Goer

[gimpyrobb]

AMGeneral, I saw in another post you have a 1972 Caterpillar M553 GOER wrecker(serial#W-1,first production M553). I'd love to see pics of your truck. Do you have any to post up? I don't want to make you go for a photo shoot, but I have only seen like 2 pics of them. Thanks in advance.

 

[cranetruck]

Here is a little blurp on it in the PS magazine:
http://www.steelsoldiers.com/index....M877_Goer&name=gallery&include=view_photo.php

 

[maddawg308]

Most of them were built in the 1970s, and by the time they were being surplused out in the 1980s, the demil requirements for them had changed, so most got cut up for scrap metal, similar to what happened with most of the M151 Jeeps. Only a few hundred of them were made to begin with, so they are a rare bird.

I believe Brandon said that the winch and the hydraulic pump for the wrecker crane are very rare, and it would cost over $3,000 just to rebuild the hydraulic pump. He said he would restore it to drive and look nice, but the wrecker crane and winch would remain non-functional.

 

[CGarbee]

I've got photos of Brandon's GOER on my home computer... I'll post them tonight when I get home from work...

 

[rockman]

Goers at Sam Winers in Akron Ohio

Last time I was as Sam Winers in Akron Ohio, they had several of these beasts. They looked like large 4x4s.

I think is is www.samwiners.com. Robert is their MV guy.

Bill

 

[rockman]

Wrong link...

http://www.samwinermotors.com/index.html

 

[AMGeneral]

Ask,and ye shall recieve,Pic 1 is the GOER next to my M816 wrecker,pic 2 is a right hand 3/4 rear view,and pic 3 is a left hand 3/4 rear view with a 10 ton 1400 X 24 ( about 51")thrown in for size reference

 

[CGarbee]

A couple from my collection...

 

[CGarbee]

And another one since the cat adds a certain scale for those who aren't sure how big the M816 is...

 

[gimpyrobb]

Thats just friggin nuts! So I saw the crane section doesn't work. Does the motor run to take it around the yard? Whats the pintle on the rear left step for?(pic 9)

 

[CGarbee]

The photo that I wish I had taken... My M37 parked between the GOER and one of the M123's where I left it while riding up to get the M817... I don't think that any of Brandon's neighbors ever knew that I had parked my little truck in his yard...

 

[redass73]

That is a monster!

 

[M715ForLife]

THats a beast!

 

[DavidB]

Have a slide of a Goer in one of our convoys ,central highlands Viet Nam 67/68,not shure if postable.

 

[BKubu]

Brandon,
I think that GOER came out of Ft. Jackson, SC. I say this because I can see the bumper #s on the passenger side rear...WVMS...Wheeled Vehicle Mechanics School...part of TDC FJ...Tactical Doctrine Command, Ft. Jackson. My old M936A2 and my current M925A2 both came out of TDC, WVMS. No real significance to this...just thought you might like to know if you did not already.

Nice truck...

 

[AMGeneral]

Thanks for the info Bruce,I also noticed that my 816 and M35A2C also share the same markings(Not suprising since they both came from Ft Jackson)maybe I'll end up having a whole fleet from Jackson(if I don't have to sell em all in the near future).

 

[AMGeneral]

BTW Gimpy,the engine does run but i'm having some injection pump problems,and since Cat pumps are $$$$ to rebuild it's not a top priority right now.But i work on it when I get bored of working on some of the other "small" trucks in the yard

 

[gimpyrobb]

What motor does it have in it?

 

[AMGeneral]

It runs a D333C Caterpillar inline 6, 638 cubic inches,213 hp @2200 rpm,578 ft/lbs tq @1550 rpm

 

[No.2Diesel]

I thought I would add a couple of pics of GOERs in action. Enjoy.