Intended Carrier recovery, wisdom sought

[IanK]

Originally Posted by Robin Craig

Ian,

Cornwall, Ontario, Canada not Cornwall United Kingdom Of Great Britain.

R

I know, just my feeble attempt at humour!

[Robin Craig]

So today was the day for the carrier to get moving once again to Mr Bradshaw senior's place.

As per planning, Kubota KX-080 was on site to assist in load up. I have found with a bit of cunning and guile such items are easily moved using aforesaid tool.

Mr Bradshaw arrived and we latched on suffering only one minor issue in as much as all that weight on the arse end of his trailer was lifting his truck rear wheels off the ground and as I was pulling the freewheeling carrier it was exerting an equal and opposite force which then caused the truck and trailer to move forward, I was moving the whole shooting match!

Suitable blocking was placed in front of the truck wheels and loading resumed.

There really wasn't much wiggle room width wise and I had to exercise care drawing it forward.

Once the right place was reached Mr Bradshaw secured it and I was free to get back to my regular work. There was a picture taken with the usual SEG on the face of the new owner! While he did have a hand winch on the trailer he did say that the excavator was a pleasure to have and was a lot easier than doing it by hand.

There was a minor issue of monies changing hands but it was neither my sale nor my purchase so it isn't for me to comment on that.

Look forward to seeing it live again.

Regards

Robin

[Jon Bradshaw]

The carrier made it to its new home without any issues and is now nestled away indoors for the season. Work may start in the summer but as with all resto's it will take years.

Thanks to Robin for the super sized power assist in loading.

Jon

[Jon Bradshaw]

The usual spot behind the drivers head has been cut off.
On the dash armour in front of the driver there are three symbols - XWo.
On the back at the back left of the armour it is - 26948 after that there is a "C" with a vertical line through it.
On the left of the air inlet above the gunners head - TL1277TL.

Any help in getting some history would be appreciated.

[Michael R.]

Any help in getting some history would be appreciated.

IMHO:

Ford Canada, Windsor Ontario
No. 2 Mk. II*
Spring of 1944. Contract 2609
Modified for flame thrower installation.

You may find the serial number for the engine on the block. If it is the original block, the number on the block may be 2,000 higher that what the Carrier upper hull number would have been, and 1,000 higher than the production serial number.

The number TL1277TL you wrote about may in fact be TL12771L, a portion of the engine ventilator. That would be the part number, not related to serial number data.

[Jon Bradshaw]

Thanks for the info, a flame carrier eh? That might be an little different for the restoration. Now I need to look more closely at the flame mods.