Dear Bob,
In post # 2 you show a CMP modified as a forklift.
I have actually seen one of those before, has to be nigh on 20 years ago, but closer to home.
It was on a "raid" as you lads and lasses call it to the Kingston, Ontario (Canada) area and we called in a scrap yard just south and west of the 401 at hwy 38.
As I was but a mere boy
then I didn't pay much attention to it.
Does it jog anyone else's memory per chance?
R