Canadian contract jeeps (was: CDLV 505 Jeep Serial numbers...)

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Serge,

Thanks for the pictures of the Canadian jeep. Seems it is the same one as the one featured in the French book.

Originally Posted by serge

I anybody able to explain the number on the classification bridge 5 . I believed that this number was for 15 CWT class.

From http://milifax2003.tripod.com/bridgi...gs_part_1.html

"(a) Vehicles will be classified and marked according to the equivalent loads which they impose on a bridge. The classes are in multiplicity of one ton, from one ton upwards.
Vehicles can cross any bridge bearing a classification number with is the same or greater than its own classification. For example, a vehicle of class 12 can cross safely any bridge marked 12, 18 or 24. It cannot cross a bridge marked 5 or 9"

Although being much lighter, Jeeps and other light vehicles could be marked as a class 5 vehicle as they can cross a class 5 bridge (the lowest bridge class rating during WW2).

The attached pics show one jeep with a "2" on it's bridge classification sign, as when loaded it weighs 2 tons (more than 1, but less than or equal to 2), the other sports a "5" as it weighs no more than a class 5 bridge can carry!

A confusing subject, indeed. . .

Hanno

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