Sherman ARV at Camp Borden??

[Bob Phillips]

So that leaves one question.. where did the GAA powerplant end up?
Oshawa, Ottawa ..anybody know?...B.P.

[Robin Craig]

So, I had a nice fireside chat with one of my "sources" shall we say.

Turns out the base construction folks thought there was a wrecker going on the pad out front of the museum, just nobody told them it was an ARV hence thier reply to my enquiry earlier.

The ARV has been sent out for a repaint and will be back to go onto the pad sometime before about the 11th of May so I am told.

The new colour will be much better, the painter did what he was told so dont shoot him. The markings that it comes back with will be wrong but they will be changed as soon as it is back to a better marking, there is some legal play at hand that has to be satisfied, so relax a bit.

I will try to get some images of the install but spring has spring and I have many days of field work to accomplish and swanning around toown wont happen much for a while.

More as I know it

[Russ Gregg]

I now live about 10 minutes from Borden and passed through today on my way to Barrie. I hadn't been to the museum in a few years and always thought that it was a shame they didn't have some sort of guide book to all the vehicles and aircraft on display around the base. They do now have a large map outside the museum with coordinates and model of all items on static display, probably in preparation for the 100th anniversary celebrations, but the gentleman inside told me there were no paper copies available. Next time I go I will take a decent camera and get a good picture of it, although it wouldn't have helped with Bob's request. If anyone wants some investigation or pictures of something there PM me.

[Ed Storey]

Does this mean the vehicle is going to be painted the appropriate Bundeswehr green with markings?

[maple_leaf_eh]

Originally Posted by Ed Storey

Does this mean the vehicle is going to be painted the appropriate Bundeswehr green with markings?

Hmmm? Do you have a sense when these ARVs were surplussed? The typical platform for a Madill Spar Yarder logging tower is an M32. I was wondering where these would have come from in large enough numbers to be a predictable source of supply.

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally Posted by maple_leaf_eh

The typical platform for a Madill Spar Yarder logging tower is an M32. I was wondering where these would have come from in large enough numbers to be a predictable source of supply.

Why M32? Aren't they based on any-type of lower Sherman tank?

H.

[maple_leaf_eh]

I have few exact construction details. The literature for a Madill 171 lists the base vehicle as an M4A3, another clearly indicates M32 for a Madill 071. Another user, Finning which made pneumatic rock drills uses the base vehicle in the model designator, ie. Finning M32F Hammer Drill.