Postwar Civil & Civilian use of WW2 Vehicles.

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  1. Dave55

    Dave55 Atlanta, USA

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  2. Dave55

    Dave55 Atlanta, USA

    I think a USAAC Federal or a Sterling

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  3. Dave55

    Dave55 Atlanta, USA

    Sterling

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  4. Dave55

    Dave55 Atlanta, USA

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    Dave55 Atlanta, USA

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  7. Owen

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  8. Dave55

    Dave55 Atlanta, USA

    As Americas said in WWII, ""Beats me, Lieutenant."

    I assumed it has something to do with logging, like Owen pointed out. I think that gizmo on top might be a pole for a 'yarder' in transport position.

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  9. Dave55

    Dave55 Atlanta, USA

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    Assume they mean the winches and booms on the International came off of a M1 10 ton wrecker.
    B model Macks were introduced in 1953.
     
  10. ltdan

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  11. Chris C

    Chris C Canadian

    Itdan please, what is that? I'm tempted to ask if it is one of those vehicles converted to burn wood. And has the rear track been shortened?
     
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  13. von Poop

    von Poop Adaministrator Admin

    Incredibly neat and tidy job.
    If pure Krad, then he's either widened it, or cut the car body.
    Doesn't seem to be Central steering wheel so maybe tracks spaced out from the chassis?
    Even crosses the mind that some Hanomag parts found their way in.
    Would love to see inside the cab, and whether that wheel is connected to the track steering/brake or if he had two systems.
    Guessing anyone that skilled would retain steering wheel linkages to wheels and tracks.

    I do hope it's still rusting in a barn somewhere and emerges one day. Though equally possible some daft bugger would turn it back into the more valuable original machine.
     
  14. ltdan

    ltdan Nietenzähler

    The track drive is made from parts of the NSU Kettenkrad (with 3 instead of 5 rollers).
    These were then "married" with the new subframe
    Personally, I would be very interested to know how the drive and power transmission were designed.
    The basic principle is also found in the Deutz Waldschlepper:
    Analogous to the "Schleppkäfer" shown above, the tracks of the tracked vehicle were shortened and a front axle with normal pneumatic tires was added. This simplified the steering, the expensive and wear-prone friction clutches became unnecessary.

    You'd better forget that: near where I lived at the time, three NSU Kettenkrads were scrapped around 1990. They had served in forestry for many decades, were then taken out of service due to lack of spare parts, and again a few decades later were disposed of when the storage shed was demolished.
    At that time, we arrived two months too late to be able to save anything. Comment of the forester's office: "What did you want with it? These crates were gutted, completely rotten and no longer usable for anything....".
     
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  15. von Poop

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    Hope springs, mate.
    Seen a lot of Krads that'd spent a chunk of their lives as not-Krads.
    Know of a couple that've been dragged out of Vineyard & forestry work in the last year or so.
    You never know...

    Though messrs Wheatcroft, Crompton, Gibb etc. quite possibly do...


    Hadn't looked on a big screen. Now see the I beams.
    To do that strongly and get reliable drive is quite impressive.
     
  16. Dave55

    Dave55 Atlanta, USA

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  17. von Poop

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    Blimey.
    Have they taken an Autocar artic (semi) & wrecker-fied it?
    That ought to have 'adequate' grunt...
     
  18. Dave55

    Dave55 Atlanta, USA

    Yep. With that long wheelbase it was probably a pontoon tractor.

    Here's a shorty:

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  19. Dave55

    Dave55 Atlanta, USA

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  20. Dave55

    Dave55 Atlanta, USA

    AFKX

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