Recent content by JimM37

Hi Karl try Gearhart Machinery they have a late 70 s early 80 s 2206 for around $7000 with a box and underbody blade. just type in a google search Oshkosh WT 2206 for sale and hit images and check out the one from Gearhart. You should be able to get parts from S A McLeans in Maine, he" s a good...

That big Wisconsin engine in the back looks like a 65 horse, excellent great running engine.

Hello WT-2206 and snowplow lovers I finally finished the book here,s the cover and where to go to get it, lots of history, specs, stories , drawings and loaded with color photos. You have to paste the link in the long address bar on top because it hasn't populated enough for a Google search...

Its called chrome yellow # 1320

Isn't yours a w-712? not a WT-2206.

The 2206s were started in1956 and ran till 65 with a rebuild about every ten years after that.

Yes they did back in the late 50s and 60s but ended up using purpose built plows made by Oshkosh and Walter and FWD.Here's some photos from an old report showing a couple different kind Jim

It was still pretty loud in the cab but a lot quieter than the one with just the straight stack coming up through the hood, I'm here to tell ya. I'd like to have one here we already have over 160 inches of snow this year and it's only February. Its too heavy for just two axles the State Police...

Nice 2206 Bro, it's gonna love the fuel pump I Garonteee!!!! Give Clarence Jungwirth at Oshkosh a call he'll set you up with the manuals (not cheap) his number is 920-235-9151 Ext 22-311. make sure you give him the data off the tag on the drivers side door. That is a Sicard BX blower and a car...

Here is a photo of the power plant in the bed.

Thanks It makes things a lot easier around here the county plow blows by here 4 or 5 times a day.

Yeah I'm going to try and put all of the ones you sent in. They are great and a great part of history of the truck. mind if I throw a few of them in here to show the other fellas?

Heres a picture of the mystery blower the VX on one of the WT2206's I hoping someone on this site saw one working. I'd like to BS with them. Phil at Sicard told me they sold 19 VX equipped WT2206s in the early 60's to the Air Force. This is the one that was replaced by the ribbon blower. It...

I was sad that had to happen man, I hate to see an old warrior like that go to the scrapyard.I 'm on the last two chapters of the book now. It should go to my graphic designer and editor then off to get printed. It'll be over 300 pages richly illustrated with color. gonna cost a fortune to...

Sicard bought out a company out of Denver, called Snowblast and absorbed the company and their designs. The ribbons took the place of the hi-speed blowers, the ones we talked about that no one ever saw working. That yellow one is going in the book was delivered to Loring in the late sixtys when...