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14-08-16, 03:04
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#5 & #7 M/H (Aust) Field Artillery Tractors
In correspondence with a friend he sent me the photo below of a #5 M/H 6X6 FAT. Now these trucks were used to tow the 3inch 20cwt AA guns and once these guns were obsolete he believes the trucks were repurposed to other duties such as the Topographical trucks in the photo below.
Now can anyone help me with information on these #5 and #7 trucks? Photos would be handy but info like 'Did they have a winch?' etc would be nice as well. Thanks in advance  MH_FAT_No5.jpg SEVENTEEN MILE, NEW GUINEA. 1943.jpg
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Cheers Cliff Hutchings aka MrRoo S.I.R. "and on the 8th day he made trucks so that man, made on the 7th day, had shelter when woman threw him out for the night" MrRoo says "TRUCKS ROOLE"
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21-08-16, 07:10
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No One? Not even Mike Cecil
 Oh well the search goes on.
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Cheers Cliff Hutchings aka MrRoo S.I.R. "and on the 8th day he made trucks so that man, made on the 7th day, had shelter when woman threw him out for the night" MrRoo says "TRUCKS ROOLE"
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19-12-17, 11:33
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Please guys several said they would look up info and pics for me but no one has. Can I use this post as a prompt please?
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Cheers Cliff Hutchings aka MrRoo S.I.R. "and on the 8th day he made trucks so that man, made on the 7th day, had shelter when woman threw him out for the night" MrRoo says "TRUCKS ROOLE"
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19-12-17, 12:15
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Now that would be a cool truck to make.
I assume none exist.
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19-12-17, 12:47
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About 14 years ago my mum sold a 6x6 Studebaker tipper to a bloke.
My father had recently died. He shows up with a semi trailer already fully loaded with 3 or 4 Marmon 6x6s one on top of the other. None had winches. It was the only time I have ever seen 6x6 Marmons. They were in reasonable condition, but not much left of the original rear body work. They had come from Tumut way near the snowy Mts. He wanted me to load the Studebaker on top of the Marmons which were already stacked with a large forklift we had. He got angry with me when I wanted no part of it and damaging the vehicles. He ended up hiring a crane. They went to Queensland somewhere. Very rare trucks for Australia.
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19-12-17, 20:32
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About 20 years ago I had a 6x6 Marmon breakdown truck.
it was fitted with a winch. It had a forest of levers in the cab. I swapped it with Ken Hughes for a 1942 Chevrolet ute which I rebuilt for the big VJ convoy from Brisbane to Townsville. The Marmon was very complete and running and I imagine it would have gone to new home and not been scrapped with the picked over leavings of Ken's collection. Lang Ford_MH.jpg Last edited by Lang; 19-12-17 at 20:41.
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