[AT] Cletrac crawler rarity

[Dave Merchant]

Sounds like a WW_II bomber nurse, 7 Ton High Speed Tractor M2.

Originally, it would have had a 3 KW generator for charging bomber batteries,
a 16.7 cfm air compressor, and a large 10,000 lb cap winch.
Top speed 20+ mph. Hercules WXLC3 6 cyl

They are very collectible, especially MV guys, but weakness is the rubber 
band track,
which has steel cables embedded in it.
If the rubber cracks, and water gets at the cable...!

A local guy has one, was used postwar by a rigger company for installing
large factory machines. The track on his is cracked, just waiting for the
cable to break.

Dave Merchant


At 02:14 PM 4/4/2005, JParks wrote:
>It is a rarity to me at least.  I stumbled across an old Cletrac yesterday,
>while looking at some other equipment and would like to know what it was.
>It was equipped w/ bogie style wheels (bottom rollers), tank type tracks
>with rubber coated pads. The owner knows little about it except that he
>retrieved it years ago from a neighbor who was going to bury it.  The rear
>seat was almost 6 ft wide and laying on the seat was a windshield frame
>which appears to have been hinged and would fit over the curved hood and
>instrument panel.  It certainly has some military characteristics.
>
>If there are any Cletrac knowledgeable people around, let me know and I will
>send you some pix.  The owner wants to sell it to a collector/restorer
>(certainly not me!)
>
>Any information appreciated.
>
>tks
>John Parks
>Boise, ID
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