plant and C vehicles

[sapper740]

Gentlemen, I'm looking for additional info regarding Case tractors in military use, especially the case VAIWA bomb loader. An internet search has turned up very little, other than a pic from the antiquetractors website. The VAIWA tractor was based upon the Case VAI (VA Industrial) tractor with the addition of an arm to lift bombs. The WA nomenclature, I assume is to denote W-wheeled, A-? Any info greatly appreciated.

[Les Freathy]

A couple of shots of John Marchants Gallion grader taken at Duxford must be at least 12 years plus ago, i presume its still in his hands as he did have a sale a few years back
cheers
Les

[Les Freathy]

A couple of photos for I.D here the first a crawler used for pipe laying ex U.S engineers the second i think is a Clark industrial fork lift ex U.S.A.F but what do you guys think
cheers
Les

[sapper740]

Originally Posted by Les Freathy

A couple of photos for I.D here the first a crawler used for pipe laying ex U.S engineers the second i think is a Clark industrial fork lift ex U.S.A.F but what do you guys think
cheers
Les

'Morning, Les, the crawler is a International Harvester TD-14, I'm not sure about the forklift. The crawler in your picture has the Hughes-Keenan crane attachment, but as far as I know it wasn't used for pipeline laying but for various lifting duties around bases during the war. I've included a couple of pics, one of a TD-14 being used by USAAF mechanics to swap an engine on a B-17, the other of a TD-14 in a storage yard of some sort.

CHIMO! Derek.

[Les Freathy]

Derek

A better photo of the inter tracked bomb handler, i should have known its purpose but these senior moments

[Richard Farrant]

Originally Posted by Les Freathy

A couple of photos for I.D here the first a crawler used for pipe laying ex U.S engineers the second i think is a Clark industrial fork lift ex U.S.A.F but what do you guys think
cheers
Les

Les,

The forklift has the letters "AFE" on the ide, I think this denotes Air Force Europe, and the letters "BWAFB", could well be Burtonwood Air Force Base, which was near Liverpool.

[Barry Churcher]

Derek, this is a Case Airborne.
Barry

[Barry Churcher]

Derek, this is off someones website and I can't remember where.
Barry

[sapper740]

Originally Posted by Barry Churcher

Derek, this is off someones website and I can't remember where.
Barry

That picture is one of hundreds from AntiqueTractors.com, a very informative website if you're interested in researching tractors. When you look at the VAIW as compared to the VAIWA, there appears to be very little difference other than the lifting frame and it's associated attachment points and hydraulics. The VAIW in your picture may very well have been military at one time hence the green colour. I've learned a little more since my last post regarding the Case nomenclature: I now know that the W in VAIWA stands for Warehouse. The VAI was the industrial version of the agricultural tractor, which was further modified for warehouse use (VAIW). There were two models of the VAIW built, the VAIW-3 with single rear wheels which was the one used by the military, and the VAIW-4 with dual rear wheels. They were both used as towmotors. I'm still looking for the final definition of the "A" in VAIWA. I'm thinking "Army" or "Arm", but it's still a guess. SO, the VAIWA was the bomb loader version of the VAIW which was the towmotor version of the VAI which was the Industrial version of the VA which was the agricultural version. I think I'm starting to get it now.


CHIMO! Derek

P.S. thanks for the great pics.

[Sam Scholz]

Originally Posted by Les Freathy

A couple of photos for I.D here the first a crawler used for pipe laying ex U.S engineers the second i think is a Clark industrial fork lift ex U.S.A.F but what do you guys think
cheers
Les

Hi all,

I was cruising some old posts and found this one, posted 18-7-08. The forklift is almost identical to my Clark forklift. In USA, they are sometimes called a forktruck, I have noticed.

By looking at pictures on the internet, I have worked out that mine is either a "Utilitruc" or a "Carloader". I bought it about a year ago and it is occasionally used in my workshop. It is definitely not an off-pavement vehicle, with around 2000kg of counter-weights riding on the small rear wheels while the drive is on the front (often unladen) wheels. Very easy to dry bog it. Although I suspect it is designed to lift 2 tons, the previous owner once lifted 8 tons with it!!!! He had to replace a hydraulic valve about 3 months later. Surprise, surprise!

It was delivered to the USN in June 1945 and seems to have always been an Orange/red sort of colour. I have a second one that was dis-assembled into major assemblies 15 years ago and then left out in the weather.

Anyway, here's to a 10 year old thread!!!

Have a nice day.

Sam, downunder.