Billruston Posted January 6, 2013 Share Posted January 6, 2013 How much does a Diamond T roughly weight? And did the British use them? Bill. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrian Barrell Posted January 6, 2013 Share Posted January 6, 2013 Which Diamond T? There were several different models and yes, the British Army used a lot of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billruston Posted January 6, 2013 Author Share Posted January 6, 2013 M20 ballast tractor? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big ray Posted January 6, 2013 Share Posted January 6, 2013 The tractor weighed 12 tonnes with ballast, the trailer was either 40 or 45 tonnes ( Thats the 980 or 981 tank transporter) Gross weight with tank would be 75 tonnes. The Diamond "T" tank transporter was built specifically for the british army during WW2....... we could not produce enough Scammells, and they were falling behind in carrying capacity. The 969 Recovery truck was much lighter and was fitted with the petrol engine as opposed to the Hercules Diesel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lauren Child Posted January 6, 2013 Share Posted January 6, 2013 (edited) It's mentionned in the Data Book of Wheeled Vehicles for wartime British service. Model 980 being designated a Transporter, and 981 Recovery with longer winch cables and guide fittings to pull from the front as well. In old money, the weight of tractor was 11 tons 18.5 cwt unladen gross, or 18 tons 18.5 cwt laden gross. The Rogers / Winter Weiss trailers are 10 tons 2cwt unladen gross, or 50 tons 7 cwt with an example load of a Churchill tank. Recovery trailers had added snatch blocks for multiplying winch pull. Edited January 6, 2013 by Lauren Child Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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