FAT Fast brothers Prairie Command restoration

[Rob Fast]

Only on MLU do the questions get answered with pics to boot. I am on the hunt again for that tough to find FAT part. Thanks much appreciated. Cheers Rob and Tony

[Bob Carriere]

Any particular markings to look for...... diameter x thickness of the pulley...


....as I may have one in the barn....way to big for what I will ever do.....


Barry can you supply above info?? more detailed photos out of its resting place....

Bob C.

[Rob Fast]

looking for a little info on this snatch block location Barry pleasantly surprised us with. He is looking for distance between the hold down bracket...12 inches...and a pic of the hinge used, it looks like a door hinge to me. So the snatch block itself is about a 11 1/2 inch wide..single pulley. Barry maybe you can help us out here? I hope this helps Van Hove. I am still looking for the snatch block. Cheers for now, my golf course just got hit with 2 inches of rain in 20 minutes, a wild event. The work starts in the morning. Rob

[Van Hove Herman]

Rob,
Thanks for looking.I have 2 similar blocks but didn't know if one of the two
was fitted a bracket as yours.
The small one has a pulley of 4 1/2",an axle of 5/8",metal side plates are 5" large,overhaul lenght is 14 1/2", 1 1/4" large side brackets and a total weight of 5 kg.
The large one is made by CREATIVE METALS CO SF,thinking San Fransisco.
This has a pulley of 6",an axle of 1 1/4",metal side plates are 7 1/4" large,overhaul lenght is 19", 2" large side brackets and a total weight of 13 kg.Have no idea of the max. load of these.
The correct block must have a greater pulley than these.
cheers

[Barry Churcher]

Rob, this is a different pulley than the one in the photo but it is supposed to be out of a FAT. I have posted on here before how a friend of mine's father who was an RCAF mechanic stripped vehicles at the disposal site at Hagersville Ontario at the end of the war. This is where all the vehicles that Elliot's in Newtonville bought. Bruce Parker's FOX for example. He would put radios in one pile, extinguishers in another, tools in another and so on. All the piles were bought by scrapers or surplus dealers. Much of it went to Levy's in Toronto. As sometimes happens all the pieces didn't get in the right pile if you know what I mean. Anyway he gave me this block and a couple of other things when I became interested in military vehicles. He remained a mechanic his whole life.
The snatch block body is 9X11.5 if I remember correctly and has a 7/8" shaft.
I used this in my tow truck for years.

Apologies to Bob C. I never got any notifications about additional posts on this thread so until today I hadn't looked at it. I am finally no longer on the dial up from hell so things go a little smoother.
Cheers,
Barry

[Phil Waterman]

Hi

The snatch block for use with the winch is going to be fairly large with the pulley wheel more that 8 inch in diameter with a 1 inch diameter grove just to work with the 11/16ths winch cable. The winch cable on a CMP makes the cable on US trucks look thin.

The snatch block is a very useful and necessary tool to go with the winch kit. Do you have the winch scotches?

Cheers Phil

[Rob Fast]

Still looking for the Carter manual choke carb for the mid 50's 235, but we took the Rochester auto choke carb out of the FAT this week and replaced it with a manual choke Rochester. Starting like a gem and every time I see this beast running I realize what a beautiful piece of Canadian military history it is. I hope you guys don't get tired of my pics. Tony putting her thru the paces.

[Peter Duggan]

Rob,

Please continue with the updates and particularly the pictures. It is a great source of inspiration for those of us who have just started on the path to a restoration project.

A great piece of history that you have brought back to life.

Peter