My Diamond T 980
 

Here is a pic of my Diamond T that I restored 13 years ago,
Ron

A couple of wartime snapshots of Diamond Ts

All the lads getting in on the act, note this one is hauling a Cat D8 BARV

Some more snaps of the Diamond T

Its well known that many of the DTs went on to serve a valid further use in civvy steet, here is one of Wynns of Wales heavy haulage units
Les

With Dyson 40 ton trailer and churchill load

3 Cdn Fd Pk Coy
 

Here is a partial view of a Diamond T transporter from the 3 Cdn Fd Pk Coy. From the movie footage showing Sherman IIs from 44 RTR moving through Thaon France on 20 Jun 44.

Note the crooked Allied Star.

According to the War Diary the transporters were called "DORA" "DOT" and "DAISEY".

Also from the War Diary 17 Jun 44 - "Unloading commenced at approx 1330 hrs and completed by 1700hrs, with difficulty with the Transporters." - "D-5 party was coming ashore. They came by LST and in beaching the vehs struck a mud hole so that most vehs had to be towed onto beach laterals. One trailer with two D'4s got stuck and became tidebound to a depth of seven feet for some time before recovery."

http://www.stcloudmac.com/z6159/photo/diamond_t_01.jpg

Here is slightly further on the film showing a D4 on a trailer. (what is the official designation for this trailer?)

http://www.stcloudmac.com/z6159/photo/diamond_t_02.jpg

And a still photo from the opposite direction.
Frank L. Dubervill/Canada. Dept. of National Defence/Library and Archives Canada/PA-133748
Caption: "Traffic jam of tanks and trucks moving in opposite directions."

http://www.stcloudmac.com/z6159/photo/133748_01.jpg

DTs
 

There are several shots of Diamond Ts (British and Canadian) in my new book:

http://www.pearsonsofliverpool.co.uk

Fruehauf M15
 

I believe that is a Fruehauf M15 40t trailer that was commonly used in conjunction with the the Diamond T, in fact, the two were employed together so often that there was an official designation for the pair, which unfortunately, I don't remember at this time. Derek.

Here we go then time to pull back one of the lost souls, a couple of shots of post war Ts in British service. This lot were engaged in transporting redundent LVTs to scrap

@ Tony. Excellent pictures! Pleace don't hesitate to post more. :)

@ Derek, I believe the trailers were actually designed by the Rogers Brothers and designated M9. The Diamond T tractor was designated M20 and the combination of both, M19.
There probably was a bunch of manufacturers who produced the Rogers trailer under licence, as often was the case, probably including Fruehauf.

The M15 trailer is the one used with the Pacific M26, the combination becoming M25.

Rogers trailer were also "copied" in Italy post-war and I remember seeing a few of these for sale at Army Cars in Holland in the 90's.
The Czech army also produced a trailer along the Rogers design post-war. They even had a heavier version with an extra axle. They were used (and maybe are still being used) for years.

I thought it about time to have a dig around into some of the long forgotton threads on MLU, over the next few days i intend to have a rake out and add some fresh material to some of them so here are some for the Diamond T thread to start with
cheers
Les

Couple more Ts for this thread, anyone else have any shots of these to post in
cheers
Les

Diamond
 

Szukam rysunków pojazdu Diamond T zbudować model tego pojazdu. Za wszelką POMOC bardzo Dziękuję .

that's the google translation:

Diamond T 980/981
 

I have the two manuals for this truck (1) C649-DT1 Maintenance Manual (2) SNL-159 Ordanance Supply Catalog Truck,Trailer,45 Ton Tank Transporter M19 . Truck,12 Ton,6x4 M20 and Trailer ,45 ton,12 wheel, M9 .There is some good detail pictures of the truck and trailer .

Potrzebuję rysunki ramy , silnika i rzuty; boczny, z góry, z przodu i z tyłu pojazdu. Skany proszę wysłać na e-mail < markita2@interia.pl >. Chciałbym zbudować wierny model tego pojazdu. Za wszelką pomoc bardzo dziękuje.

For all our Polish friends...
 

Witamy na MLU .. można uzyskać pełne 980 Diamond T podręczniki z Grant Bowker .. konserwacji i części ..Oto jego adres e-mail .. Napisz canadianmanuals@yahoo.ca e-mail


I need the drawings of the frame, engine and kicks , side , top, front and rear. Scans , please send an e -mail < markita2@interia.pl >. I would like to build a faithful model of the vehicle. For all the help very thanks . Reply With Quote

Many moons ago whilst on my hols near Weston Super Mare i spotted this in farm next to the M5

981 in company with CMP 15cwt, Bedford OY,not sure and Dodge D30 in the background. I think this photo was taken in Belgium?
cheers
Les

Les, that first photo of the five on post #44 must have been taken post 1950 as it has a Saracen in the background.

Good photos, thanks.
Rick.

Les, thanks for the great pix. Am I detecting a slight obsession here?
Clive

Fraid so Clive been a DT addict since i was a kid and the REME had some based at Lydd Camp in the 50s since then collected all i can on the vehicle both military and civil and in recent years co wrote the book on them with Robin Pearson.
Hows your CMP books coming along
cheers
Les