Wire 3 Chorehorse mount

[Bruce Parker (RIP)]

If you put your right foot on the small running board extension to the rear of the cover, then your left on the top of the cover I think that would get you inside the cab. My thinking that the ridges are for 'traction' is based on the number of them. If not for anti-slip or as reinforcing for a step, then what? I also think from the resolution of the pictures that if the top strip was a hing you'd make out a hint of the hinge sections. If it is hinged, then why isn't there a fastener on the door to hold it in the up position? If it isn't meant to be held in the up position, then why hing it in the first place? And then it would require one joint for a hinge and another for removal of the cover. My other question is whether the equipment in a FFW 15cwt was meant to be removed for use outside of the vehicle. FFW's were a replacement for HUW's and everything in an HUW (wireless table, seats, chorehorse) were 'quick release'. If that was similar for the FFW then the generator would have slid into place rather than being bolted to the running board.

Originally Posted by Jordan Baker

Alex thanks for the clarification on the Bedford MWR cover. Yes I too believe that the wire3 cover was similar in concept to the British one. I still think that there is a hinge to allow the front portion of the cover to lift up and if needed the entire cover can pivot up 90 degrees and then lift off from the generator. In the first pictures I posted there is clearly a rib or rod along the length of the cover right at the top of the curve on the cover. In one picture you can see it doesn't go right to the edge. I think it is like a piano hinge. If it was just for strength it seems very undersized.

As for the cover rotating up to 90 degrees and then lifting off. I believe the raised up ridge that is just below the cab frame/floor is what allows for this. That would be an almost identical copy of the British cover.

A few have made mention of a cab step as the reasoning for the ribs. When I fitted my chorehorse on the step I tried to get into the cab pretending there was a cover/step ontop of the chorehorse. It was way to high to be practical. This is why I believe there is a foot step built into the cover/bracket. In my first pictures the green arrow points to a box or air filter. The open top "shelf" the that little box is in is what I believe to be the new cab step. It is at the same height as the original step. Place you right foot on it. Pull yourself up and put your left foot onto the cover then step into the cab.

Lowering the cab step was also mentioned. However I don't believe this was done nor needed. The chorehorse with out the cage fits fine on the cab step. It would have even more room if I had taken the cage base off from below the fuel tank. I still think the original cab step was left in place. I believe you can just make it out between the fender and the small mud flap in the pictures above.

[Eric R.]

Had a look in the barn tonight at how my Chorehorse is mounted to the step on my Wire 3. There is no provision for it to be removable and I see no evidence of any slide rails being mounted. The holes of the chorehorse's (w/ cage) base line up in the holes in the original step. That step is not the elongated one as shown in the original photos. All indications are that it was used in place and not easily removable.

[Bruce Parker (RIP)]

Originally Posted by Eric R.

Had a look in the barn tonight at how my Chorehorse is mounted to the step on my Wire 3. There is no provision for it to be removable and I see no evidence of any slide rails being mounted. The holes of the chorehorse's (w/ cage) base line up in the holes in the original step. That step is not the elongated one as shown in the original photos. All indications are that it was used in place and not easily removable.

Eric, do you have an original WIRE-3 cargo body? If so there might be evidence on the floor about whether the wireless table and seats were permanently fixed or not.

[Eric R.]

Originally Posted by Bruce Parker

Eric, do you have an original WIRE-3 cargo body? If so there might be evidence on the floor about whether the wireless table and seats were permanently fixed or not.

No unfortunately the original cargo box is long gone. But I do believe at least the seats were not fixed. In a few photos of cargo box area that Jordan shared with me the seats are shown in two different configurations one forward at the table and two front facing behind. Then another photo shows two seats in front of the table and one front facing behind those.

[cletrac (RIP)]

Maybe it's like the 1A2. They had mounting holes for three seats but any pics I've seen they only have two mounted.