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Old 26-07-17, 05:32
Dave D. Dave D. is offline
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Default Take a good Deuce in the morning

After a bunch of pleading, begging and offers of pointless promises, I gave up and let her get in the deuce for pictures........and it got us thinking.

Canadian Military Vehicles Facebook site is holding some amazing historical Deuce pictures. If you're a facebook folk it's easy and you should join that group....... but if you're not a facebooker, you'll miss some wild history. I asked the loop de loop announcer/owner if I could use some of those pics, which is better than just taking them,,,,,and he said yes. He is just one of those guys.

We still haven't examined the M221 or M222, don't have a lot of pictures of that M218 or Canada's M216 vs. the U.S. M215....and the ever elusive CDN tractor, which needs to be found and brought to the G749 farm.

I did get a reply back from GM. They do not have records from any Deuce plant and have no idea how many of what model were produced. They did provide another possible lead for info so that was nice of them.

As a teaser, check out that fleet of Deuces! There is some discussion on Rob's build thread about the "pole setting truck", with 18 being made.......
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Old 26-07-17, 05:38
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There is one of the tractor version at a farmyard about a half hour from me. If I recall there was something different about the fuel tank due to the short wheelbase.
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Old 26-07-17, 06:47
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Default M221 Tractor G749

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There is one of the tractor version at a farmyard about a half hour from me. If I recall there was something different about the fuel tank due to the short wheelbase.
Did you kids see many of the M221 tractors in service? I've heard rumors of a few above Dawson but they seem rare. PM Coming.
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Old 26-07-17, 12:51
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Default Signal Line Maintenance Body

The Signal Line Maintenance Body did not have a specific M number but was listed as being on the M207.

Here is an image of a M217CDN.

30-12 M217CDN Dump Truck - CFB Petawawa copy.jpg
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Old 26-07-17, 17:27
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My tractor

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Old 26-07-17, 17:49
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John; I think you need a loading ramp... moving all these trucks around is resulting in lot of crane work for you ($$).
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Old 26-07-17, 18:44
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Wayne my wife wants me to continue using the cranes, I suspect in hopes that eventually something will fall on me and she can call the scrappers...
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Old 26-07-17, 06:15
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Default Line truck G749

To reduce the mystery of Model type used for the "Line Truck", there is an M211 sitting on the East coast that was a Line truck. It's modified slightly now but some signs still remain.


There is one more sitting in Alberta and the wild dude that drove it after service passed some original photos to me. I'll hunt down the model type.
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Old 26-07-17, 06:25
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Default M211 Pole Truck

That poor pole truck out East has a nice view now but it's Bob Bob Bob, Bob Bobaran.

Is there only one left in museum, motor-pool quality?
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