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Originally posted by Les Freathy
Is it the piece of kit that i have seen on a jeep to pick scraps and rubbish from runways and landing strips
les
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Close enough. Its an electro magnet used by the US Army Transportation Corps to clear scraps of metal, nails etc etc from convoy routes. It seems that there was a transport bottleneck in early 1945 due to increased tyre wear and a shortage of replacements and a campaign was instituted to conserve tyre life. Such vehicles were one manifestation of this. Now I am puzzled - were they driven backwards or did they have solid tyres? (other wise its like putting mine rollers on the back of a tank). Anybody know?