G749 Picture and info thread

[Dennis Cardy]

Would like to contribute this shot of an ordinary Deuce in-service.

Taken during the early 1980's…Still in use by Rocky Mountain Rangers in the interior of British Columbia..

Local Reserve Regiment.. doing it's bit…providing logistical support to the organizers of Spoolmak Days….An annual event celebrating the joys of living in Kamloops. (Spoolmak is Kamloops spelled backward's)..

The faithful old Regimental Deuce hauled a mountain of gear out to a field on the eastern outskirts of Kamloops …right beside the Trans Canada Hiway.

Historians will note the big marque tent being laboriously erected… This is pre-modular days…
And also the bell tent next to it….wartime dated I believe…and hotter than a furnace during a Kamloops summer.

Amazing what the Reserve unit's soldiered-on with.

Although…to be fair…the young Lieutenant and the RSM did get to share their very own jeep…

Certainly have taken this old workhorse for granted….nice this thread is working to change that.

[Ed Storey]

Here is an image of a M135CDN w/HIAB Crane at CFB Wainwright, Alberta during RV83.

65-27 M135CDN 2½ ton Truck with HIAB Crane, 53524, front left view, RV 83, CFB Wainwright, Alber.jpg

[rob love]

The caption on that photo should be "How not to travel with your Hyab Crane."

It also looks like someone was trying to learn how to fold up the crane and ended up re-shaping the roof.

[Wayne Hingley]

Nice photo Ed.

What year (range of years) did the metal fuel cans get replaced with the Sceptor cans?

[rob love]

Mid 80s was the changeover to the latest plastic can. It was one of the best things the army ever did. Not having those white paint flakes from the inside of the cans kept a lot of APCs running. The paint flakes woudl collect in the quick disconnects for the engine causing fuel starvation. The other godsend was to start using fuel pods instead of Jerry cans for major refueling in the field.

Soldiers like to leave the lids off the empty cans so that they can tell their empty. Of course this turned them into a rain and dirt collector.

They also like to put other stuff in a gas marked can like antifreeze, naptha, hull sludge, diesel....none of which helped a gas engine run better. Same goes for diesel marked cans.

[Dano McLaren]

A couple of shots from inside my 220 CDN

[Dano McLaren]

A few more of mine and others. Love this thread

[Dave D.]

Originally Posted by Dano McLaren

A couple of shots from inside my 220 CDN

Now those are the pictures I'm looking for! Looks like we had a dental van, communication van.......what else did we do with these with the exception of trying to make them fly, John took care of that so we know they can fly.

We're slowly gathering materials to replicate what you've got there Dan so appreciate the shots. I know where I can get measurements now.

What is all the talk about the "Queen Mary" or communications vans that most folks weren't allowed to go near.

.....and Dennis, I have a picture I'm told is from Kamloops of a M220 with the big star on the door, a M37 and another truck. They're all sitting near some identifiable buildings so once I find that picture maybe we can ID if it's indeed Kamloops. Great historical pic.