next LWD project (was: Spare wheel & carrier of the Fox)

[Alex van de Wetering]

Sweet! The cab really looks nice and straight, like it supposed to be. Well done.

[Brian Gough]

Dirk and Stefan

Very nice job - well done

Can you post a couple more pictures.

Brian

[aj.lec]

Congratulations
Very nice job you are doing and on a rare truck

[Dirk Leegwater (RIP)]

Originally Posted by Brian Gough

Dirk and Stefan

Very nice job - well done
Can you post a couple more pictures.

Ofcours Brian, here are some more. An other story
is, lots of dirt on the beach. The paviljoen owners
asked me, where are the Canadian immigrants ?

Dirk

[Dirk Leegwater (RIP)]

Thanks guys for the nice references about the F60H. We try to promote
the CMP trucks in Holland very much. The nice "Maple Leaf Up" site/forum
from the late Geoff Winnington-Ball is an excellent good help for any one
of us who like the Canadian trucks. Our common enemy is "time".

Dirk

[Bob Carriere]

An other storyis,............. lots of dirt on the beach. The paviljoen owners
asked me, where are the Canadian immigrants ?

Hi Dirk

Tell me .....do Canadian immigrants just wash up on your clean beaches???

Nasty buggers drifting from Newfounland....

Very nice job on the truck ..........

Bob

[Alex van de Wetering]

Nice to see the first goodies have found their way in the cab; did you make the new wooden (lower) rifle holders?

Dirk, why did you decide to swap the Indian(?) tires for bar threads? Better quality tires maybe?

Alex

[Dirk Leegwater (RIP)]

Originally Posted by Alex van de Wetering

Nice to see the first goodies have found their way in the cab; did you make the new wooden (lower) rifle holders?

Yes I did, but it's more a job for a carpenter to make "the Socket Rifle Butt's".

Dirk, why did you decide to swap the Indian(?) tires for bar threads? Better quality tires maybe?

Not only a better quality but also a better look.


Stefan is almost ready with the windshield, wiper motors plus a few canvas
straps. After that, the F60H chassis & Cab is ready for a drive between all the
other carriers and CMP's on the proving ground nearby (Wartime) Toronto.

Dirk Leegwater
www.lwdparts.com

[Dirk Leegwater (RIP)]

Originally Posted by Bob Carriere

Hi Dirk

Tell me .....do Canadian immigrants just wash up on your clean beaches???

Nasty buggers drifting from Newfounland....

Hi Bob, your memory is miraculous !!!

Dirk
www.lwdparts.com

[Dirk Leegwater (RIP)]

Stew & George,

Holmes crane pictures are always welcome, many thanks for that.
One of the several nice deals (a couple of years ago), between Barry
Churcher and me was a Holmes crane, Stefan and I very happy !!!
Brian Gough and Brendan Churcher (Barry's nephew) where very helpfull.
Loading place, the famous "Chicken Ranch".

Dirk

[Grant Bowker]

The third photo looks like you found the (very) light beer after loading. My experience loading at the Chicken Ranch is that even a rolling frame can be a good workout when you are hand winching.
There is regularly a listing for Holmes literature for the w35 wrecker set, although I think the CMP used the w45, on ebay.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Holme...sQ5fLiterature

[Alex Blair (RIP)]

Originally Posted by Grant Bowker

The third photo looks like you found the (very) light beer after loading. My experience loading at the Chicken Ranch is that even a rolling frame can be a good workout when you are hand winching.
There is regularly a listing for Holmes literature for the w35 wrecker set, although I think the CMP used the w45, on ebay.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Holme...sQ5fLiterature

Grant ..The CMP used the W-35 Holmes wrecker..The Diamond "T" used the W-45 Model..check your manuals..It is in there..The Bodies manual and the Diamond "T" parts manual..there is a great set of drawings on the mast gib and boom on the crane for the CMP in the bodies manual also..

[Grant Bowker]

Alex,
I agree that my Body Parts List for CMP vehicles states it is for the W35. Normally I would give greater weight to a period document than an "after the fact" one. On the other hand, there are instances of CMP material being published in anticipation of changes or products that didn't end up in production or civilian (pre-war) images being used to illustrate CMP manuals although they aren't strictly accurate. An example of a manual being printed before production is the operator's manual for the Wapiti snow machine that I have read only reached prototype stage.

Another period publication, the AEDB Design Record - Volume VI mentions the following breakdown cranes as being used:
1. Gar Wood CA5 hand operated on GM and Ford 4x4 158" chassis
2. Gar Wood CA5P and Holmes W-45CE power operated on GM and Ford 4x4 134" chassis
3. Holmes W-45 power operated on Diamond T 6x6 172" chassis
4. Gar Wood CA8P power operated on Mack 6x4 169" chassis
5. Holmes W-45CD power operated on Leyland Terrier 6x4 156" chassis
The single boom capacities for the W-45 variants listed above are 2.5 tons for #1 & #3, 8 tons for #5.

The following is quoted from the Wheels and Tracks article on CMP wreckers (issue 34), also normally a good source. (No references are cited in the article.)
"There were five main types of wartime Canadian-built twin-boom wreckers supplied to the Commonwwealth forces and Allies, with many detail variations. For convenience, we shall refer to them here as 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th Type, as follows:
1st Type: manual or hand-operated crane (Holmes W590) on long-wheelbase MCP 4x2 and CMP 4x4 (C60L, F60L) chassis, 1940-42.
2nd Type: hand-operated crane (Gar Wood CA5) on long-wheelbase MCP 4x2 and CMP 4x4 (C60L, F60L) chassis, 1942-43.
3rd Type: power-operated crane (Gar Wood CA5, Holmes W45CE or CBE) on short-wheelbase CMP 4x4 (C60S), 1942-44.
4th Type: power-operated crane (Holmes W45), India specification, on long-wheelbase CMP 4x4 (F60L) chassis, 1942-45.
5th Type: power-operated crane (Holmes W45) on six-wheel CMP 6x4 (F60H) chassis, 1941-43."

I don't know how many parts were common to the W35 and the W45 and how much they differed. One source described one of the differences as being W35 without brace legs and W45 with brace legs. All CMP wreckers I've seen had brace legs but I don't consider this as conclusive.

I don't know if there was an SBMA manual for the CMP wrecker, I certainly don't have one. (but would love to see one if someone has one and is willing to share)

In short, I don't know with any certainty what model of the Holmes wrecker was actually used on CMPs. It would be nice if someone with access to a known original could check if a makers model plate can be found. I can try to look at the one at the War Museum that was returned from Europe (Norway?).