Allis Chalmers M7 Snow Tractor

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Hi Sean, all's well here. Three kids is enough for a Sherman Firefly (or T16) crew so I'll stick with that, thanks. Hope Shamus and the missus are doing ok?

The Marshall museum was the hobby of Mr. de Groot who made a fortune selling his steel fabrication business Grootint to Heerema Group (offshore and marine contractors). When retired he first bought the remaining stock (several dozens) of Ward La France Heavy Wreckers from the Belgian Army, as he started his business with one of these wreckers. The collection expanded and was made into a museum. As Mr. de Groot is getting older, he decided he had to find a good home for his Marshall museum. There were several options but last year it was decided to transfer the whole collection to Overloon. The transfer is either still in process or just completed, so it might well be the M7 and M19 will be displayed together again sometime soon.

H.