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Old 22-01-09, 18:55
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I purchased a batch of Recovery Manuals recently describing the equipment fitted to various vehicles including Scammell Heavy Brakedown, Tank Transporter 30 ton, Churchill, D8, Tank Recovery Transporter 45 ton tracked, andTank Transporter 40 ton.

Included in these was one on Winches Portable. Can anyone comment on how widley these were issued.
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Old 22-01-09, 19:44
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Included in these was one on Winches Portable. Can anyone comment on how widley these were issued.

Neil,

Can't remember which one of those, but at least one type, was made by Trewhella Brothers and known as a Monkey winch.....they still produce them today. They were the equivalent in role, of the Tirfor used by the Army today. When I used to test winches for the army, one came in for test, it would have been considered obsolete at the time, but I thought it was better to use than a Tirfor.
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Old 23-01-09, 09:46
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The first one looks a lot like the Trewhella stump pulling winch we once had.
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Old 23-01-09, 10:06
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Can anyone comment on how widley these were issued.
Neil,

Weren't they part of the kit on ARV Mk.I's? I seem to remember a reference to one of them when researching the Ram ARV I.
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Old 06-02-09, 09:44
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The "Guide to Recovery. REME training guide. Covers winching, unditching, tank loading & unloading etc" at http://www.aecmilitant.co.uk/downloads.html features the Trewhella winch.
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Old 06-02-09, 11:32
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That was the brand name of an item the Australians designed for cutting fingers off. (I think they called it a jack)
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That was the brand name of an item the Australians designed for cutting fingers off. (I think they called it a jack)
One of these Lynn, verry handy jack just heavy to lug around.
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Old 06-08-11, 09:10
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So by the look of that the name was made from "Trentham" and "Wallaby" - Trewalla, or it may have been a coincidence with the surname - I see it is Trewalla bros.
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One of these Lynn, verry handy jack just heavy to lug around.
Hello Hrpearce,

Here in Queensland they were also used to lift up sugar cane wagons back on the tracks if they derailed. I bought my Wallaby Jack off a retired sugar cane farmer. I still have all my fingers too.

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