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According to Bart Vanderveen's book weight is 3668lbs or just under 1.7 tons (imperial weight not US). Incidentally the advertiser has got the model no. partly wrong, WN3 referred to the civilian version which was fitted with the Austin A90 car 2.66 litre 4 cyl engine. The military fv1801 was designated WN1 and was fitted with the Rolls Royce B40 engine and other differences such as waterproofing and electrical suppression.

Have a look at the following arbtalk.co.uk/forum/trading-place/782-boughton-vh6-hydraulic-winch.html

This gives the specs for a VH6 winch but should point you in the right direction.

Photo's added.

Not strictly true, some Rover 3.5 P6 police cars had first gear blanked off and Contractor mk2 had a recommendation not to use the first 2 ratios in the transfer box due to torque limitations of the drive train.

The simple reason for this is incompetent/unsympathetic drivers. I used to work for a company that ran a fleet of naturally aspirated V8 engined Merc tippers, driven correctly they were very good off road but bad drivers would bog them and instead of getting towed out would try to unstick themselves. This would result in destruction of the prop shaft or the clutch or in extreme cases both items caused by the high torque in low gear.

I bought a GMC that the dealer told me had 5th gear blanked off to reduce top speed, when I removed the gearbox top I found half a bearing shell sticking out. To be fair to the dealer he supplied a replacement box without any hassle.

On those Medium artillery tractors supplied to Britain, the bottom gear of the 5-speed gearbox was blanked off. This info was from a wartime War Office publication.

Hi Richard, I should have known you would be the one to come up with the answer to this. I wonder what the reason was for this mod, I would have thought that a crawler gear would have been almost essential when hauling artillery off road with a vehicle which lacked a 2 speed transfer box.

According to the FWD manuals I have both cu`s and su`s were fitted with a 5 speed box. It also says the `su` gearbox was made by Fuller, no make is given for `cu`s` but I would guess Fuller would apply to both. The manuals only refer to a chassis cab. The trucks were bodied in UK. Numbers wise approx. 2699 artillery tractors (winch) and 149 GS cargo (non winch).....another guess....these numbers refer to trucks ordered or loaded on ships.......U-boats and other mishaps may of affected those numbers being landed in UK

Re the gearbox Richard has come up with the answer. Bart quotes a total of 85 cu's supplied under Lend-Lease in 1942, presumably the reason you give above would account for the difference in quantities as mentioned in your earlier post.

Appears to be one of the American supplied trailers but at some point has been through a French rebuild hence 24 volts but can easily be returned to 6 or 12 volts. As is usual the floor is dented but has been fitted with a wooden slat floor, perfect Worthing canvas top, nearly new tyres, stored inside, regularly sprayed with oil underneath and is rust free. For further information and price please send a PM with your email address.

One of 6 `Lorry mounted boring machines` L4138835-4138840. This one made it on to a Middlesex registration. FWD literature of the time states ` Modified FWD and boring machine used by British in digging up delayed action bombs in London area during World War 2. Boring tower permits digging holes up to 20 feet deep` (some brave souls using one of theses to hunt out bombs!!!!!) Auger size from 16-48 in. They were actually built on a cu-coe chassis, not a su-chassis. The difference being length of chassis and the cu-coe having a Cummins diesel engine.

Over 60 cu-coes were also used by the `Home Timber Production Department, MOS, Bristol `in the 1940-50s. All were destroyed after use as part of the lend-lease agreement. The fitting of twin rear wheels on su-coes was not uncommon, I tend to think the auctioned vehicle was a su-coe. There may be various plates on the dash of the truck which will give pointers, along with the chassis number if it is still readable on the chassis. I have most of the cu-coe chassis numbers. I understand the auctioned truck had a Gardner fitted, can anyone confirm?. Gardner`s were a common choice to replace the thirsty, original su-coe petrol engine.. Also attached layout of the winch and cable run. On the auctioned truck the winch had been turned around

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Thanks for posting Trevor, I wasn't expecting that:blush:.Bart says that the cu and su cargo truck were fitted with a 5 speed gearbox but the su artillery tractor had a 4 speed 'box. Is this either a mistake on Bart's part, a printing error or is it correct. Seems a bit odd to me that a vehicle used as a tractor for artillery wouldn't have the 5 speed 'box.

Could it be that the drive set up was originally for the auger and has been adapted to drive what may be a non original winch? Just a thought and we may never know the answer. I've never seen a photo of an auger truck let alone seen one 'in the flesh'. Perhaps someone can come up with a photo but I won't hold my breath.

It may not have been an artillery tractor, according to Bart some of these chassis's were fitted with augers for bomb digging and were fitted with smaller tyres, dual on the rear.

