Deuce Line Truck

rob love · #1 12-05-12, 04:02

I was out at a new (to me) scrapyard the other day and saw a deuce that I have not seen before. Here is a Duece Line truck. It would have had a hydraulic hole auger on a jib at the back, but the fellow who has it moved that onto a tractor or something. It is now leaning on some other piece of equipment.

I believe I saw a date of 1959 on the body. At first I thought it was a DUKW with a deuce cab transplanted onto it.

I have more photos from the scrapyard if anyone is interested, including a Diamond T M52 tractor with Cdn forces decals still on the doors. Looks like it had a new engine which didn't work out, so the forces scrapped it.

Dano McLaren · #2 12-05-12, 05:24

There is a fully restored one in the Sigs museum in Kingston. It was done by the Western Linemans Assn. Post more pics if you could. Where was the scrap yard. I wouldn't mind seeing it in person.

rob love · #3 12-05-12, 05:54

There is a good photo album posted on the internet on the truck at Kingston. Before I saw this truck, I only saw a line drawing in the DND manual of census codes for vehicles.

I used to work on the old deuces, and saw the basic ones, from dumps, to cargo, to flat cargo box, single tire, dual tires, hyab etc. The line trucks must not have been common, as this is the first one I have seen in this area. The scrapyard is within 20 miles of Shilo.

Dano McLaren · #4 12-05-12, 07:00

I am going to be travelling from Moose Jaw to Winnipeg next Thursday. Is it hard to get too?

WayneR · #5 13-05-12, 00:46

I wouldn't mind seeing more photo's of the line truck as well as the rest of the yard.

rob love · #6 07-09-13, 04:47

Kind of an old thread but while looking for something else downstairs I found this data summary for the line trucks. I'll post it here for posterity.