G749 Picture and info thread

[Ed Storey]

There were indeed several print runs of the Operator's Manual 2½ Ton 6x6 GMC (Canadian), which makes sense as the fleet was very big and they were handed out during driver training. I believe the light buff coloured cover version was the final print edition of this manual. I have yet to find one in French.

C-30-340-000 MB-000 Operator's Manual 2½ Ton 6x6 GMC (Canadian) Chassis and Cab M133CDN, Cargo T.jpg

7610-21-102-2088 Operator's Manual 2½ Ton 6x6 GMC (Canadian) Chassis and Cab M133CDN, Cargo Truc.jpg

Regarding the M62 5 ton Wrecker, they were introduced in 1953; the earliest vehicles were Korean War vintage machines that had been shipped back to Canada following the end of hostilities.

[DanJahn]

I have a Diamond T Wrecker ( 969B ) that came out of Alberta. The research I have done indicated it came from an auto wrecker in Calgary. Some Alberta MLU members may recall it sitting in Kananaskis Alberta beside highway 1 at a now abandoned gas station. My own research does tell me it served with Canadian forces as it had a distinctive cab conversion that we believe was done while in Canadian service. Another member of MLU George McKenzie also has a Diamond T with the same cab modification. I have restored mine to the original open cab design as used by Canada in Korea. The main exception is I have added a gun ring. I haven't been able to locate any pictures of Canadian using an open cab DT with a gun ring on it.If anyone knows anything about my DTs history I would sure be interested in hearing from you.

Thank you

Dan Jahn

[Dennis Cardy]

Would like to contribute this shot of an ordinary Deuce in-service.

Taken during the early 1980's…Still in use by Rocky Mountain Rangers in the interior of British Columbia..

Local Reserve Regiment.. doing it's bit…providing logistical support to the organizers of Spoolmak Days….An annual event celebrating the joys of living in Kamloops. (Spoolmak is Kamloops spelled backward's)..

The faithful old Regimental Deuce hauled a mountain of gear out to a field on the eastern outskirts of Kamloops …right beside the Trans Canada Hiway.

Historians will note the big marque tent being laboriously erected… This is pre-modular days…
And also the bell tent next to it….wartime dated I believe…and hotter than a furnace during a Kamloops summer.

Amazing what the Reserve unit's soldiered-on with.

Although…to be fair…the young Lieutenant and the RSM did get to share their very own jeep…

Certainly have taken this old workhorse for granted….nice this thread is working to change that.

[Ed Storey]

Here is an image of a M135CDN w/HIAB Crane at CFB Wainwright, Alberta during RV83.

65-27 M135CDN 2½ ton Truck with HIAB Crane, 53524, front left view, RV 83, CFB Wainwright, Alber.jpg

[rob love]

The caption on that photo should be "How not to travel with your Hyab Crane."

It also looks like someone was trying to learn how to fold up the crane and ended up re-shaping the roof.

[Wayne Hingley]

Nice photo Ed.

What year (range of years) did the metal fuel cans get replaced with the Sceptor cans?

[rob love]

Mid 80s was the changeover to the latest plastic can. It was one of the best things the army ever did. Not having those white paint flakes from the inside of the cans kept a lot of APCs running. The paint flakes woudl collect in the quick disconnects for the engine causing fuel starvation. The other godsend was to start using fuel pods instead of Jerry cans for major refueling in the field.

Soldiers like to leave the lids off the empty cans so that they can tell their empty. Of course this turned them into a rain and dirt collector.

They also like to put other stuff in a gas marked can like antifreeze, naptha, hull sludge, diesel....none of which helped a gas engine run better. Same goes for diesel marked cans.