Wire rope with a 11mm diameter would normally be used on a winch with a capacity in the region of 4.3tonnes, an 8T capacity winch would require a 16mm rope. A 4.3 tonne winch would usually be fitted to a large 4x4 such as a RB44 or slide bed recovery truck whereas an 8T winch would be fitted to a medium heavy recovery truck. As your winch has been standing for a considerable time it's more likely the rope has spread slightly rather than stretched. Hope this helps.

Once these are done. we can crack on with fitting the new internal window boxes.Howard

:wow:Now that's a novel idea Howard...........flowers in a MV:D

Derek things have gone from bad to worse, Mr Sagdiev has now taken over the chicken house & declared it a republic & seeking to join the EU hoping for a farming subsidy. As if that is not enough he has been playing the 10-hour version of Gorki's hit on his betamax, the shortened version is bad enough.

 

:rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl:no words are necessary!

Priceless Clive, great to see the return of Borax, long may it continue:D

As I understand it the law came into force in the EU in early April but there was no law on the UK statute book under which anyone could be prosecuted. To remedy this and to speed up the introduction of a relevant law an addition was made to legislation which was already going through Parliament but to the best of my knowledge this legislation has not yet passed onto the statute book. As far as I remember it was expected to be enacted sometime this month.

A good result indeed, I wonder how many years he'll get in the slammer, US sentencing seems to be fairly harsh.

It's a case of the old journalist's mantra..........never let the truth get in the way of a good story.

I reckon the old fool's lucky he isn't wearing a starting handle for a collar.

I love the term Dunnage. i e pack with any old junk.

Coming from you how apt.:nut:

Welcome to the forum. Sorry I can't help with your question but don't worry about your English it's far better than some of the Brits on here.:laugh:

Clive, as I suggested previously you are a devious B ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, but i like you:D

If it's painted green it'll stand out like a certain part of a dog's anatomy:D

I had a trailer for sale. The price was stated & included a number of photos. So it seemed a little odd to be asked for the price & for photos. Googling sections of his correspondence showed that he was also buying cars, boats, horses etc for his father as a surprise. So I thought it deserved a reply in Borat.

 

I am interested in buying your (3/4 Ton Wide Track Trailer) listed on milweb.net, and would like to receive additional information about it, such as present condition, last asking price and pics if available, i will like to pay with PayPal.

 

Hi Thomas is nice to here from you. Yes its is very nice & pleasant condition. Please make paid me cash only and I send you more picture

 

How much are you asking for it?

 

Is still for sale price I am showing to that which is in the advertisment first times shown if not better. Is ok for you?

 

Good to hear back from you, i work with New Zealand Oil and Gas (NZOG) and we are presently offshore in New Zealand Taranaki Basin on kupe project, i am at sea right now so i wont be able to check the trailer am buying this for my dad as a surprise gift so am willing to offer you the amount you requested, i insisted on PayPal because i don't have access to my bank account online and i don't have internet banking too, but i can pay from my PayPal account as i have my bank a/c attached to it, all i will need is your PayPal email address to make the payment, and if you don't have a PayPal account yet, i will suggest you set one up at www.paypal.com it will not take you more than 3 mins to do that, i will be expecting your PayPal email so that i will make payment, i have a pick-up agent that will come for the pick-up they will also determine and secure the shipment once payment has been sorted, i will also need your full name and phone number. Good to hear back from you, i work with New Zealand Oil and Gas (NZOG) and we are presently offshore in New Zealand Taranaki Basin on kupe project, i am at sea right now so i wont be able to check the trailer am buying this for my dad as a surprise gift so am willing to offer you the amount you requested, i insisted on PayPal because i don't have access to my bank account online and i don't have internet banking too, but i can pay from my PayPal account as i have my bank a/c attached to it, all i will need is your PayPal email address to make the payment, and if you don't have a PayPal account yet, i will suggest you set one up at www.paypal.com it will not take you more than 3 mins to do that, i will be expecting your PayPal email so that i will make payment, i have a pick-up agent that will come for the pick-up they will also determine and secure the shipment once payment has been sorted, i will also need your full name and phone number.

 

Yes it was good to here back from you as well i bet it is really very nice time in the basin, but i suppose you have to do working some of the times yes. Do you have any pictures of your rigs as this really interest by retard brother. Your have agent pick up this he is allowed to bring here cash money is okey with me as no paypal allowed here. Dooes you think the agent need help pull as it is many heavy we have farmer has big cow to help pull but i think you must pay him for do this is okey for him help. he has wife who is very strong and many hairs of nostrils.

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Are they shelters for something?