Ford Marmon-Herrington V8 1.5 Ton GS

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally posted by Richard Farrant
That one was also a Snogo originally. The Holmes jib was from another vehicle. I carried out an inspection of this truck for a forum member late last year.

Here are some of Richard's pictures:



The owner at that time, Keith King, found a derelict SnoGo 20 or so years ago (there's a small pic in Wheels & Tracks magazine). It had a wooden GS body sitting on the rear half of the chassis where the snow blower gear once sat (probably an abandoned restoration?). Keith and Bart Vanderveen knew each other well, and the picture of the Canadian 3 ton Ford 098T with Holmes wrecker set was the only one Bart could come up with. So Keith restored it with a Holmes jib, losely based on the picture in Vanderveen's book:



The crawler gear Gordon described was removed, Keith told me the Ford could to 50-60 mph in this configuration:




The plan was to fit this truck with a genuine GS body off a Ford 1.5-ton truck:



Hanno

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally Posted by Hanno Spoelstra

The owner at that time, Keith King, found a derelict SnoGo 20 or so years ago (there's a small pic in Wheels & Tracks magazine).

Here's a picture of Keith's Ford/M-H at Beltring, circa 1990-1995, courtesy of Tony Corbin.

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[Larry Hayward]

It looks like the same FMH is up for sale again with a new paint job and a higher price of £7,000.

See this link to milweb: http://www.milweb.net/webverts/58591/

Judging from the drawing that Hanno attached previously the body is not original

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally Posted by Hanno Spoelstra

Here's a picture of Keith's Ford/M-H at Beltring, circa 1990-1995, courtesy of Tony Corbin.

Here's the ex-SnoGo tow truck (TowGo?) in 2011:
http://www.flickr.com/#/photos/28439790@N03/5770649734/

Now, where did that Ford/M-H GS truck ended up at?

[Sergey Egorov]

This Marmon-Herrington dump trucks from 1942 ad could be ordered by Corps of Engineers? Or it civilian trucks?

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Spotted this truck last June in Normandy, it turns out it is a converted snow blower...

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[Larry Hayward]

I seem to remember Stefan saying this was once used by a local council, which makes sense if it was a snow plough but I doubt they converted it to GS configuration.