Broke Down In Kansas (please Help!!!!)

[Baradium]

Originally Posted by chickenwing

While you are active duty you can remain a resident from wherever you signed up. Meaning you can keep your home state plates. Even if he were pulled into a California style off-ramp inspection station he could not be made to switch his emissions over since he is a non-resident.

Sorry to burst bubbles, but it's not so much the state. It's the post.

I have a friend in Texas, he has 2 california registered vehicles there. CA says "you don't have to smog since you're out of state military."

However, Ft. Bliss requires that vehicles have a current TX inspection sticker to get post decals. So he has to pass the post safety inspection. I think that would also require emmissions if his vehicles weren't too old. Colorado could require the same thing...

[Longhorn Man]

yep, like i said, I looked into reenlisting with a PCS to Ft Carson, and the packet I recieved from Carson straight up said in it that I'd have to get smogged.

[piecesparts]

MAN, All of that just to go to Iraq again. I am glad that I got out of the military a long time ago.

[chickenwing]

Guess I lucked out with my base commander at Travis AFB CA. Kept my MS plates. No smog, did not have a MS inspection sticker either.

Edit: You could keep your vehicle off base.

[corn]

I was just reading about this deal on a motorcycle board too. Sounds like a buddy of mine is there helping him & they have the motor out & the new one bolted to the trans & on its way back in the truck. Hope all goes well...corn

[kingsolver72]

The engine and tranny were installed earlier today.All the smog has been a pain.A guy from K.C. came down last night,THANK GOD FOR HIM,he is a very knowlegable guy.If it was just me and Josh,well.... we would be beat.The guys name is Ed.Josh and Ed have maybe 2 hours of sleep since yesterday.I told them that I had beds they could sleep in.I couldn't get them to take my offer.One sleep on some pad in my garage and the other on a creeper.They have very little left to do.I will post more info later.

[kingsolver72]

Originally Posted by piecesparts

MAN, All of that just to go to Iraq again. I am glad that I got out of the military a long time ago.

I have a world of respect for Josh!! I am glad there are guys like Josh in the military.

[piecesparts]

I have no problem with Josh, his truck was in my yard with the rod knocking. I am discussing the fact that the Military bases are imposing so many constraints on those that enter them to match the Locals (such as SMOG garbage) just to have the priviledge of parking on base---while the owner is gone for months at a time, to do the thing that is needed. When I was in the military, the bases didn't care about those things---and I was in California (the smog capital of the U.S.).

It doesn't matter that the base has a rule to get the truck smogged, but the fact remains that whatever the State of Georgia has for smog rules is WHAT that smog check station has to support, because the truck is licensed in the Great State of Georgia---believe it or not--that is all Josh has to meet.

I am happy to hear that Josh and the others are getting the motor together, there is nothing easy in a deal such as this, since everything is rusty from daily use. One has to approach it from a common sense point of view. Hopefully they will get enough rest, so he doesn't fall asleep on the rode once he is done.


By the way, I am still glad I got out of the military years ago-----I think that things have change seriously over the years, as to what the Government thinks is important to keep the Locals happy. I did my time off the coast of Vietnam ---- more than once. I must be an Old Fuddy Duddy by now.

[kingsolver72]

Josh left around 1:30 p.m. today.Everything is blurry.We actually got started on his truck at a little after 8:00 p.m. on friday.Stopped at 5:00 am.Slept a couple Hours(I couldn't get them to sleep in the beds I had availiable.Ed slept on some carpet pad I had laying in the garage and Josh slept on my creeper. )We ,well....mostly them,...worked up until somewhere around 3:30a.m. sunday???Ed left short after that and Josh slept on my couch(again I offered a bed)
The first pic of Ed and Josh.
2nd pic..Ed and Josh
3rd Josh and me
4th Josh,me and Ed
The 5th is Ed going home
Ed is an amazing guy,He gave up a weekend he had planned to do bike stuff to help Josh.Without him it would have sucked.I never heard a complaint out of either one.I am 43 years old and have learned one of the,probably most important leason I have experieced in my life by meeting these two indiviuals.I learn this lesson through watching how they handled themselves in a time of tribulation and working side by side in oil,grease,gas,anti freeze,dark of night and a hot Kansas sun beating down on us.These two men have great character,endurance,perseverance and confidence.I learned that kindness is not a weakness but,it is strength.I may never see these two guys again in my lifetime but I will not soon forget them.

[piecesparts]

Glad to hear that you got him running. I thought, from the conversation on Thursday afternoon, that he was going to do it here at my house, but he was gone when I got home. Hope he makes to Ft. Carson, without any more problems.

