m113

[BFR]

I am at a loss for words.

 

[gimpyrobb]

Just cause someone doesn't SAY they are a butcher, doesn't mean they aren't a butcher.

 

[scooter01922]

um, wow....i wouldn't get rid of it if i had it but damn, thats just cruel to hack up an APC like that.

 

[drgreg]

This is a story about a man named Jed, poor mountaineer barely kept his family fed............

 

[frodobaggins]

I wouldn't do that to one, but if I could buy his I would !

 

[boomer]

um, wow....i wouldn't get rid of it if i had it but damn, thats just cruel to hack up an APC like that.

I second that! He must have been an officer, having the Captains chair on it.
It had to be difficult to drive like that.

 

[WillWagner]

That STARTED life as an M114. M113 as it's varients have 5 road wheels and the track is different. Also, the 113 has the engine in the very front of the carrier. Sad, just sad

 

[wreckerman893]

Just reinforces my long held belief that the intelligence is being bred out of the human race at an alarming rate.

 

[NDT]

Guys that is the famous "Wood Tiger Cub" created by the minds at Southeastern Equipment, Augusta, GA. Many, many of these were used by power line contractors. Remember there was a period in time when this stuff was not viewed as a collector's item.

 

[wehring]

Yup...

Yup, NDT hit the nail on the head. They also cut the M75s up to make the Wood Tiger 2000s. The original Wood Tiger was built off of a highspeed tractor (M5?) chassis.

Justin Wehring
Richwood, TX

 

[charlietango]

I know off topic per say but they had the same fate. lots of CDN Shermans went the way of the logging industry... and are still going

http://www.traxxon.com/gallery_large/Traxxon-Tank-Drill.jpg
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3335/3298379309_f49e07cf7c.jpg
http://www.morpac.com/images/crawler-detail.jpg

 

[maddawg308]

There was one on American Loggers like that.

NDT has it right. I remember reading that after WWII all sorts of tanks were surplussed out for different purposes, from light to heavy tanks. Most were hacked up for industrial use, farming tractors, skidders. Someone told me it's very rare to find a Locust light tank, much less the turret for one, since the few that got out had the turrets removed and used as farming tractors.

Ever wonder why there's a lot of halftracks from WWII with no rear armor? Because the armor was useless to a company that wanted to use them as log skidders, or in a quarry somewhere. Most times it was just cut off, saving a lot of weight and freeing up the horsepower to move other things.

 

[wgtactical]

I purchased one of the wood tigers for parts...talk about rough shape

 

[JAYHAWK 1962]

is there a big screen option to the base sticker price and is the chair standard equipment??

 

[charlietango]

back-up camera optional and the chair is standard but apparently the base sticker is "priceless"....

 

[cyberspace_7]

Ummmm...Ummmmm...Ummmmmmmmmm...Yea I'm lost for words

 

[AIE1]

Many years ago I worked for an outfit called IRBY Construction out of Jackson, MS. They put up electric power towers. They had many of those "Wood Tigers" which I thought were Sherman Tank chassis, but could have been M5's. They were just cut hulls with an operators seat, engine and a big boom for setting the towers. That outfit worked all over the world and at the time I worked with them they had mostly surplus military vehicles in their fleet.

 

[TacticalTruck]

Ever wonder why there's a lot of halftracks from WWII with no rear armor? Because the armor was useless to a company that wanted to use them as log skidders, or in a quarry somewhere. Most times it was just cut off, saving a lot of weight and freeing up the horsepower to move other things.

Actually, the reason is because that was the de-mil for the half-track. Armor from the windshield back was removed. The M114 is probably in it's current state more as a result of our paranoid government than a redneck. The de-mil for APCs is to cut the hull around the waist, X-cut the top half and you are allowed to leave the drive train intact.

Jeff

 

[militaro]

I am at a loss for words.

Big operation turn it to a muskeeg!

 

[baddog8it]

I have an old parts and service manual from SECO for their M4 high speed tractor. For its age, I'd say it's in very good shape. I would hate to throw it away - I'm sure someone would find some use for it. I got it from my grandfathers estate - he was a mechanic for road construction companies. I'm sure that most of the information within is valid on the original equipment. The table of contents reads: Transmission & Differential, Final Drives, Suspensions, Winch and Controls, PTO. Attached pic is a sample.

If you want it, send me a message.