3 Ton Derrick

[cliff]

Originally posted by Noel Burgess
3.Regarding the three photos (posted by Hano) with white handwritten descriptions - I read an ampersand (&) in them - i.e. Winch & Body [not winch body] etc. - are these official photos with official descpritions?

I supplied Hanno with these scans of the photos and yes they are official photos and captions.

The DUKW derrick was different in having 2 guy wires to the front of the vehicle rather then a single pole making it a two legged lifting frame rather then the 3 leg frame of the derrick truck.

The US Army used a similar two leg frame on the front of GMC-CCKW's where they added the outter dual wheel from the rearmost axle to the front axle to give more weight capacity.

Cheers
Cliff