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Old 23-11-05, 12:49
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An interesting vehicle modification. Any body want to guese what its for? (Yes I do know). No prizes other than a smug feeling. I'll post an answer in a few days time. (Of course it'll probably turn out that everybody knows what its for(.
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Old 23-11-05, 20:43
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levelling an area for a cricket pitch
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Old 23-11-05, 20:50
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I have never seen the conversion before :

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Old 23-11-05, 20:51
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levelling an area for a cricket pitch
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Unfortunately its an American army vehicle and they have not reached the same levels of civilisation as Australia and Britain - no its not even for a baseball diamond.
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Old 23-11-05, 21:26
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You still see this set up today, when you go to the drag racing strip. Obviously the Dodge's engine hasn't been fitted with a governer yet. :
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Old 23-11-05, 21:27
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Is it driven in reverse and the piece of kit is a mine detector?

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Old 23-11-05, 21:29
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Is it driven in reverse and the piece of kit is a mine detector?

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Close but no cigar.
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Old 23-11-05, 21:30
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It's either a golf ball picker for the driving range.......or a chemical weed sprayer...or the original Zamboni for ice rinks...

Or all of the above..
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Old 23-11-05, 21:53
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A grader?
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Old 23-11-05, 23:13
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Close but no cigar.
It is not a terribly clear picture, but as I seem to be "close", perhaps it could be some form of mine layer?

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Old 24-11-05, 00:20
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Is it the piece of kit that i have seen on a jeep to pick scraps and rubbish from runways and landing strips
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Old 24-11-05, 01:39
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Yeah...RadOp in rear of 3/4 T vehicle listens for FOD material reacting on his radio apparatus on an airstrip.

Fatigue party removes same, vehicle carries on.

Closer?
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Old 24-11-05, 05:48
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Is it an ice and frost melting device for runways?:
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Old 24-11-05, 09:52
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would be some sort of magnetic mine detector

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Old 24-11-05, 12:03
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Is it the piece of kit that i have seen on a jeep to pick scraps and rubbish from runways and landing strips
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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?
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Old 24-11-05, 20:36
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here is the jeep metel detector i mentioned in my attempt
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