FUEL TRUCK

The Long Bihn fuel truck and our demo truck side by side in the motor pool at Xom Tam. I do not know why the fuel truck made the trip.

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8th May 2017

Richard Lindquist
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Fuel trucks
A Co had two fuel trucks. I kept one at Long Binh and one at Xom Tam to fuel the crushers, generators, and other equipment there.

1st August 2017

DoubleBarreledBob
Frank S. Oliver

Fuel Truck
Oh dear. I do not recall the fuel truck at Xom Tam being permanently assigned to us. All of our equipment needed to be fueled though. The demo crew had an old pipeline truck that burned gasoline. I do remember gassing that truck up using a 55 gallon drum and a hand pump. We had a maintenance crew that worked nights out there, I guess they were the ones who did the fueling. Many times as I stood the guard mount at Xom Tam I do not recall ever seeing that two man maintenance detail do any fueling.

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