Recent content by Bklyn Phil

FWIW Here's a pic of a 5 ton doing RR switcher duty in Korea.

Just a little way further south on NJ Rte 130 is an Army-Navy store with an Abrams tank, a WW1 floating mine, a 3" USN hi angle gun and a torpedo.

I didn't see an Autocar. Just several long wheelbase Mack Granite chassis. Phil, Bklyn

It's not in the back. It's right out next to the road. It's is sad shape right now but it looks as tho they're trying to get it running. Brand new batteries next to the battery box and connected, a can of starter spray on the front bumper. Here are some pix.

Today I found a picture and description of it in Hank's Truck Pictures. It's captioned as "Haine's Towing Service of Bordentown, NJ Sterling Model HCS330 dual-chain drive ex-US Navy crash crane." The url is Mark A. Redman Truck Pictures - Page 1 Page 1, fist pic in the 5th row...

In the 1960s the Army tried 8x8 cargo trucks. Pix are on ebay: US Chrysler XM410E1 (Mod) 2 1/2-Ton 8x8 Cargo Trk @ APG Ebay Item number: 170336906596 Ford M656 8x8 5-Ton Cargo Truck as photographed at the U.S. Army Tank Automotive Command, Detroit Arsenal circa 1968. Ebay...

I recently got 105 WW2 TMs on CD. Lots on ordnance and a few on motor vehicles. It seems the smaller vehicles had 6 volt systems (up to the deuce); bigger trucks had double batteries for 12 volt starting, tank engines that were 9 cylinder radial (aircraft) engines ran on 24 volts. Some fun...

In WW2 the Army vehicles used 6 volt electrical systems. This changed over to 24 volt during the Korean War. I was in uniform from 56 to 62 and all the "stuff" we had then including 400 cycle generators for the radar vans and 60 cycle gens for the AA guns had a 24 volt system. It was labor...