History was not a good teacher for you, was it? Lord help us! See Dick run.
Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, Carl Levine, Barbara Boxer, Diane Feinstein, Russ Feingold, Pat Leahy, Barack Obama, Chuck Schumer, the Hollywood Leftist morons, et al, ad nauseam: Every time you stand in front of television cameras and broadcast to the Islamic Nazis that we went to war because our President lied, that the war is wrong and our Soldiers are torturers, that we should leave Iraq, you give the Islamic butchers – the same ones that tortured and mutilated American Soldiers – cause to think that we’ll run away again, and all they have to do is hang on a little longer. It is inevitable that we, the infidels, will have to defeat the Islamic jihadists. Better to do it now on their turf, than later on ours after they have gained both strength and momentum.
American news media, the New York Times particularly: Each time you publish stories about national defense secrets and our intelligence gathering methods, you become one united with the sub-human pieces of camel dung that torture and mutilate the bodies of American Soldiers. You can’t strike up the courage to publish cartoons, but you can help Al Qaeda destroy my country. Actually, you are more dangerous to us than Al Qaeda is. Think about that each time you face Mecca to admire your Pulitzer.
You are America ‘s ‘AXIS OF IDIOTS.’ Your Collective Stupidity will destroy us. Self-serving politics and terrorist-abetting news scoops are more important to you than our national security or the lives of innocent civilians and Soldiers. It bothers you that defending ourselves gets in the way of your elitist sport of politics and your ignorant editorializing. There is as much blood on your hands as is on the hands of murdering terrorists. Don’t ever doubt that. Your frolics will only serve to extend this war as they extended Vietnam . If you want our Soldiers home as you claim, knock off the crap and try supporting your country ahead of supporting your silly political aims and aiding our enemies.
Yes, I’m questioning your patriotism. Your loyalty ends with self. I’m also questioning why you’re stealing air that decent Americans could be breathing. You don’t deserve the protection of our men and women in uniform. You need to run away from this war, this country. Leave the war to the people who have the will to see it through and the country to people who are willing to defend it.
Our country has two enemies: Those who want to destroy us from the outside and those who attempt it from within.Semper Fi,
We NEED more people to speak out… plain and simple…
And you’ve got to give Coke credit for letting them have a go at it…
h/t JP
And for those who’ve ever gotten a time hack from WWVH, here it is…
And here are the three antennas (no I didn’t climb the HF mast to take this)…
Trivia question, what are those three Freqs??? 🙂
Trivia question #2, does anybody remember the Lady who’s voice was ‘featured’ on WWV/WWVH ???
Hint- probably 90% of us over the age of 30 have heard her voice ‘many’ times…
If you don’t know, the answer is HERE.