c101 comando Posted December 28, 2009 Share Posted December 28, 2009 after chatting to a few mates we got talking about ploughing engines of the steam kind and my mate said he had seen a shervick at a steam event ploughing. i said that i did not think a propper shervick had been restored and that there were other types of sherman based tractor i thought one was built in lincs but not to sure . any ideas chaps Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrian Barrell Posted December 28, 2009 Share Posted December 28, 2009 AFAIK no Shervick has been restored. There was a survivior in Belgium a few years ago though I do not know if it was rescued. As you say, Crawfords use a cut down M4A2 to plough with at shows and there are a few restored Vickers Vigor and VR180s which many people think are tank based though of course they are not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brooky Posted December 28, 2009 Share Posted December 28, 2009 Dont think there is a Shervick restored, however there is a Sherman that was converted for agricultral use still in existance in Lincolnshire. It has been shown at some rallies and is owned (I think) by a firm in Boston who deal in all things Filed Marshall Cant remember their name though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antarmike Posted December 28, 2009 Share Posted December 28, 2009 http://thedonovan.com/archives/2008/03/yesterdays_time.html just so everyone knows what we are talking about. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antarmike Posted December 28, 2009 Share Posted December 28, 2009 Dont think there is a Shervick restored, however there is a Sherman that was converted for agricultral use still in existance in Lincolnshire.It has been shown at some rallies and is owned (I think) by a firm in Boston who deal in all things Filed Marshall Cant remember their name though It was converted by R H Crawford's at Frithville, who I imagine are still the present owners Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brooky Posted December 28, 2009 Share Posted December 28, 2009 It was converted by R H Crawford's at Frithville, who I imagine are still the present owners Thats them!!! I believe the "tractor" is demonstrated at Carrington Rally Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brooky Posted December 28, 2009 Share Posted December 28, 2009 Just found a picture of it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cel Posted December 28, 2009 Share Posted December 28, 2009 There was a survivior in Belgium a few years ago though I do not know if it was rescued. That was the one in Ostend, I went looking for it but sadly it had been scrapped only two months earlier :argh: I believe that was in 2003. One year later I got a hint with a picture of another one, also in Belgium. Went looking for that one again only to find out that it had undergone the same fate as the oter one - one month before... And to make things worse, last year I heard about a Vigor in France that was used on a shipyard. Well you can guess what happened to this one... Keep looking, there are still hidden treasures around! Marcel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcspool Posted December 28, 2009 Share Posted December 28, 2009 (edited) Brooky said: Just found a picture of it Found it here? Shermans into ploughshares (mapleleafup.nl) (formerly at http://web.inter.nl.net/users/spoelstra/g104/ploughshare.htm) If so, please list the URL of the source page. Thanks, Hanno Sherman Register - Main Page (mapleleafup.nl) Edited December 13, 2023 by mcspool Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c101 comando Posted December 28, 2009 Author Share Posted December 28, 2009 thanks for all the good info seems a shame none seem to have survived i wonder if any got left behind in africa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajmac Posted December 30, 2009 Share Posted December 30, 2009 From my experiance in that neck of the woods there wouldn't be much if anything left of them by now :-) Harsh climate - harsh locals, you should see what thay can do to an abandoned car in the bush in a matter of weeks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ferrettkitt Posted January 2, 2010 Share Posted January 2, 2010 From my experiance in that neck of the woods there wouldn't be much if anything left of them by now :-) Harsh climate - harsh locals, you should see what thay can do to an abandoned car in the bush in a matter of weeks! I thought you were writing about some of the locals in this country LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon8910 Posted February 4, 2010 Share Posted February 4, 2010 Good to see my piccie of Robert Crawfords Sherman tractor has surfaced yet again :laugh:, and hopefully encouraging people to look at Hanno's Sherman Register website via his link. I did post more photos on this forum on this link: http://hmvf.co.uk/forumvb/showthread.php?42-How-many-uses-for-the-Sherman-Chassis/page2&highlight=Sherman Jon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcspool Posted April 7, 2010 Share Posted April 7, 2010 See http://www.bouwmachinesvantoen.nl/bedrijvenpagina/Nieuwenhuijse%20de%20Braal/Nieuwenhuijse%20de%20Braal.htm for three pictures of a Vickers Shervick in use in the Netherlands back in the 1950s - much to my surprise! Also of interest are the ex-military vehicles in use for earthmoving, including some dozers which were used to fill gaps in the Scheldt dikes made by Allied bombing in 1945! Enjoy, Hanno Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steveo578 Posted April 8, 2010 Share Posted April 8, 2010 Hi Hanno nice site, the recovery of the ex British D6 tractor is of interest, note in photos 4-5 the Sherman road wheels on the dolly used in the recovery. Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon8910 Posted May 30, 2010 Share Posted May 30, 2010 Further to my previous pics on this forum, Robert Crawfords Sherman M4A2 Tractor made a rare public appearance (first time in 5 years) this weekend at the Carrington Rally, Lincs. Spruced up for the event carrying an additional banner, also with photos of its earlier history on display. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrian Barrell Posted May 30, 2010 Share Posted May 30, 2010 I love the '1944 built, fought at Alamein'...... I suspect it is a 1943 build date but even then too late for Alamein. Nothing like a bit of invented history! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steveo578 Posted May 30, 2010 Share Posted May 30, 2010 I would think they wish they still had the hull that was cut off lying around the paddock:D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon8910 Posted May 30, 2010 Share Posted May 30, 2010 Nice one Adrian, 32 minutes to comment on that, I should have known it would be you first, well spotted. Now how about the Technical Details….:-) Crawfords did have a Valentine tank cut down too, which was still in the yard a few years ago in a sorry state, which I believe a certain Valentine DD owner once had a look at.... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrian Barrell Posted May 30, 2010 Share Posted May 30, 2010 Technical details look fine! I wonder if the upper hull languished around the yard for long? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antarmike Posted May 31, 2010 Share Posted May 31, 2010 I am sure someone can date the Sherman from this casting number The Tank carried number T152649 when in army service. It has twin GMC 2 strokes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
berna2vm Posted May 31, 2010 Share Posted May 31, 2010 I wonder how much it weighs, with no armour, guns ammo??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antarmike Posted May 31, 2010 Share Posted May 31, 2010 (edited) I wonder how much it weighs, with no armour, guns ammo??? Info says 20 tons. But info not always that reliable as 1944 El-Alemein battle shows (Maybe it was third battle of El-Alemein, the one they kept quiet about??) Info board also gives weight of it when it was a gun tank as 35 Tons and that sounds too heavy for a Sherman. Edited May 31, 2010 by antarmike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrian Barrell Posted May 31, 2010 Share Posted May 31, 2010 Mike, the numbers are not as useful as allowing a date. They do give info as follows. C in an octagon indicates manufacturer, in this case American Steel Foundries in Chicago. E4186 is the Ordnance drawing number 2A 1653 is the part number LO and BU1176 are the heat numbers indicating grade of steel and final treatment. It is almost certainly a 1943 built example and the 35 ton weight is, as you say a little heavy, 35 US tons battle weight is right. I doubt it weighs 20 tons now but it must be getting close, that engine pack is 2 tons alone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antarmike Posted May 31, 2010 Share Posted May 31, 2010 Does T152649, its service number give any further clue as to date? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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