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Offline Rob52240

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DUKW
« on: May 27, 2011, 06:15:35 AM »
I'd like to see it as an option.


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« Reply #1 on: May 27, 2011, 06:48:05 AM »
It would be good for historic reasons and even if its a hangar queen it probably deserves a spot, but it wold get eaten alive in the MA.
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Re: DUKW
« Reply #2 on: May 27, 2011, 07:45:14 AM »
It's a floating jeep lol what use would it have?  :headscratch:
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Re: DUKW
« Reply #3 on: May 27, 2011, 08:01:44 AM »
Twice as fast as a LVT on land and half as fast on water.
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Re: DUKW
« Reply #4 on: May 27, 2011, 09:31:27 AM »
Ah frikkin YAH!  I am A 100% behind adding the Duck!!! :aok
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Re: DUKW
« Reply #5 on: May 27, 2011, 09:36:01 AM »
Quote from: DemonFox on May 27, 2011, 07:45:14 AM
It's a floating jeep lol what use would it have?  :headscratch:

You load it full of tourists with cameras and then give a tour of the town and harbor at about $20 per head.
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Re: DUKW
« Reply #6 on: May 27, 2011, 11:15:12 AM »
Quote from: PFactorDave on May 27, 2011, 09:36:01 AM
You load it full of tourists with cameras and then give a tour of the town and harbor at about $20 per head.

I can get in my Jeep, drive to Penn's Landing in Philly and be on one in 5-10 minutes  :rock
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Re: DUKW
« Reply #7 on: May 27, 2011, 04:46:22 PM »
Quote from: PFactorDave on May 27, 2011, 09:36:01 AM
You load it full of tourists with cameras and then give a tour of the town and harbor at about $20 per head.
they do that down in galveston. only bad thing is they call it duck rides, not duckw rides :furious
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Re: DUKW
« Reply #8 on: May 27, 2011, 04:50:19 PM »
Quote from: M0nkey_Man on May 27, 2011, 04:46:22 PM
they do that down in galveston. only bad thing is they call it duck rides, not duckw rides :furious

Why not DUKWides?  :D
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Re: DUKW
« Reply #9 on: May 27, 2011, 04:56:52 PM »
Quote from: GNucks on May 27, 2011, 04:50:19 PM
Why not DUKWides?  :D
:rofl thats perfect
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Re: DUKW
« Reply #10 on: May 27, 2011, 05:25:55 PM »
They do it in San Fran too, I got a chance to drive it when we were on the water as well.
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Re: DUKW
« Reply #11 on: May 27, 2011, 08:25:19 PM »
they do it in the dells too  :lol

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Re: DUKW
« Reply #12 on: May 27, 2011, 08:37:27 PM »
Quote from: gyrene81 on May 27, 2011, 08:25:19 PM
they do it in the dells too  :lol

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We stopped in the Dells for a day on our way up to our vacation spot last year.  I remember doing the Duck rides as a kid, so this year we took our kids.









Most of the drivers are college kids on summer break.  Near the end of the tour they stop and try to sell little History Pamphlets.  The sales of the books is where the kids make most of their money.
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Re: DUKW
« Reply #13 on: May 27, 2011, 09:06:05 PM »
Quote from: PFactorDave on May 27, 2011, 08:37:27 PM
We stopped in the Dells for a day on our way up to our vacation spot last year.  I remember doing the Duck rides as a kid, so this year we took our kids.

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Most of the drivers are college kids on summer break.  Near the end of the tour they stop and try to sell little History Pamphlets.  The sales of the books is where the kids make most of their money.
dang! i actually got to take a ride in one of those (not one of the green and white ones) but the un-painted fully stock (or thats what they said...) ones at mt. olympus. hell of a ride, id +1 this!
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Re: DUKW
« Reply #14 on: May 28, 2011, 08:32:37 AM »
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