That’s pretty close to what SHE said.
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That’s some beautiful stuff right there.
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A slight diversion from the different equipment, take a look at the M151 in the newly cleared wooded area, notice the distinction in the weathering on the 1/4 ton’s tires and undercarriage, light gray vs. the redbrown soil, in fact all of the color photos that Frenchy posted are some interesting references for weathering 'Nam AFVs.
Cajun 
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Yeah, there was a lot of variety in the color and types of ground over there, depending on where you were. Along the coast was more sandy, while other parts had the red soil that you see a lot. Wayne
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Love this thread! While I wound up transferring to and retiring from the Corps of Engineers, I did start out and spend a long time in the Field Artillery. During my first assignment in Germany during the height of the Cold War, I was a Forward Observer. We had a mantra among the FO’s for what we should do if we had to observe and call for fire: “Shoot at the weird $h!t” That’s the Engineers!"
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This is actually a WW2 version, so not sure if it would be applicable to Vietnam, at least in US service.
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I think Seabee because of uniform and cover
Here’s the rest of the caption “Sergeant R Caulden of Company C, 7th Engineers is seen here in March 1965 improving the road to Hill 327.”
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Euclid (R35 ?) dump trucks
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International 270 Pay Scrapers
Khe Sanh, July 3, 1968
Scrapers and graders in action :
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I am surprised that no manufactures have tried this route except Trumpeter with the HMME or Gecko with the two different skidsteers. There seems to be a market for engineering equipment? there is Plus Models but I have no experience with them. I mean the genre’s possible are both military and for the civilian who wants to build one of these beautiful machines. 1/35 would be the perfect scale.
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Hasegawa has some 1/35 construction equipment but I agree more is needed/wanted. 
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A lot of the civilian colored equipment might have originally belonged to the contractors, PA&E, RMK/BRJ, or Vinnell. We had a concrete plant and trucks from them. Wayne
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We hauled asphalt in our 5 tons for road work and had prime sprayer trucks and rollers. A Co. was a catchall unit for all the oddball stuff. We had a couple of dozers, some 10 tons, some dump trucks, the trencher, and some asphalt stuff and took care of the concrete plant. Wayne
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Australian engineers used interesting beasts as well, like this Barber Green Model 750 Combat Intrenching Machine in the Vung Tau area :
Restored one
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We called the first one the pintoprime bird! It was a messy job and got on everything. Our new CO told the guys they had to fall out with clean fatigues, so after the third morning the supply sergeant told him he was out of fatigues! The second was the earlier version of the Parsons trencher.
Wayne
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ok, probably Marines
very interesting pics!