wreckers and recovery

[sapper740]

Originally Posted by Les Freathy

I had a search through the forum on wreckers and recovery vehicles and came to the conclusion that all were directed at specific items ie certain types of truck or recovery unit. As this is a broad subject thought it would be a good idea to start a thread on these vehicles in general leaving any specific items for the said threads. Prehaps if we take this thread up to 1945 and include any pre or wartime produced vehicles including demobbed post war items could go in to the military heavyweight thread or maybe start the same over there.
So to kick off here are a few Ward La France photos

Les, here are two Ward LaFrance wreckers hard at work pulling something heavy (unidentified) out of the mud with what appears to be a Scammel waiting behind. Derek.

[David_Hayward (RIP)]

Has anyone got any photos please of the Pacific tractors that I could use? I need three that can be published. Suitable remuneration available!

[Chaser]

Here's one from my collection with the Weasel on the trailer.

[sapper740]

Originally Posted by David_Hayward

Has anyone got any photos please of the Pacific tractors that I could use? I need three that can be published. Suitable remuneration available!

Try these pics on for size Dave, they're all from non copy-righted websites. Derek.

[David_Hayward (RIP)]

Thanks! If only I could find the original of this shot taken post-war! Shots of British Dragon Wagons are ultra-rare! So is the Book! Seems it's out of print now from Ampersand Publishing.

[Les Freathy]

Hi David

The shot of the large wheeled M26 being tested by the British is a IWM photo i think in the Chertsey collection which if memory serves me right is the MVE series. I took the number of it and will see if i can locate it for you i think there were other views but dont think the next or previous numbers are of the same vehicle, the IWM seemed to have a strange way of catalogueing this series
cheers
Les

[David_Hayward (RIP)]

Les, if you have the number I shall be extremely grateful as I can order it (now knowing personnel to speak to to look through the boxes). I couldn't find the shot online so would imagine it's in the unscanned portion. The KID[brooke] series has a large number of CMPs and MCPs that apparently are not online yet.

David

[David_Hayward (RIP)]

I thought that this photo was one of a boring old D60S crates but the large size file, despite being corrupted, has been opened at last and the stencilling suggests as it has the words on the right that it is a 'MEDIUM BREAKD' [OWN] then under that 'DIAMOND T CHASSIS ' and there is a serial number stencilled bottom right corner 969B0325...so I assume that it's a Chrysler-CRATED DT model 969B wrecker for the Canadian forces?

I had forgotten that Chryslers crated up vehicles for overseas shipment!!!

[David_Hayward (RIP)]

I thought that this photo was one of a boring old D60S crates but the large size file, despite being corrupted, has been opened at last and the stencilling suggests as it has the words on the right that it is a 'MEDIUM BREAKD' [OWN] then under that 'DIAMOND T CHASSIS ' and there is a serial number stencilled bottom right corner 969B0325...so I assume that it's a Chrysler-CRATED DT model 969B wrecker for the Canadian forces?

I had forgotten that Chryslers crated up vehicles for overseas shipment!!!

http://www.gmhistorian.btinternet.co.uk/crate.jpg