[TugOwar]

Originally Posted by kingsolver72

Josh left around 1:30 p.m. today.Everything is blurry.We actually got started on his truck at a little after 8:00 p.m. on friday.Stopped at 5:00 am.Slept a couple Hours(I couldn't get them to sleep in the beds I had availiable.Ed slept on some carpet pad I had laying in the garage and Josh slept on my creeper. )We ,well....mostly them,...worked up until somewhere around 3:30a.m. sunday???Ed left short after that and Josh slept on my couch(again I offered a bed)
The first pic of Ed and Josh.
2nd pic..Ed and Josh
3rd Josh and me
4th Josh,me and Ed
The 5th is Ed going home
Ed is an amazing guy,He gave up a weekend he had planned to do bike stuff to help Josh.Without him it would have sucked.I never heard a complaint out of either one.I am 43 years old and have learned one of the,probably most important leason I have experieced in my life by meeting these two indiviuals.I learn this lesson through watching how they handled themselves in a time of tribulation and working side by side in oil,grease,gas,anti freeze,dark of night and a hot Kansas sun beating down on us.These two men have great character,endurance,perseverance and confidence.I learned that kindness is not a weakness but,it is strength.I may never see these two guys again in my lifetime but I will not soon forget them.

That is so very cool man. There are experiences in life that make a lasting impression. Sounds like this was one for you. Congratulations sir.

Thanks to you and Ed for helping. Many of us would have loved to help but were too far away or too busy or just too damn broke to be of any use. You guys stood in the gap. Way to go!

Josh, thank you for your service sir.

[Prerunner1982]

This is what makes this board so great.... HOOAH!

[Fred T]

My hat's off to y'all. Wish I could have helped. Ft. Carson is dang near 600 miles from Ottawa, so Josh will be tired tonight.

[Army_Dude]

Hey guys, I'm here. Sorry for any confusion but I am in Wichita. I HAD to sign in with the local recruiter to avoid being AWOL. Now I have to crash here at an old army buddys place tonight and wait and see what they say in the AM. If they cut me loose I will be Carson bound by noon.

Just want to say thanks to all for being so damn nice! All the calls, good wishes and such (even if you couldn't make it) made the difference. I have to agree with Scott, Ed is an awesome guy. But I don't think Scott is taking enough credit. He was right there most of the way. He had some family obligations but he still made it right back when he could. After all it was his driveway, his cherrypicker, and most importantly at 7 am Saturday morning, his creeper (pretty comfy one too). This is a trip I too will never forget and I feel like I have made some lifetime friends.

[97silv5.7]

This is one of the biggest reason I love this board!

[rambler]

I've been watching this thread, I'm glad your back on the road.. good luck!

[Army_Dude]

Thanks again to everyone for all their help. I am about to be on my way. Tha army is satisfied I did my best to make do and told me to drive on with my mission (read get your a$$ to Colorado. Musta been the 305 in the bed of my truck.LOL!!! Anyways, I got a little issue with the engine seeming to surge. But all in all it is runing fine. I may advance the timing a little more but I may just head out soon. If ANYONE ever needs any help anywhere remotely near to where I am I will be there. Once in CO I will forward all my info to Liz or Josh. Thanks again everybody

[WhizzbangK.C.]

Hey all, how's it hanging?
Just thought I'd jump on here and thank Scott for putting up with us and helping out to get Josh back on the road. I must say that I've never met finer folks and I had a great time this weekend. Seriously, I had more fun than you could ever expect to have under the circumstances! These two are fantastic to hang out and work with.

I just spoke to Josh on the phone about the surging issue, and he's going to take the truck to the dealership where he bought the engine and have them double check the timing setting and such, just to be sure it's all ok. I'm confident that they'll do him right, and the extra check will be worth a mint in peace of mind for him.

Scott, shoot me an email with your contact info, and I'll send you mine. DODELL1@kc.rr.com I meant to exhange with you Sunday morning before I left, but we were all a little scattered by that time and forgot. Anytime you're up this way you're more than welcom (expected even, LOL) to stop in for a cold one.

I'm glad to see that the community spirit is alive and well in other realms than just bikes. After reading this thread I'd like to thank everyone here who did what they could do to arrange help for Josh. That's the way everything in this world should work, and it makes me feel good to see as least some of us are keeping it alive in our own small part.

[TugOwar]

Welcome to the board Ed, good to have you here

Don't be a stranger.

[chipflyer]

Welcome Ed, I spoke to Josh several times over the weekend and he was very impressed with what you did for him. YOU ARE THE MAN!

Jeff

[corn]

Way to go guys & you are a stand up guy Whizzbang, I dont care what the rest of the guys say about ya! Thanks for your help getting a fellow truck fan back on the road. & thanks to Sandbox Rooster/Army_Dude for fighting the fight, its good to have em like you on our side!...corn

[LUV2XCLR8]

God, Country, and This Board, WOW what a story

[Longhorn Man]

Originally Posted by LUV2XCLR8

God, Country, and This Board, WOW what a story

I think I just shed a tear.


This is an awsome story, I wish I was locl there, i woulda helped too.

[rgray71]

I just talked to Josh on the phone. He is almost to Hayes, Ks and is still having a possible timing or carb related problem. If there is somebody close by that has a timing light he could possibly use could you call him on his cell phone 910-728-6193. He also said the choke light came on and has been on all day.

[Nolowrider]

This thread is so cool. Wish I could help. The folks on this board are awesome.
Not much I can do down here in New Orleans.