Another One Joins The Fleet M211

[overlordofmars]

Yes I am sick, I bought another truck, This one is a good one though. I had a lot of trouble getting it here, add in the fact the company that picked it up for me used a 64 foot lowboy. Can you say overkill ?

It came from by Atlantic city, it cost more than I paid to move it, but I am going to restore it right next to my 1967 M35A2. I want to finish both before July.

I would have loved to used my ex Air force International 1650 but the guy where the truck was at would not wait. I was forced to use a local company that hit me more than a grand to bring it here.

I get married 9-10-11 so I know I will not be able to do it after, most of my projects will be on hold.

My friends think I am nuts because I currently drive an old Jeep around, I just love the simple ease of operation.

I cannot see why people cannot just love the simple elegance of these trucks.

The truck is good shape but the cab is shot, I will be searching for one, along with tires but otherwise its in good shape.

I will also have a title issue, its titled as a 5000 pound GVW pickup truck.

But this is the truck I have been searching for , I have been looking for a complete M211 since I was 24 years old and saw one in Guam pull a Russian Zil131 across a runway, I am 41 now and finally got one.


Lets keep these trucks alive, so that people will always see these great trucks on the road.

 

[scoutmanadam]

congrats on the new addition to your motor pool. iv always liked the way the front end looks on those

 

[overlordofmars]

You have to admit, the front looks 100 times better than the M35, its hood system is also a pleasure to use. It holds the hood in two positions as I found out today.

Thanks,

 

[porkysplace]

Welcome , I am kinda fond of the one in your avatar

 

[Josh]

Welcome , I am kinda fond of the one in your avatar

Agreed, Got any more pictures of that badboy?

 

[overlordofmars]

Yes I have several and I posted last year a video of it digging , not sure how to find it on the site again but here it is on my face book page. Login | Facebook

Or Login | Facebook .

If that does not work, try finding Chris Roberts on face book and request me, I will add you so you can see it. Its something else, very powerful and heavy.

Its a rare one, I don"t think anybody on this site has seen one before.

I got some of the story on it, apparently from what I found out it may be a last survivor of its type. There was one other one mounted on a M45 Reo but some ******* used equipment dealer cut it off with a torch and put it on a cane carrier truck.

Its like the M211 I just got but, there is a double frame, two extra springs in the pack, a secondary transmission cooler and what looks like sub frame in the rear holding the turntable of the excavator. Total Weight around 44,500 pounds. And somehow its still a Deuce and a Half ? I never figured that one out.

I will see if I can post some more in the morning.

 

[porkysplace]

what brand of excavator is it ?

 

[overlordofmars]

I forgot to tell everyone, there is another M211 locally in a scrap yard. it's missing a lot , but a lot is there. A place called EZ pull in Scranton. I think I can buy it out of there by what they would get paid for the weight.

 

[overlordofmars]

XM211 Excavator

Its a HY Hoe back hoe company excavator. From what I found out they basically went out of business sometime in the early 1970s

They had these units mounted on trucks and some were tracked.

I had found photos of one mounted on an old International, but the photo was from 1962. It has some power, but its turntable system stinks, its chain driven by a push pull system of two hydraulic cylinders. If there is any leakage in the valves as I found out they fight each other and snap the chain.

 

[Gunfreak25]

Wow, 44k pounds? I had heard the old GMC's were built beefier than the M35's but dang! I have heard of guys loading up to 22,000 in gravel, etc in their GMC's with no problems. I don't see why they were classified as 2 1/2 Ton trucks.