plant and C vehicles

[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.

[Les Freathy]

Right on both accounts Richard the tractor along with a host of other US equipment came from Burtonwood and was in the process of refurbishment by Wolfendens of Liverpool prior to being returned to the states. Its amazing how many times we have all read over the last decades of the US agreement not to send items back yet here was this company and i suspect a few more refurbing and shipping items back
cheers
Les

[Dennis Cardy]

Hello Les,
Would like to contribute a couple of shots from my Uncle's photo album.

He was part of a RCAF crew that built an airfield during WW2 at Massett (Haida Gwaii) British Columbia
Seen here in early days before the paving crew arrived..apparently during July 1943 ??.

A pilot friend…familiar with the area…said "that's probably Sandspit"

I have two questions…was this part of the American Aerial delivery highway to Alaska…or was it Canadian Coastal Defence.?

And ….can anyone decipher the door markings.

RCAF 5075
VC

With a letter "C" next to the upper hinge.

Sems to be early production Ford cab13…with no roof hatch..Tipper body on a C60…??

As it was with-in shooting distance of Japanese submarines…one head-light is blanked-out.
Fascinating photo..
Dennis

[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.